Evin Demirhan Yavuz Explained

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Evin Demirhan
Birth Name:Evin Demirhan
Fullname:Evin Demirhan Yavuz
Nationality:Turkish
Birth Date:1995 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Siirt, Turkey
Height:158cm (62inches)
Weight:50kg (110lb)
Country:Turkey
Sport:Women's freestyle wrestling
Event:50 kg
Club:Ankara ASKI
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Evin Demirhan Yavuz (born 2 July 1995) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 50 kg division. She is a member of Ankara Aski Spor Club. She won the gold medal at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships.[1]

Early life

Demirhan was born into a crowded family in poverty in Siirt, southeastern Turkey on 2 July 1995. During her secondary education at Şehit Zafer Kılıç Sports High School in her hometown, she benefited from a scholarship of the Turkish Wrestling Foundation as one of the twenty successful students and talented wrestlers. She supported her family of 13 financially by wrestling.

In the 89-minute documentary movie titled Siirt'in Sırrı, English : "Know My Name", Demirhan plays the leading role as a 16-year-old girl which features her life and struggle to financially support her family and to build a future for herself. The movie was awarded the "Best National Documentary Film Prize" at the 49th International Antalya Film Festival ("Golden Orange Award") and the "Special Jury Prize for Documentary Film" at the 19th International Adana Film Festival ("Golden Boll Award") both in 2012.

Sports career

Demirhan began sport wrestling as she was 15 years of age. She trains twelve hours a day, six day a week. She was four times Turkish champion in her weight class.

She won the silver medal in the 44 kg event at the 2012 European Junior Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia, a bronze medal in the 44 kg event at the 2013 European Junior Wrestling Championships in Skopje, Macedonia, a bronze medal in the 44 kg event at the 2013 World Junior Wrestling Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, the silver medal at the 2013 European Junior Wrestling Championships, the silver medal at the 2014 European Junior Wrestling Championships, and a bronze medal in the 48 kg event at the same championships of 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey.

She took part at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan competing in the 48 kg event without gaining a medal. In 2017, Demirhan captured the silver medal at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Azerbaijan. She was also the bronze medalist in the 48 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France. In 2019, she captured bronze medals at the European Games and at the European Wrestling Championships. In January 2021, she won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021 held in Nice, France.[2] In March 2021, she qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3] [4] She competed in the women's 50 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In October 2021, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 50 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[5]

In 2022, she competed in the 50 kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[6] In March 2022, she won the gold medal in the 50 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[7] [8] A few months later, she won the gold medal in the 50 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[9]

She won the silver medal in the women's 50kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[10] She competed in the women's 50kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Evin Demirhan Yavuz profile page . uww.org . en.
  2. Web site: Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021 Results Book . UWW.org . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211023195336/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-01/results_01_nice.pdf . 23 October 2021 . 23 October 2021.
  3. News: Shefferd . Neil . 19 March 2021 . Twelve more wrestlers secure Tokyo 2020 places as women's action takes centre stage at European Olympic qualifier . InsideTheGames.biz . . 20 March 2021.
  4. Web site: 2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . UWW.org . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf . 24 March 2021 . 24 March 2021.
  5. Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . UWW.org . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114828/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf . 16 October 2021 . 16 October 2021.
  6. Web site: 2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book . UWW.org . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302085143/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final-book-ranking-series-istambul-2022-light.pdf?VersionId=BMipbXFVxzXXeonWOfeVdKVeNlWlxYzt . 2 March 2022 . 2 March 2022.
  7. News: Lloyd . Owen . 31 March 2022 . Two golds apiece for Moldova and Turkey at European Wrestling Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . . 31 March 2022.
  8. Web site: 2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . UWW.org . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220403191311/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 . 3 April 2022 . 3 April 2022.
  9. Web site: Wrestling Competition Summary . gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220630130108/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WRE/2022-06-29/WRE-------------------------------__C96_1.0.pdf . 30 June 2022 . 30 June 2022.
  10. Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240219213412/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM . 19 February 2024 . 19 February 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  11. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . 11 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.