Alparslan Yamanoğlu

Alparslan Yamanoğlu (born 1 January 1997) is a Turkish karateka competing in the kumite +84 kg and team kumite events.^[1]

Alparslan Yamanoğlu
Born	(1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 28) Erzurum, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Division	+84 kg
Style	Karate – Kumite
Medal record Men's karate Representing  Turkey World Championships 2018 Madrid Team kumite 2018 Madrid Kumite +84 kg European Championships 2017 İzmit Team kumite 2018 Novi Sad Team kumite 2019 Guadalajara Team kumite 2016 Montpellier Team kumite Islamic Solidarity Games 2017 Baku Kumite 84 kg

Career

In 2016, Yamanoğlu won the silver medal in the team kumite event at the 2016 European Karate Championships held in Montpellier, France.^[2]

At the 2017 European Karate Championships in İzmit, Turkey, he became European champion in team kumite.^[1] Later that year, he secured a silver medal in the +84 kg kumite event at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[3]

In 2018, Yamanoğlu won gold in team kumite at the 2018 European Karate Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia. The same year, at the 2018 World Karate Championships in Madrid, Spain, he earned a silver medal in team kumite and a bronze medal in the individual +84 kg event.^[4]

In 2019, he claimed another European Championship gold medal in team kumite in Guadalajara, Spain.^[5]