Judo Champ's Rival's Dad Beat Her Up

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Sözcü Newspaper, 10 December 2017)


This was supposed to be judo, not boxing...

At the Turkey Judo Championship in Antalya, held on 7-8 December,
national athlete Tuğba Zehir (25) defeated Nazlıcan Özerler in the
57-kilo category.  After the awards ceremony, Özerler's father
Tacettin Özerler handed out t-shirts but Zehir declined to accept one.

Outraged, Tacettin bey declared "who are you to refuse my gift?!"
He then grabbed Zehir by the arm and hit her in the face and body,
as Judo Federation officials tried to intervene.  Zehir's next competition
is in Trabzon but the shoulder injury caused by Tacettin bey has left
her participation in doubt.  In any event, Zehir is determined to get
justice in court.


Nicknamed "Pretty Poison" (by TNT - "zehir" means 
"poison" in Turkish)