Tuncay Çalışkan (born 9 August 1977 in Söke, Aydın, Turkey) is a Turkish-born Austrian taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's featherweight category. He captured a bronze medal in the 72-kg division at the 2003 World Taekwondo Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and attained top seven finishes in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), representing his naturalized nation Austria. Caliskan is also a full-fledged member of Baden Taekwondo Club (German: TKD Verein Baden) and Austrian taekwondo squad, under head coach and master Mustafa Atalar. Caliskan made his official debut, as part of his naturalized Austrian squad, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's featherweight class (68 kg). He crashed out in the opening match 3–7 to South Korean fighter and eventual silver medalist Sin Joon-sik, but mounted his strength to edge past Russia's Aslander Dzitiev (0–6) and then scored a 4–4 victory over Germany's Aziz Acharki upon the referees' decision in the repechage rounds. Caliskan secured his place for a chance of an Olympic bronze medal, but narrowly missed out in a tough 2–4 defeat to Iran's Hadi Saei, relegating him to
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