Cem Uluğnuyan is a Turkish

Turkish people

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 taekwondo

Taekwondo

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 practitioner competing in the bantamweight division. He transferred to Ankara PTT S.K. from İzmir Büyükşehir Belediye S.K.

Cem Uluğnuyan was a member of the Turkey national team, which became world champion at the 2009 World Cup Team Championships

2009 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships

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 held in Baku

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, Azerbaijan

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. He won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships

2009 World Taekwondo Championships

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 held in Copenhagen

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, Denmark

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. The same year, he became European champion at the U-21 European Championships held in Vigo

Vigo

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, Spain

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