Kübra Dağlı
Turkish taekwondo athlete (born 1996)
Kübra Dağlı (born 17 February 1996) is a Turkish Taekwondo athlete, social media influencer and two-time world champion.
Dağlı, alongside her partner Emirhan Muran, won a gold medal in the senior competition at the 10th World Poomsae Championships held in Peru in 2016. In 2018, she won her second gold medal on the world stage by claiming first place in the women's Recognized Poomsae competition at the 2nd World Taekwondo Beach Championships held in Rhodes.
Following her world title in 2016, she received extensive media coverage, particularly for her competing in Taekwondo while wearing a headscarf. She wrote on social media: "They don't speak of my success, but of my headscarf. I don’t want this. Our success should be discussed." Milliyet newspaper columnist Asu Maro documented the two sources of criticism Dağlı faced – Muslims who saw Taekwondo itself as improper for women, and secular organizations who wanted her to remove her head covering during competitions. She condemned both groups as holding "sexist ideologies" that are harmful to her and other Muslim female athletes.
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