Rukiye Yıldırım

Rukiye Yıldırım (born February 12, 1991, in Ankara) is a European champion Turkish taekwondo practitioner competing in the finweight division.^[1][2] She is a graduate student in the School of Sports science at Selçuk University in Konya.^[3]

Rukiye Yıldırım

Personal information
Nationality	Turkish
Born	(1991-02-12) February 12, 1991 (age 34) Ankara, Turkey
Education	Sports science
Alma mater	Selçuk University
Height	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	46 kg (101 lb)
Sport
Country	Turkey
Sport	Taekwondo
Event	Finweight (46 kg)
Club	Ankara İlbank SK
Coached by	Ali Şahin
Medal record Women's taekwondo Representing  Turkey World Championships 2022 Guadalajara 46 kg 2011 Gyeongju 46 kg 2019 Manchester 49 kg European Championships 2010 Petersburg 46 kg 2018 Kazan 46 kg 2012 Manchester 46 kg 2016 Montreux 46 kg Grand Prix 2015 Moscow 49 kg 2017 London 49 kg 2017 Rabat 49 kg 2018 Taoyuan 49 kg 2019 Moscow 49 kg Islamic Solidarity Games 2017 Baku 46 kg 2021 Konya 49 kg Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona 49 kg 2013 Mersin 49 kg Universiade 2011 Shenzhen 46 kg

She began with Taekwondo in 2002 in Kanka Taekwondo S.K. in Ankara, where she is coached by Hızır Pınaroğlu. She is representing her country at international events since 2007.^[1]

Rukiye Yıldırım won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships held in Gyeongju, South Korea.^[4] She is the gold medalist of 2010 European Taekwondo Championships in finweigth.^[5]

She won the silver medalist in the Flyweight (49kg) division at the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey.^[6]