DENIZ Cansel

Date of Birth: 26 Aug 1991

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Place of birth: STEPNOGORSK

Birth Country:

Kazakhstan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Taekwondo	Women +67kg	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women +67kg Round of 16 #405 UZB OSIPOVA SOSIPOVA Svetlana 9 KAZ DENIZ CDENIZ Cansel 10 PTF	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women +67kg Quarterfinal #419 KAZ DENIZ CDENIZ Cansel 7 GBR WALKDEN BWALKDEN Bianca 17 PTF	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Last 16	-67kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Quarterfinal	+73kg	2013	Puebla, MEX
2nd Round	-73kg	2019	Manchester, GBR
2nd Round	-73kg	2017	Muju, KOR

Asian Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	+67kg	2018	Indonesia

Asian Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	-73kg	2021	Beirut, LIB
Quarterfinal	-73kg	2018	Ho Chi Minh City, VIE

Grand Prix Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1st Round	+67kg	2019	Moscow, RUS

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2nd Round	+67kg	2019	Sofia, BUL
2nd Round	+67kg	2019	Chiba, JPN
2nd Round	+67kg	2018	Taoyuan, TPE
2nd Round	+67kg	2018	Rome, ITA
Round 1	+67kg	2018	Manchester, GBR

Going to the cinema, dancing, swimming, playing volleyball, studying Korean. (Athlete, 10 Apr 2018)

Occupation:

Armed Forces Athlete

Physical Education - Gazi University, Ankara, TUR

Languages spoken:

English, Kazakh, Russian, Turkish

Central Sports Army Club [CSKA] [Kazakhstan]

Arman Chilmanov, KAZ

Sporting relatives:

Her mother competed in judo and received the title of Master of Sport in Kazakhstan. (azh.kz, 23 Jun 2016)

She took up the sport at age 19 in Turkey. (Athlete, 10 Apr 2018; thenews.kz, 27 Apr 2016)

She comes from a sporting family and her mother competed in judo. Previously a volleyball player, she switched to taekwondo after realising it would be difficult to qualify for the Olympic Games in a team sport. (thenews.kz, 27 Apr 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olympic.kz, 24 May 2021)

Winning the -67kg category at the 2016 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Manila, Philippines. (Athlete, 10 Apr 2018)

Her mother. (Athlete, 10 Apr 2018)

Philosophy:

"Today should always be better than yesterday." (Instagram profile, 16 Jul 2016)

She has received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Kazakhstan. (shooting-sports.kz, 24 Dec 2020; Athlete, 10 Apr 2018)

General Interest

General
FROM KAZAKHSTAN TO TURKEY AND BACK
Born in Kazakhstan, she moved to Turkey at age six with her mother. She was a Turkish taekwondo champion and represented the country at international level until 2015. She then accepted an offer to compete for Kazakhstan. (azh.kz, 23 Jun 2016; informburo.kz, 16 Oct 2015)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
PTF:: Win by Final Score

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