Cansel Deniz

Cansel Deniz (born 26 August 1991) is a Kazakh taekwondo practitioner.

Cansel Deniz

Personal information
Nationality	Kazakhstani
Born	(1991-08-26) 26 August 1991 (age 33) Stepnogorsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Sport	Taekwondo
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	2022 April World Taekwondo Ranking number 1.
Medal record Women's Taekwondo Representing  Kazakhstan World Cup Team Championships 2018 Fujairah Mixed team Asian Games 2018 Jakarta–Palembang +67 kg 2022 Hangzhou +67 kg Asian Championships 2021 Beirut 73kg 2022 Chuncheon 73kg Islamic Solidarity Games 2017 Baku 73 kg 2021 Konya 73 kg Summer Universiade 2017 Taipei 73 kg

Career

She represented Kazakhstan at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's −67 kg and ^[1] at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, in the women's + 67 kg.

At the 2018 Asian Games, she clinched a silver medal in the women's +67 kg event losing to South Korean Lee Da-bin.^[2][3]

In 2023, she competed in the women's middleweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan. She then took part in the 2022 Asian Games and won the bronze medal in the women's +67 kg.