Damla Pelit (born 2001) is a Turkish karateka competing in the kata category.

Damla Pelit
Damla Pelit (2022)
Born2001 (age 22–23)
Ödemiş, İzmir, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
TeamDenizli Büyükşehir Belediyespor
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Turkey
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Gaziantep Team kata
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Guadalajara Team kata
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Zadar Team kata
Islamic Solidarity Games
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Konya Team kata
Balkan Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Poreč Team kata

Personal life

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Damla Pelit was born in 2001.[1] She is a native of Ödemiş in İzmir Province, Turkey.[2]

She is a student of Physical therapy and Rehabilitation at the Health Sciences Faculty of Lokman Hekim University in Ankara.[3]

Sports career

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Early years

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Pelit started her sports career at the age of ten in 2011. She won several medals in the individual kata event of her age groups at domestic tournaments. She debuted internationally at the 28th International Bosphorus Open Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey, and took the bronze medal in the cadet individual kata event.[1] In 2015, she took the bronze medal in the individual kata event of U-14 category at the 20th Balkan Championships for Children held in Herceg Novi, Montenegro.[1][4]

Senior career

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Pelit shared the gold medal with her teammates in the senior team kata event at the 2021 Balkan Championships Children, Seniors, Veterans in Poreč, Croatia.[5] She shared the bronze medal with her teammates in the team kata event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey.[6] In 2022, she became a bronze medalist in the team kata event of the 27th European Karate Championships in Gaziantep, Turkey.[7] She took the bronze medal in the team kata event at the 2023 European Karate Championships in Guadalajara, Spain.[8]

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kata event at the 2024 European Karate Championships held in Zadar, Croatia.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Damla Pelit" (in Turkish). Türkiye Karate Federasyonu. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Damla Pelit'ten Ödemiş'e altın madalya gururu". Ege'de SonSöz (in Turkish). 17 October 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Öğrencimiz Damla Pelit Altın Madalya Aldı" (in Turkish). Lokman Hekim Üniversitesi. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Balkan Championships for children 2015". WKF. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Balkan Championships Children, Seniors Veterans 2021 - Porec" (PDF). Karate Serbia. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  6. ^ "5. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları – Karatede milli sporcular 4 madalya elde etti". Pusula (in Turkish). 17 August 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Gaziantep – 57. Avrupa Büyükler Karate Şampiyonası". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 29 May 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Karate Milli Takımı'ndan 13 madalya". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 12 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  9. ^ "2024 European Karate Championships Results Book". Sportdata. Archived from the original on 12 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
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