Eray Şamdan

Eray Şamdan (born 25 July 1997)^[1] is a Turkish karateka competing in the kumite.^[2][3] He won the silver medal in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[4][5]

Eray Şamdan
Şamdan in 2021
Born	(1997-07-25) 25 July 1997 (age 28) Kocaeli, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Style	Karate Kumite
Medal record Men's karate Representing  Turkey Summer Olympics 2020 Tokyo Kumite 67 kg World Games 2025 Chengdu Kumite 60 kg World Championships 2023 Budapest Kumite 60 kg European Championships 2021 Poreč Kumite −60 kg 2022 Gaziantep Kumite 60 kg 2019 Guadalajara Kumite −60 kg 2023 Guadalajara Kumite 60 kg 2024 Zadar Kumite 60 kg European Games 2023 Krakow Kumite 60 kg Mediterranean Games 2022 Oran Kumite 60 kg 2018 Tarragona Kumite 60 kg World University Championships 2018 Kobe Kumite 60 kg

Career

In 2018, he took the bronze medal in the Kumite 60 kg event at the Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain.^[6] He won the bronze medal in the Kumite −60 kg event at the 2019 European Karate Championships in Guadalajara, Spain,^[7] and the gold medal in the same event at the 2021 European Championships in Poreč, Croatia.^[8]

He qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France to represent Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[9]

He won the gold medal in the men's 60 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.^[10][11] In the final, he defeated Ala Salmi of Algeria.^[12] He also won the gold medal in the men's 60 kg event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.^[13][14] A few months later, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.^[15]

He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the 2024 European Karate Championships held in Zadar, Croatia.^[16]