Muhammet Akdeniz Explained

Muhammet Akdeniz
Nationality:Turkish
Birth Date:20 November 1995
Birth Place:Bayburt, Turkey
Height:1.75m (05.74feet)
Weight:79kg (174lb)
Country:Turkey
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Event:Freestyle
Club:Ankara İlbank

Muhammet Akdeniz is a Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 79 kg division.[1] He is a member of Ankara İlbank.[2]

Career

In 2022, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 79 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. Muhammet Akdeniz reached the semifinals by beating Stanislav Novac of Moldova 6-1 in the first round and Saifedine Alekma of France 5-3 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, he lost to the Greek Georgios Kougioumtsidis, and in the third place match he defeated the Latvian Alans Amirovs 8-4 to win the bronze medal.[3] [4] He won the silver medal in the men's 79 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[5] [6] He competed in the 79kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[7]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2022European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary3rdFreestyle 79 kg
Islamic Solidarity GamesKonya, Turkey2ndFreestyle 79 kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: International Wrestling Database. whatsmat.uww.org. 2022-03-30.
  2. Web site: Muhammet AKDENIZ profile page. uww.org. 2022-03-30.
  3. Web site: Muhammet Akdeniz'den Macaristan'da bronz. sporx.com. 30 March 2022 . 2022-03-30.
  4. Web site: Senior European Championships - Mar 2022 COMPLETE RESULTS . 2022-03-30. 2022-03-30.
  5. Web site: 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220818181226/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-08/results_08_konya.pdf?VersionId=XCsODGzAzjjRhgEoc5SPJ7BmwV3S65G1 . 18 August 2022 . 20 August 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  6. Web site: Eskişehirli milli güreşçi Muhammet Akdeniz minderden gümüş madalya ile ayrıldı .
  7. Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.