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Zeliha Ağrıs

{{short description|Turkish taekwondo practitioner}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| image =

| caption = Zeliha Ağrıs (2020)

| headercolor = lightblue

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|01|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Beyşehir, Konya Province, Turkey

| height ={{height|m= 1.74}}

| education = Sports science

| alma_mater = Selçuk University

| occupation =

| years_active = 2008–

| country = Turkey

| sport = Taekwondo

| event = Bantamweight

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's taekwondo}}

{{MedalCountry| {{TUR}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Muju|53 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Manchester|53 kg}}

{{MedalSilver|2021 Sofia|53 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2016 Montreux|53 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition |Islamic Solidarity Games }}

{{MedalSilver| 2017 Baku|53 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2021 Konya | 53 kg }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Grand Prix}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Rome|49 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Moscow|49 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|European U21 Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Warsaw|53 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2017 Sofia|53 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Junior Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Porto|55 kg}}

}}

Zeliha Ağrıs (born 20 January 1998) is a Turkish taekwondo practitioner who became a world champion in the bantamweight category in 2017.

Private life

Zeliha Ağrıs was born in Beyşehir, Konya Province, Turkey, on 20 January 1998. She grew up in Konya, where her father runs a restaurant.

She was a very energetic girl in her childhood. She was impressed by taekwondo practitioners performing in a nearby gym. In the beginning, her father was not willing to let his daughter perform taekwondo. A trainer in the gym persuaded her father. She started performing taekwondo at age ten. Her parents supported her later on.

She is a student in the School of Sports science at Selçuk University in Konya.

Sport career

She debuted internationally at the 2011 European Cadets Taekwondo Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia, competing in the -41 kg event.

She won her first international medal at the 2013 European Junior Taekwondo Championships in Porto, Portugal, reaching bronze in the -55 kg event. In 2014, she took the silver medal in the -55 kg event at the Telleborg Open in Sweden. Ağrıs received the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Taekwondo Championships in Daugavpils, Latvia. She captured the bronze medal at the 2016 European Taekwondo Championships in Montreux, Switzerland. She took the bronze medal at the ETU European Under 21 Taekwondo Championships 2017 in Sofia, Bulgaria, the silver medal at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, and the gold medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships in Muju, South Korea, in the bantamweight category when she was 19 years of age. She had beaten the bronze medallist, Dinorahon Mamadibragimova, in the semi-final before beating Tatiana Kudashova 11–8 in the final.{{Cite web|title=Turkey's Agris bags gold in women's Taekwondo|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/sports/turkeys-agris-bags-gold-in-womens-taekwondo/850400|access-date=23 November 2021|website=www.aa.com.tr}}

Ağrıs won a bronze medal in Rome, another in Moscow at the 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Prix. The same year, she won another bronze medal at the European Taekwondo Under 21 Championships in Warsaw. At the G4 Extra European Taekwondo Championships held in Bari, Italy, in 2019, she captured the silver medal in the -53 kg event. In 2020, she won the gold medal at the 8th Open European Clubs Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. She won the silver medal in the -53 kg event at the 2021 European Taekwondo Championships in Sofia.

Tournament record

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align=center | Year

! Event

! Location

! G-Rank

! Place

rowspan="2"|2022align=left|European Championshipsalign=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} ManchesterG-4align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st
align=left|Sweden Openalign=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} StockholmG-1align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd 
rowspan="2"|2021align=left|European Championshipsalign=left|{{flagicon|BUL}} SofiaG-4align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd 
align=left|WT Presidents Cup - Europealign=left|{{flagicon|TUR}} IstanbulG-1bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd 
rowspan="3"|2020align=left|European Clubs Championshipsalign=left|{{flagicon|CRO}} ZagrebG-1align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st
align=left|German Openalign=left|{{flagicon|GER}} HamburgG-1align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st
align=left|Fujairah Openalign=left|{{flagicon|UAE}} FujairahG-1bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
rowspan="3"|2019align=left|Extra European Championshipsalign=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} BariG-4align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd 
align=left|Dutch Openalign=left|{{flagicon|NED}} NijmegenG-1bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
align=left|US Openalign=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Las VegasG-1bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
rowspan="7"|2018align=left|Grand Prixalign=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} MoscowG-4bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd 
align=left|Grand Prixalign=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} RomeG-4bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
align=left|European U-21 Championshipsalign=left|{{flagicon|POL}} WarsawG-4bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
align=left|Belgian Openalign=left|{{flagicon|BEL}} LommelG-1align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st 
align=left|Spanish Openalign=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} AlicanteG-1bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
align=left|Egypt Openalign=left|{{flagicon|EGY}} AlexandriaG-1bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
align=left|Sofia Openalign=left|{{flagicon|BUL}} SofiaG-1bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd 
rowspan="3"|2017align=left|World Championshipsalign=left|{{flagicon|MAR}} RabatG-12align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st 
align=left|European U-21 Championshipsalign=left|{{flagicon|BUL}} SofiaG-4bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd   
align=left|European Clubs Championshipsalign=left|{{flagicon|TUR}} AntalyaG-1bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
rowspan="6"|2016align=left|WT Presidents Cup - Europealign=left|{{flagicon|GER}} BonnG-1align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st 
align=left|Serbia Openalign=left|{{flagicon|SRB}} BelgradG-1align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st  
align=left|German Openalign=left|{{flagicon|GER}} HamburgG-1align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd 
align=left|Croatia Openalign=left|{{flagicon|CRO}} ZagrebG-1align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd 
align=left|European Clubs Championshipsalign=left|{{flagicon|TUR}} AntalyaG-1bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd 
align=left|European Championshipsalign=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} MontreuxG-4bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd  
rowspan="3"|2014align=left|European Clubs Championshipsalign=left|{{flagicon|TUR}} AntalyaG-1align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st  
align=left|Turkish Openalign=left|{{flagicon|TUR}} AntalyaG-1align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd  
align=left|Trelleborg Openalign=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} TrelleborgG-1bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
2013align=left|European Youth Championshipsalign=left|{{flagicon|POR}} PortoG-4bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

References

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{{cite news |url=https://listelist.com/zeliha-agris-kimdir/ |newspaper=listelist |title=Güçlü Tekmeleriyle Rakiplerini Dize Getiren Dünya Şampiyonu Milli Tekvandocumuz Zeliha Ağrıs |author=Aslan, Erkan |date=13 December 2018 |language=tr |accessdate=16 November 2021 }}

{{cite web |url=https://www.turkiyetaekwondofed.gov.tr/haber.asp?ID=537 |publisher=Türkiye Taekwondo Federasyonu |title=Yıldızlarda Avrupa Şampiyonu Türkiye |date=9 July 2011 |language=tr |accessdate=16 November 2021 }}

{{cite web |url=https://www.turkiyetaekwondofed.gov.tr/haber.asp?ID=978 |publisher=Türkiye Taekwondo Federasyonu |title=Trelleborg Open 2014 Tamamlandı

|date=5 February 2014 |language=tr |accessdate=16 November 2021 }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.trthaber.com/haber/spor/tekvandoda-10-madalya-102730.html |newspaper=TRT Haber |title=Türkiye, Avrupa Gençler Tekvando Şampiyonası'nda 10 madalya topladı. |date=28 September 2013 |language=tr |accessdate=16 November 2021 }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/spor/servet-tazegul-5-kez-avrupa-sampiyonu/575794 |newspaper=Anadolu News Agency |title=Servet Tazegül 5. kez Avrupa şampiyonu |date=20 May 2016 |language=tr |accessdate=16 November 2021 }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/spor/milli-tekvandocu-zeliha-agris-totemim-yok-duam-var-benim/1372182 |newspaper=Anadolu News Agency |title=Milli tekvandocu Zeliha Ağrıs: Totemim yok, duam var benim |date=23 January 2019 |language=tr |accessdate=16 November 2021 }}

{{cite web |url=https://olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr/News-Detail/Turkish-Taekwondo-Team-Returns-from-Sofia-with-10-Medals/1466 |publisher=Turkish Olympic Committee |title=Turkish Taekwondo Team Returns from Sofia with 10 Medals |date=10 April 2017 |accessdate=16 November 2021 }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/skorer/zeliha-agris-dunya-sampiyonu-2475863< |newspaper=Milliyet |title=Zeliha Ağrıs Dünya Şampiyonu |date=28 June 2017 |language=tr |accessdate=16 November 2021 }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/skorer/zeliha-agristan-bronz-madalya-2723629 |newspaper=Milliyet |title=Zeliha Ağrıs'tan bronz madalya! |date=12 August 2018 |language=tr |accessdate=16 November 2021 }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.haberturk.com/altin-madalya-zeliha-agris-in-2881241-spor |newspaper=Habrtürk |title=Altın madalya Zeliha Ağrıs'ın |date=25 November 2020 |language=tr |accessdate=16 November 2021 }}

{{cite news |url=https://skor.sozcu.com.tr/2017/05/19/kadin-tekvandoculardan-bakude-buyuk-basari-627010/ |newspaper=Sözcü |title=Kadın tekvandoculardan Bakü'de büyük başarı |date=19 May 2017 |language=tr |accessdate=16 November 2021 }}

{{cite news |url=https://skor.sozcu.com.tr/2018/06/03/zeliha-agris-romadan-madalya-ile-donuyor-736729/ |newspaper=Sözcü |title=Zeliha Ağrıs, Roma'dan madalya ile dönüyor |date=3 June 2018 |language=tr |accessdate=16 November 2021 }}

{{cite news |url=http://bgrt.com.tr/haber-beysehir-in-gururu-zeliha-agris-avrupa-ikincisi-oldu-17238.html |newspaper=BGRT |title=Beyşehir'in Gururu Zeliha Ağrıs, Avrupa İkincisi oldu |date=10 April 2021 |language=tr |accessdate=16 November 2021 }}

{{cite news |url=https://tr.euronews.com/2019/11/02/tekvando-avrupa-sampiyonasinda-irem-yaman-dan-turkiye-ye-altin-madalya |newspaper=euronews |title=Tekvando Avrupa Şampiyonası'nda İrem Yaman'dan Türkiye'ye altın madalya |date=2 November 2019 |language=tr |accessdate=16 November 2021 }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/galeri/babasi-ile-antrenorune-oyun-kurdu-dunya-sampiyonu-oldu-1256636/3 |newspaper=Cumhuriyet |title=Babası ile antrenörüne oyun kurdu, dünya şampiyonu oldu |date=20 February 2019 |language=tr |accessdate=16 November 2021 }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/turkiye-tekvandoda-avrupa-ikincisi-1138531 |newspaper=Cumhuriyet |title=Türkiye tekvandoda Avrupa ikincisi |date=2 November 2018 |language=tr |accessdate=16 November 2021 }}

{{cite web |url=https://olimpiyat.org.tr/Sporcu-Detay/10051 |website=olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr |publisher=Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi |title=Zeliha Ağrıs |language=tr |accessdate=17 November 2021 }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.yenimeram.com.tr/zeliha-agris-avrupa-sampiyonu-449475.htm |newspaper=Yeni Meram |title=Zeliha Ağrıs Avrupa şampiyonu |language=tr |accessdate=17 November 2021 }}

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Category:1998 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Beyşehir

Category:Sportspeople from Konya

Category:Turkish female taekwondo practitioners

Category:World Taekwondo Championships medalists

Category:European Taekwondo Championships medalists

Category:Selçuk University alumni

Category:Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in taekwondo

Category:21st-century Turkish sportswomen

Category:Islamic Solidarity Games bronze medalists for Turkey

Category:Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games