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Ali Sofuoğlu
Ali Sofuoğlu
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Born	3 June 1995 (age 29); Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Style	Karate Kata
Team	Kağıthane Belediyesi S.K.

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Ali Sofuoğlu (born 3 June 1995) is a Turkish karateka competing in the kata.^[2]^[3] He is a member of Kağıthane Belediyesi S.K.^[4] In 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[5]^[6] He won the gold medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.^[7]

Career

Ali Sofuoğlu was already European champion at the cadet level in 2010 and 2011. In the juniors he was runner-up three times in a row from 2011 to 2013. At the U21 level, he finally managed to win the World Championship in 2015 and also became European champion two more times in 2014 and 2016. In the adult field, he was already part of the Turkish team that won the bronze medal at the European Championships in Adeje in 2012. His next podium finish came at the 2017 European Championships in İzmit when he finished second in the singles behind Damián Quintero. He repeated this success both in 2018 in Novi Sad and in 2019 in Guadalajara, both times again behind Damián Quintero. In addition, he finished second with the team in 2018 and third in 2019. In 2018, Sofuoğlu also finished third at the World Championships in Madrid. A year later, he once again finished second behind Damián Quintero at the European Games in Minsk.

At the 2020 World Championships held in Dubai in 2021, Sofuoğlu secured third place in the individual and team events, while in Poreč he became European champion in these two disciplines. In 2022, he successfully defended his title in the individual and team events in Gaziantep. Sofuoğlu qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, also held in 2021, through the Olympic Rankings. He finished the group stage in second place behind Ryō Kiyuna with 27.32 points, advancing to the bronze medal duel against Park Hee-jun. With 27.26 points, he surpassed Park's score of 26.14 points and secured the medal. Behind Olympic champion Ryō Kiyuna and second-place finisher Damián Quintero, Ariel Torres also won a bronze medal alongside Sofuoğlu.^[8]

In 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[5]^[6]

He won the silver medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.^[9] He won the gold medalin the men's individual kata event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.^[7]

References

^ "Ali Sofuoğlu". Olimpedya. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
^ "TURKSPORU - Türk sporunu her şeyimizle destekliyoruz". Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
^ "Tournament Participation List (Entries)" (PDF). 7th World Junior & Cadet Karate Championships. Retrieved 12 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Arliv" (in Turkish). İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
^ ^a ^b Barker, Philip (6 August 2021). "World champion Kiyuna wins first men's Olympic kata title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Ali Sofuoğlu karatede bronz madalya kazandı". Fanatik (in Turkish). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "2023 World Karate Championships Results Book". Sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
^ "World champion Kiyuna wins first men's Olympic kata title". 6 August 2021.
^ "Karate Medalists by Event" (PDF). 2023 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

External links

Ali Sofuoğlu – World Karate Federation ranking
Ali Sofuoğlu at KarateRec.com
Ali Sofuoğlu at Olympics.com
Ali Sofuoğlu at Olympedia (archive)
Ali Sofuoğlu at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
Ali Sofuoğlu at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)

[1] "Ali Sofuoğlu". Olimpedya. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[2] "TURKSPORU - Türk sporunu her şeyimizle destekliyoruz". Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

[kb-3] "Tournament Participation List (Entries)" (PDF). 7th World Junior & Cadet Karate Championships. Retrieved 12 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[ibbsk-4] "Arliv" (in Turkish). İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 12 May 2017.

[world_champion_kiyuna_wins_first_mens_olympic_kata_title_2021-5] Barker, Philip (6 August 2021). "World champion Kiyuna wins first men's Olympic kata title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[f1-6] "Ali Sofuoğlu karatede bronz madalya kazandı". Fanatik (in Turkish). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[world_karate_championships_results_book_2023-7] "2023 World Karate Championships Results Book". Sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

[8] "World champion Kiyuna wins first men's Olympic kata title". 6 August 2021.

[karate_medalists_european_games_2023-9] "Karate Medalists by Event" (PDF). 2023 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

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+{{MedalGold|[[2023 World Karate Championships|2023 Budapest]]|[[2023 World Karate Championships – Men's individual kata|Individual kata]]}}
+{{Medal|Silver|2023 Budapest|[[2023 World Karate Championships – Men's team kata|Team kata]]}}
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 {{Medal|Gold|2022 Gaziantep|[[2022 European Karate Championships – Men's team kata|Team kata]]}}
 {{Medal|Gold|[[2023 European Karate Championships|2023 Guadalajara]]|[[2023 European Karate Championships – Men's team kata|Team kata]]}}
+{{MedalGold|[[2024 European Karate Championships|2024 Zadar]]|[[2024 European Karate Championships – Men's individual kata|Individual kata]]}}
+{{Medal|Gold|2024 Zadar|[[2024 European Karate Championships – Men's team kata|Team kata]]}}
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 {{MedalSilver|[[2019 European Games|2019 Minsk]]|[[Karate at the 2019 European Games – Men's individual kata|Individual kata]]}}
+{{MedalSilver|[[2023 European Games|2023 Krakow]]|[[Karate at the 2023 European Games – Men's individual kata|Individual kata]]}}
 {{MedalCompetition| [[Islamic Solidarity Games]] }}
 {{MedalGold| [[Karate at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games|2021 Konya]] | Individual kata }}
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-'''Ali Sofuoğlu''' (born June 3, 1995) is a [[Turkish people|Turkish]] [[karateka (martial arts)|karateka]] competing in the [[kata]].<ref>https://www.turksporu.com.tr/sporcu-detay/ali-sofuoglu-1332</ref><ref name="kb"/> He is a member of Kağıthane Belediyesi S.K.<ref name="ibbsk"/>
-In 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in the [[Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's kata|men's kata]] event at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="world_champion_kiyuna_wins_first_mens_olympic_kata_title_2021">{{Cite news |last=Barker |first=Philip |date=6 August 2021 |title=World champion Kiyuna wins first men's Olympic kata title |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1111336/kiyuna-wins-mens-olympic-kata-title |url-status=live |access-date=6 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="f1"/>
+'''Ali Sofuoğlu''' (born 3 June 1995) is a [[Turkish people|Turkish]] [[karateka (martial arts)|karateka]] competing in the [[kata]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.turksporu.com.tr/sporcu-detay/ali-sofuoglu-1332 |title=TURKSPORU - Türk sporunu her şeyimizle destekliyoruz |access-date=12 August 2021 |archive-date=12 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812151247/https://www.turksporu.com.tr/sporcu-detay/ali-sofuoglu-1332 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="kb"/> He is a member of Kağıthane Belediyesi S.K.<ref name="ibbsk"/> In 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in the [[Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's kata|men's kata]] event at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="world_champion_kiyuna_wins_first_mens_olympic_kata_title_2021">{{Cite news |last=Barker |first=Philip |date=6 August 2021 |title=World champion Kiyuna wins first men's Olympic kata title |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1111336/kiyuna-wins-mens-olympic-kata-title |access-date=6 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="f1"/> He won the gold medal in the [[2023 World Karate Championships – Men's individual kata|men's individual kata]] event at the [[2023 World Karate Championships]] held in Budapest, Hungary.<ref name="world_karate_championships_results_book_2023">{{Cite web |title=2023 World Karate Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.sportdata.org/543dcb8c-0cba-4652-a6cf-cbde494cd953/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029174223/https://cdn.sportdata.org/543dcb8c-0cba-4652-a6cf-cbde494cd953/ |archive-date=29 October 2023 |access-date=30 October 2023 |website=Sportdata.org}}</ref>
 ==Career==
 Ali Sofuoğlu was already European champion at the cadet level in 2010 and 2011. In the juniors he was runner-up three times in a row from 2011 to 2013. At the U21 level, he finally managed to win the World Championship in 2015 and also became European champion two more times in 2014 and 2016. In the adult field, he was already part of the Turkish team that won the bronze medal at the European Championships in Adeje in 2012. His next podium finish came at the 2017 European Championships in İzmit when he finished second in the singles behind Damián Quintero. He repeated this success both in 2018 in Novi Sad and in 2019 in Guadalajara, both times again behind Damián Quintero. In addition, he finished second with the team in 2018 and third in 2019. In 2018, Sofuoğlu also finished third at the World Championships in Madrid. A year later, he once again finished second behind Damián Quintero at the European Games in Minsk.
-At the 2020 World Championships held in Dubai in 2021, Sofuoğlu secured third place in the individual and team events, while in Poreč he became European champion in these two disciplines. In 2022, he successfully defended his title in the individual and team events in Gaziantep. Sofuoğlu qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, also held in 2021, through the Olympic Rankings. He finished the group stage in second place behind Ryō Kiyuna with 27.32 points, advancing to the bronze medal duel against Park Hee-jun. With 27.26 points, he surpassed Park's score of 26.14 points and secured the medal. Behind Olympic champion Ryō Kiyuna and second-place finisher Damián Quintero, Ariel Torres also won a bronze medal alongside Sofuoğlu.<ref>https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1111336/kiyuna-wins-mens-olympic-kata-title</ref>
+At the 2020 World Championships held in Dubai in 2021, Sofuoğlu secured third place in the individual and team events, while in Poreč he became European champion in these two disciplines. In 2022, he successfully defended his title in the individual and team events in Gaziantep. Sofuoğlu qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, also held in 2021, through the Olympic Rankings. He finished the group stage in second place behind Ryō Kiyuna with 27.32 points, advancing to the bronze medal duel against Park Hee-jun. With 27.26 points, he surpassed Park's score of 26.14 points and secured the medal. Behind Olympic champion Ryō Kiyuna and second-place finisher Damián Quintero, Ariel Torres also won a bronze medal alongside Sofuoğlu.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1111336/kiyuna-wins-mens-olympic-kata-title |title=World champion Kiyuna wins first men's Olympic kata title |date=6 August 2021}}</ref>
+In 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in the [[Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's kata|men's kata]] event at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="world_champion_kiyuna_wins_first_mens_olympic_kata_title_2021">{{Cite news |last=Barker |first=Philip |date=6 August 2021 |title=World champion Kiyuna wins first men's Olympic kata title |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1111336/kiyuna-wins-mens-olympic-kata-title |access-date=6 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="f1"/>
-==Achievements==
-;2017:
+He won the silver medal in the [[Karate at the 2023 European Games – Men's individual kata|men's individual kata]] event at the [[2023 European Games]] held in Poland.<ref name="karate_medalists_european_games_2023">{{Cite web |title=Karate Medalists by Event |url=https://results.european-games.org/pdf/EG2023/KTE/EG2023_KTE_C93_KTE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624075000/https://results.european-games.org/pdf/EG2023/KTE/EG2023_KTE_C93_KTE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=24 June 2023 |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=2023 European Games}}</ref> He won the gold medalin the [[2023 World Karate Championships – Men's individual kata|men's individual kata]] event at the [[2023 World Karate Championships]] held in Budapest, Hungary.<ref name="world_karate_championships_results_book_2023">{{Cite web |title=2023 World Karate Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.sportdata.org/543dcb8c-0cba-4652-a6cf-cbde494cd953/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029174223/https://cdn.sportdata.org/543dcb8c-0cba-4652-a6cf-cbde494cd953/ |archive-date=29 October 2023 |access-date=30 October 2023 |website=Sportdata.org}}</ref>
-* {{Silver medal}} [[2017 European Karate Championships|European Championships]] – 6 May, [[İzmit]], TUR – kata,<ref name="es1"/>
-;2021:
-* {{Bronze medal}} [[2020 Summer Olympic Games]] - 6 August, [[Tokyo]], JPN - Kata,<ref name="f1"/>
 ==References==
 {{reflist|30em|refs=
-<ref name="kb">{{cite web |url=http://www.karate-bruxelles.be/docs/2011_champ_monde_junior_malaisie/54_athletes.pdf |publisher=7th World Junior & Cadet Karate Championships |title=Tournament Participation List (Entries) |accessdate=2017-05-12}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
+<ref name="kb">{{cite web |url=http://www.karate-bruxelles.be/docs/2011_champ_monde_junior_malaisie/54_athletes.pdf |publisher=7th World Junior & Cadet Karate Championships |title=Tournament Participation List (Entries) |accessdate=12 May 2017}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
-<ref name="ibbsk">{{cite web |url=http://www.istanbulbbsk.org/brans.php?id=68 |publisher=İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü |title=Arliv |language=Turkish |accessdate=2017-05-12}}</ref>
+<ref name="ibbsk">{{cite web |url=http://www.istanbulbbsk.org/brans.php?id=68 |publisher=İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü |title=Arliv |language=Turkish |accessdate=12 May 2017}}</ref>
-<ref name="es1">{{cite news |url=http://tr.eurosport.com/karate/ferdi-katada-ali-sofuoglu-avrupa-ikincisi_sto6155691/story.shtml |newspaper=Euro Sport Karate |title=Ferdi katada Ali Sofuoğlu, Avrupa ikincisi |date=2017-05-06 |language=Turkish |accessdate=2017-05-12}}</ref>
 <ref name="f1">{{cite news |url=https://www.fanatik.com.tr/son-dakika-ali-sofuoglu-karatede-bronz-madalya-kazandi-2235222 |newspaper=[[Fanatik (Turkey)|Fanatik]] |title=Ali Sofuoğlu karatede bronz madalya kazandı |date=6 August 2021 |language=tr |accessdate=6 August 2021}}</ref>
 }}
 == External links ==
-* {{sports links}}
+* {{WKF ranking|TUR353}}
+* [https://www.karaterec.com/en/competitors/ali-sofuoglu Ali Sofuoğlu] at KarateRec.com
+* {{Olympics.com|ali-sofuoglu}}
+* {{Olympedia}}
+* {{Olimpedya|496/ali-sofuoglu}}
+* {{TMOK profile|ali-sofuolu/10596}}
 {{Olympic medalists for Turkey}}
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+[[Category:Sportspeople from Istanbul]]
 [[Category:Turkish male karateka]]
+[[Category:İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor sportspeople]]
 [[Category:European Games medalists in karate]]
-[[Category:Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor athletes]]
 [[Category:Karateka at the 2019 European Games]]
+[[Category:Karateka at the 2023 European Games]]
 [[Category:European Games silver medalists for Turkey]]
 [[Category:Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics]]
-[[Category:Olympic karateka of Turkey]]
+[[Category:Olympic karateka for Turkey]]
 [[Category:Olympic medalists in karate]]
 [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Turkey]]
 [[Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics]]
 [[Category:Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in karate]]
-[[Category:Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Turkey]]
+[[Category:21st-century Turkish sportsmen]]
-[[Category:21st-century Turkish people]]
 [[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
+[[Category:Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey]]
+[[Category:Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games]]

v t e Olympic medalists for Turkey
Gold medalists	Yaşar Erkan Nasuh Akar Gazanfer Bilge Celal Atik Yaşar Doğu Ahmet Kireççi Mehmet Oktav Hasan Gemici Bayram Şit Mithat Bayrak (2 titles) Mustafa Dağıstanlı (2 titles) Hamit Kaplan Müzahir Sille Tevfik Kış Ahmet Bilek Hasan Güngör İsmet Atlı Kazım Ayvaz İsmail Ogan Mahmut Atalay Ahmet Ayık Naim Süleymanoğlu (3 titles) Halil Mutlu (3 titles) Akif Pirim Hamza Yerlikaya (2 titles) Mahmut Demir Hüseyin Özkan Nurcan Taylan Taner Sağır Ramazan Şahin Servet Tazegül Taha Akgül Mete Gazoz Busenaz Sürmeneli
Silver medalists	Halit Balamir Adil Candemir Kenan Olcay Muhlis Tayfur Rıza Doğan İbrahim Zengin İsmail Ogan Hamit Kaplan Hüseyin Akbaş Hasan Güngör Ahmet Ayık Vehbi Akdağ Necmi Gençalp Hakkı Başar Kenan Şimşek Malik Beyleroğlu Şeref Eroğlu Bahri Tanrıkulu Atagün Yalçınkaya Azize Tanrıkulu Nur Tatar Daniyar Ismayilov Rıza Kayaalp Selim Yaşar Buse Naz Çakıroğlu (2 titles) Eray Şamdan Şevval İlayda Tarhan Yusuf Dikeç Hatice Akbaş
Bronze medalists	Ahmet Kireççi Halil Kaya Ruhi Sarıalp Adil Atan Dursun Ali Eğribaş Hüseyin Akbaş Hamit Kaplan Eyüp Can Turgut Aykaç Ayhan Taşkın Ali Kayalı Akif Pirim Hamide Bıkçın Adem Bereket Sedat Artuç Reyhan Arabacıoğlu Mehmet Özal Aydın Polatçı Yakup Kılıç Servet Tazegül Nazmi Avluca Rıza Kayaalp (2 titles) Yasmani Copello Cenk İldem Soner Demirtaş Nur Tatar Hakan Reçber Hatice Kübra İlgün Yasemin Adar Ferhat Arıcan Taha Akgül (2 titles) Ali Sofuoğlu Merve Çoban Uğur Aktaş Abdullah Yıldırmış Mete Gazoz Ulaş Tümer Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu Esra Yıldız Nafia Kuş