# Okay Arpa

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{{Short description|Turkish karateka (born 1977)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}}
{{Infobox martial artist
| name            = Okay Arpa
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|df=y|1977|07|15}}
| birth_place     = [Kayseri](/source/Kayseri), Turkey
| nationality     = [Turkish](/source/Turkey)
| weight_class    = +84 kg
| style           = [Karate](/source/Karate) – [Kumite](/source/Kumite)
| medaltemplates  =
{{MedalSport |Men's [karate](/source/karate)}}
{{Medal|Country| {{TUR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Championships](/source/World_Karate_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|[2008 Tokyo](/source/2008_World_Karate_Championships)|Team kumite}}
{{MedalCompetition|[European Championships](/source/European_Karate_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|[2006 Zagreb](/source/2006_European_Karate_Championships)|Team kumite}}
{{MedalGold|[2010 Athens](/source/2010_European_Karate_Championships)|Team kumite}}
{{MedalSilver|[2000 Istanbul](/source/2000_European_Karate_Championships)|Kumite +80 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|[2004 Moscow](/source/2004_European_Karate_Championships)|Kumite open}}
{{MedalBronze|[1998 Belgrade](/source/1998_European_Karate_Championships)|Kumite +80 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|[2008 Tallinn](/source/2008_European_Karate_Championships)|Kumite +80 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|[2009 Zagreb](/source/2009_European_Karate_Championships)|Kumite +84 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|2004 Moscow|Team kumite}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Mediterranean Games](/source/Mediterranean_Games)}}
{{MedalBronze|[2001 Tunis](/source/Karate_at_the_2001_Mediterranean_Games)|Kumite open}}
}}

'''Okay Arpa''' (born 15 July 1977) is a [Turkish](/source/Turkish_people) [karateka](/source/karateka) competing in the [kumite](/source/kumite) +84&nbsp;kg division.<ref name="kr">{{Cite web|url=http://www.karaterec.com/en/catalog.php?name=Arpa|title=Okay Arpa|publisher=Karate Records|access-date=21 May 2011}}</ref><ref name="wkf">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wkf.net/index.php/wkf-family/competitors.html|title=Okay Arpa|publisher=[World Karate Federation](/source/World_Karate_Federation)|access-date=13 May 2013|archive-date=23 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523192945/http://wkf.net/index.php/wkf-family/competitors.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has represented Turkey in multiple international events, achieving success in both individual and team kumite categories.

==Career==
Arpa won his first major international medal in 1998, earning bronze in the men's +80&nbsp;kg event at the [1998 European Karate Championships](/source/1998_European_Karate_Championships) in [Belgrade, Serbia](/source/Belgrade%2C_Serbia).<ref name="kr"/> He claimed silver in the same weight class at the [2000 European Karate Championships](/source/2000_European_Karate_Championships) held in [Istanbul](/source/Istanbul), Turkey.<ref name="kr"/> At the [2001 Mediterranean Games](/source/2001_Mediterranean_Games) in [Tunis](/source/Tunis), Tunisia, he secured a bronze medal in the open weight division.<ref name="wkf"/>

In 2004, Arpa took silver in the open category and bronze in the team kumite at the [2004 European Karate Championships](/source/2004_European_Karate_Championships) in [Moscow](/source/Moscow), Russia.<ref name="kr"/> He won gold in the team kumite at the [2006 European Karate Championships](/source/2006_European_Karate_Championships) in [Zagreb](/source/Zagreb), Croatia.<ref name="wkf"/> In 2008, he earned a bronze medal in the +80&nbsp;kg event at the [2008 European Karate Championships](/source/2008_European_Karate_Championships) in [Tallinn](/source/Tallinn), Estonia, and became a world champion in team kumite at the [2008 World Karate Championships](/source/2008_World_Karate_Championships) in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), Japan.<ref name="wkf"/>

Arpa added another bronze medal in the +84&nbsp;kg category at the [2009 European Karate Championships](/source/2009_European_Karate_Championships) in [Zagreb](/source/Zagreb),<ref name="kr"/> and won team kumite gold at the [2010 European Karate Championships](/source/2010_European_Karate_Championships) in [Athens](/source/Athens), Greece.<ref name="wkf"/> In 2011, he helped Turkey win the European Regions Karate Championships in [Ankara](/source/Ankara), Turkey.<ref name="wkf"/>

Outside of competition, Arpa works as a physical education teacher at a primary school in [Üsküdar](/source/%C3%9Csk%C3%BCdar), [Istanbul](/source/Istanbul).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://uskudar34.com/haber/5347-egitim-okay-arpa-dunya-karate-sampiyonu-oldu.html|title=Okay Arpa Dünya Karate Şampiyonu Oldu|publisher=Üsküdar 34|date=4 April 2012|language=tr|access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:1977 births
Category:Sportspeople from Kayseri
Category:Living people
Category:Turkish male karateka
Category:Martial artists from Istanbul
Category:Turkish schoolteachers
Category:Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey
Category:Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in karate
Category:21st-century Turkish sportsmen

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