Uğur Aktaş (karateka)

{{Short description|Turkish karateka (born 1995)}}

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{{Infobox martial artist

| name = Uğur Aktaş

| image = K1PL Berlin 2018-09-16 Male Kumite –84 kg 02.jpg

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| caption = Uğur Aktaş in 2018

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|10|10}}

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| residence = Istanbul

| nationality = Turkish

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| weight_class = 84 kg

| style = Karate Kumite

| team = Istanbul BB SK

| website =

[https://www.instagram.com/uguraktas.95/ Official Instagram Profile]

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| occupation = Electrical/Electronic engineering

| university = Istanbul Aydın University

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport |Men's karate}}

{{MedalCountry|{{TUR}}}}

{{MedalCompetition |Olympic Games}}

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{{MedalBronze|2020 Tokyo|+75 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Madrid|Team kumite}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Bremen|Team kumite}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Madrid|–84 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2017 Wrocław|–84 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Minsk|–84 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Baku|–84 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Montpellier|–84 kg}}

{{MedalGold|2017 İzmit|–84 kg}}

{{MedalGold|2017 İzmit|Team kumite}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Novi Sad|Team kumite}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Guadalajara|–84 kg}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Guadalajara|Team kumite}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Poreč|–84 kg}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Tampere|Team kumite}}

{{MedalSilver|2016 Montpellier|Team kumite}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Istanbul|–84 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Novi Sad|–84 kg}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2023 Guadalajara|Team kumite}}

{{Medal|Competition| Mediterranean Games }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2022 Oran | –84 kg }}

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Uğur Aktaş (born 10 October 1995){{Cite web |title=Entry List by NOC |url=https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/KTE/2022-06-25/KTE-------------------------------__C32A_1.0.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626215051/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/KTE/2022-06-25/KTE-------------------------------__C32A_1.0.pdf |archive-date=26 June 2022 |access-date=26 June 2022 |website=2022 Mediterranean Games}} is a European champion Turkish karateka competing in the kumite 84 kg division. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's +75 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite news |last=Morgan |first=Liam |date=7 August 2021 |title=Ganjzadeh claims final Olympic karate gold at Tokyo 2020 after opponent disqualified for high kick |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1111376/ganjzadeh-wins-hamedi-dq-karate-tokyo |access-date=7 August 2021}}{{Cite web |title=Karate Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810072155/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=10 August 2021 |access-date=10 August 2021 |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}} He is a member of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.

He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 84 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.{{Cite news |last=Houston |first=Michael |date=27 June 2022 |title=Karate victories give Egypt first gold medals of Mediterranean Games |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1125000/oran-2022-mediterranean-games |access-date=27 June 2022}}{{Cite web |title=Karate Results Book |url=https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/KTE/ResultBook/GDM2022_KTE_v1.0.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705100714/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/KTE/ResultBook/GDM2022_KTE_v1.0.pdf |archive-date=5 July 2022 |access-date=5 July 2022 |website=2022 Mediterranean Games}}

Aktaş graduated from Istanbul Aydın University with a degree in Electrical/Electronic engineering.