Serap Özçelik

Serap Özçelik

Özçelik at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games

Born

February 18, 1988 (age 36)
Istanbul, Turkey

Other names

Serap Özçelik Arapoğlu

Residence

Istanbul, Turkey

Nationality

Turkish

Division

-50 kg

Style

Karate, kumite

Team

EGO SK

Medal record

Women's karate

Representing Turkey
World Games
	2013 Cali	Kumite −50 kg
	2017 Wrocław	Kumite −50 kg
World Championships
	2014 Bremen	Kumite −50 kg
	2018 Madrid	Kumite −50 kg
	2012 Paris	Kumite −50 kg
	2012 Paris	Team kumite
	2014 Bremen	Team kumite
European Games
	2015 Baku	Kumite −50 kg
	2019 Minsk	Kumite −50 kg
	2023 Kraków-Małopolska	Kumite −50 kg
European Championships
	2011 Zürich	Kumite −50 kg
	2012 Adeje	Kumite −50 kg
	2012 Adeje	Team kumite
	2014 Tampere	Kumite −50 kg
	2014 Tampere	Team kumite
	2018 Novi Sad	Kumite −50 kg
	2021 Poreč	Kumite −50 kg
	2022 Gaziantep	Kumite −50 kg
	2013 Budapest	Kumite −50 kg
	2016 Montpellier	Kumite −50 kg
	2017 İzmit	Team kumite
	2023 Guadalajara	Kumite −50 kg
	2008 Tallinn	Kumite −53 kg
	2010 Athens	Kumite −55 kg
	2015 Istanbul	Kumite −50 kg
	2015 Istanbul	Team kumite
	2016 Montpellier	Team kumite
	2017 İzmit	Kumite −50 kg
	2019 Guadalajara	Kumite −50 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
	2017 Baku	Kumite −50 kg
	2021 Konya	Kumite −50 kg
Mediterranean Games
	2013 Mersin	Kumite −50 kg
	2018 Tarragona	Kumite −50 kg
World University Championships
	2008 Wrocław	Kumite −53 kg
	2006 New York City	Kumite −53 kg

Serap Özçelik Arapoğlu (born February 18, 1988) is a Turkish karateka, who competes in the kumite 50–53 kg divisions.^[1]^[2] She won a world title in 2014 and a European title in 2011, 2012 and 2014.^[3]

Özçelik took up karate in 2000 at Eyüp, Istanbul, and in 2005 was included to the national team. She is a member of EGO Sport Club in Ankara. Özçelik works as a teacher of physical education in Yaşar Doğu Primary School in Kağıthane, Istanbul.^[4]

At the 2013 World Games held in Cali, Colombia, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event.^[5] In the final she defeated Alexandra Recchia of France.

She represented Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[6] She competed in the women's 55 kg event.^[7]

She lost her bronze medal match in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.^[8]

She won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50 kg event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.^[9]

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^ "Karate – Ozcelik Serap". Pescara 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
^ "2011 European Karate Championships Medalists" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
^ Turna, Seyfullah (31 May 2012). "Kağıthanedeki Avrupa Fatihi Ögretmen..." (in Turkish). Ajans Kağıthane. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
^ "Karate Medalists by Event" (PDF). 2013 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
^ Pavitt, Michael (26 May 2021). "WKF confirm first 40 qualifiers for Tokyo 2020 karate competition". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ "Karate Medalists by Event" (PDF). 2023 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.