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Sinem Özkan

Sinem Özkan
Born2002 (age 23–24)
Samsun, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
StyleKarate Kumite
TeamSamsun GSK
TrainerErol Kutlu
Other information
UniversityOndokuz Mayıs University
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Turkey
Deaflympics
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Tokyo Kumite -61 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Tokyo Kata team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Caxias do Sul Kumite -61 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Caxias do Sul Kumite team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Caxias do Sul Kata team
International Tournaments
Gold medal – first place 2024 Istanbul Kumite -61 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Istanbul Kata

Sinem Özkan (born 2002) is a Turkish karateka who competes in the kumite -61 kg and kata events.

Sport career

During her high school education, Özkan started practicing karate, encouraged and coached by her physical education teacher Mehmet Levent Duman.[1] She is a member of Samsun GSK, where she is coached by Erol Kutlu.[2]

She competed at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul , Brazil, which took place in May 2022. She won two silver medals in the kumite -61 kg,[3][4] and kumite team event with teammates Melek Morgil, Kader Işık Afşar and Melek Özkaya, as well as a bronze medal in the kata team event with teammates Melek Morgil and Kader Işık Afşar.[5][6]

In January 2023, she became champion in the kumite -61 kg and kata events at the Turkish Deaf Karate Championships in Gaziantep.[2] The same year, she became again champion at the Turkish Deaf Sports Championships in Mersin in February 2023.[1]

She won two gold medals in the kumite -61 kg and kata events at the 2024 International Bosphorus Karate Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.[7]

At the 2025 Summer Deaflympics in Tokyo, Japan, she took two bronze medals, in the kumite -61 kg event,[8] and kata team event with teammates Zeynep Nur Agin and Tuğçe Duyuş.[5][9]

Personal life

Born in 2002,[5] Sinem Özkan is a native of Samsun, northern Turkey.[7]

She finished 19 Mayıs Hamidiye Anadolu İmam Hatip High School in her hometown.[1] She studies in the Department of Sports Management of the Faculty of Sports Science at Ondokuz Mayıs University in Samsun. In May 2022, she was in the university's first year.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Sinem Özkan Türkiye Şampiyonu Oldu". 19 Mayıs (in Turkish). 10 February 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  2. ^ a b "Sinem Özkan Rüzgarı". 19 Mayıs (in Turkish). 14 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Deaflympics Karate Olimpiyat İkinciliği Samsun'da" (in Turkish). Samsun Gençlik ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  4. ^ a b "OMÜ'lü Sporcu Özkan, Brezilya'dan Gümüş Madalyayla Döndü" (in Turkish). Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  5. ^ a b c "Sinem Ozkan". Deaflympics. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  6. ^ "Kursiyerimiz Sinem Özkan'dan 3 Olimpiyat Madalyası" (in Turkish). Ondokuzmayıs Halk Eğitim Merkezi. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  7. ^ a b "Sinem Özkan Boğaziçi Karate Şampiyonasında Şampiyon Oldu" (in Turkish). Samsun Gençlik ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  8. ^ "Sinem Özkan Tokyo'da Tatamiye İmzasını Attı". Milli Fanatikler (in Turkish). 24 November 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  9. ^ "Kadın Kata Takımımız Tokyo'da Bronz Madalya Kazandı". Milli Fanatikler (in Turkish). 23 November 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
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