Yusuf Karakaya

Yusuf Karakaya — Biography

Yusuf Karakaya was born on October 2, 1994, in Elazığ. He discovered kickboxing at the age of 14 on a friend's suggestion and, despite his family's early reservations, kept training at a club in Antalya.

He soon racked up notable results at home and abroad, and during a year and a half spent in Thailand he won three championship titles. Driven by these achievements and his love of competition, he joined the 2019 season of Survivor Turkey-Greece, where his strong performance carried him all the way to the finale, and he was crowned the champion of Survivor 2019.