Education
She was educated in physical education at Fırat University in Elazığ.
She was educated in physical education at Fırat University in Elazığ.
After having boxed seven years for the sports club Fenerbahçe Boxing in Istanbul, she transferred in 2010 to Birlikspor in Kayseri, Turkey. She comes from a family of boxers. She became gold medalist in the lightweight (60 kg) division at the 2004 European Women"s Boxing Championships held in Riccione, Italy before she participated at the 3rd World Women"s Boxing Championship held between September 25 and October 2, 2005 in Podolsk, Russia, and fought a silver medal.
She was awarded as the "best boxer" after winning gold in the light welterweight (64 kg) division at the 5th European Union Women"s Championships held in Keszthely, Hungary between August 3-8, 2010.
She will represent Turkey at the Olympics as the first female boxer. As of December 1, 2010, Gülsüm Tatar ranked first in her weight category at the "World Women"s Rankings" list.
At the 2011 Women"s European Amateur Boxing Championships held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, she reached to her third European gold medal.