Levent Tuncat

{{short description|German taekwondo practitioner}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|7|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Duisburg, North Rhine-
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| height = 1.73 m

| weight = 58 kg

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| sport = Taekwondo

| event = −58 kg

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| coach = Cevdet Mutlu

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{{MedalSport | Men's taekwondo}}

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{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 2005 Riga | −54 kg }}

{{MedalGold| 2006 Bonn | −58 kg }}

{{MedalGold| 2008 Rome | −58 kg }}

{{MedalSilver| 2014 Baku | −58 kg }}

{{MedalCompetition|European Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Baku | −58 kg}}

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Levent Tuncat (born 29 July 1988 in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German taekwondo practitioner of Turkish descent.{{cite Sports-Reference|title=Levent Tuncat|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tu/levent-tuncat-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170612/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tu/levent-tuncat-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|accessdate=27 January 2013}} He won three gold medals for the 54 and 58 kg classes at the European Taekwondo Championships (2005 in Riga, Latvia, 2006 in Bonn, Germany, and 2008 in Rome, Italy).{{cite news |title=Caroline Fisher wins silver in Rome |url=http://www.womensportreport.com/women-sport_caroline-fisher-wins-silver-in-rome_9961 |publisher=Women's Sport Report |date=16 April 2008 |accessdate=27 January 2013}}{{cite news |title=Sechs deutsche Medaillen bei der Euro 2005 in Riga |trans-title=Six German medals at the Euro 2005 in Riga |language=German |url=http://www.team-kwon.com/news/12102005_0.htm |publisher=Team Kwon Bundesliga |date=10 December 2005 |accessdate=27 January 2013}}

Tuncat qualified for the men's 58 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing second from the World Qualification Tournament in Manchester, England.{{cite news |title=Korea, France, Chinese Taipei and Cuba Surge Ahead at World Qualification Tournament |url=http://www.wtf.org/bbs/bbs.php?bbs_no=176&bbs_code=10001&bbs_cate=&bbs_num=176&page=28&search=&keyword=&symode=view&PHPSESSID=802c167cc143481fa863617f513ae131 |publisher=World Taekwondo Federation |date=30 September 2007 |accessdate=27 January 2013}}{{cite news |last=Henson |first=Joaquin |title=Team RP jins face uphill battle |url=http://www.philstar.com/sports/79013/team-rp-jins-face-uphill-battle |work=Philippine Star |date=13 August 2008 |accessdate=27 January 2013}} He lost in the preliminary round of sixteen match to Afghanistan's Rohullah Nikpai, with a sudden death score of 3–4.{{cite web |title=Men's 58kg (128 lbs) Preliminary Round of 16 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/taekwondo/resultsandschedules/rsc=TKM058402/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=27 January 2013}}