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Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Konya, Turkey | 15 July 1970||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ekrem Boyalı (born 15 July 1970) is an Olympian Turkish former Taekwondo practitioner and coach. [1]
Ekrem Boyalı was born on 15 July 1970 in Konya, Turkey. In 1998, Boyalı went to the United States to complete his university education. [2] Upon returning home after three years, he was appointed a lecturer at Selçuk University in Konya. [2] In 2009, he earned a PhD degree [3] in Exercise physiology from the Institute of Health Science at Selçuk University with a thesis on "The effect of vitamin E application on the levels of lipid peroxidation, antioxidant enzymes and lactate during acute Taekwondo exercise". [4]
He is married with Ayşegül Ergin, also a world and European championship medalist. [5]
He began with Taekwondo following the footsteps of his older brother Osman Boyalı in 1983. [2] After four years of hard training at his brother's sports club, he was admitted to the national team. [2] [3] Later, he became captain of the Turkey team. [2]
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, he competed for Turkey, and became the runner-up after losing to Kim Byong-Cheol from South Korea in the final game. [2] [6] The Taekwondo competitions were held as demonstration sport, and therefore no medals were awarded.
Boyalı served as coach of the Turkey national team after leaving the active sport. [2] [7] Later, he coached the Bulgaria national team. [3] [6]