Taha Akgül Explained

Taha Akgül
Headercolor:lightblue
Nationality:Turkish
Birth Date:1990 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Sivas, Turkey
Height:1.92 m
Weight:125 kg
Sport:Wrestling
Event:Freestyle
Club:Ankara ASKI Sports Club
Turnedpro:2010
Coach:Abdullah Çakmar
Retired:2024
Highestranking:1 (2022)
Show-Medals:yes

Taha Akgül (born 22 November 1990 in Sivas) is an Olympic, World, and European champion Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 125 kg division.[1] [2] He is a 3 time world (2014, 2015, 2022) and 11 time European (2012-2015, 2017-2019, 2021-2024) champion. He won the gold medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics as well as in the 2024 Summer Olympics at 125 kg. He is a graduate of the Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University Physical Education and Sports Academy and completed his master's degree at Sivas Cumhuriyet University.[3] [4]

Wrestling career

Akgül took up wrestling in 2003 following his father and brother. He won the gold medal at the 40th Yaşar Doğu International Wrestling Tournament held in 2012.[5] At the 2012 European Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, Taha Akgül became champion in his weight category.[6] He is now considered the best active wrestler with Abdulrashid Sadulaev.

He qualified for the 2012 Olympics.[7] He did not advance to quarterfinal after losing to Bilyal Makhov from Russia in the round of 16. At the 2012 World University Wrestling Championships held in Kuortane, Finland, he became gold medallist in his weight class.[8]

Taha Akgül defended his European champion title at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia.[9] He won the bronze medal at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[10]

In 2014 and 2015 he won the world title in the 125 kg division.[11] [12] In 2014 he named as the Best Wrestler of the Year by the Turkish Wrestling Federation. He won a gold medal at the 2016 Olympics, defeating Komeil Ghasemi in the final.

Taha Akgul won the gold medal at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships in Serbia on Friday.[13]

World Championships 2017, Paris: It was a dramatic gold medal match. Akgul scored the first point on the counter in less than one minute into the game. The Turkish international continued to dominate the first period by taking a four-point lead. But the Georgian wrestler turned the tables in his favour in the dying seconds of the first half. Within one minute he covered the four-point lead by two successive takedowns, levelling the score at 4-4.In the second half, both the wrestlers went into attacking mode. With a series of attacks, the wrestlers were drawn at 8-8. But in the final 10 seconds of the bout, Petriashvili executed a two-pointer move and became the world champion.[14]

Taha Akgul won gold medals on Sunday at the European Wrestling Championships held in Kaspiysk in Russia's northern Caucasus Republic of Dagestan. He won against Georgian wrestler Geno Petriashvili 2-1 to become the European champion in the 125-kilogram category.[15]

Taha Akgul comes second in World Wrestling C'ships. Akgul wins silver medal in World Wrestling Championships, losing to Georgia's Petriashvili in men's freestyle final.[16]

Taha Akgül on 22 April won gold in the 2021 European Championships in Warsaw. Akgül secured his eighth European title as the 30-year-old beat his Russian opponent Sergei Kozyrev via disqualification (9-2) in the men's freestyle 125-kilogram final. He had previously won gold in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA) about his latest success, Akgül said winning the tournament after being forced to a nearly two-year hiatus due to injury was a great morale boost for him. “I won my 8th European title after defeating my rivals with overwhelming superiority. It was really important for me to win a gold medal, considering I joined straight to European Championships after my 1.5-year break. And the Olympics is so close,” Akgül said, adding that he would be aiming for a second Olympic gold medal at Tokyo 2020.[17]

In 2022, he won the gold medal in his event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[18] He won the gold medal in the men's 125 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. Akgül claimed a 5–2 victory over Geno Petriashvili from Georgia in the 125 kg freestyle division in Hungary's capital. Taha Akgul won his ninth gold medal in the 125 kg freestyle division.[19] He won the gold medal in the men's 125kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[20] [21] United World Wrestling has announced Taha Akgul as the 2022 Freestyle Wrestler of the Year after his three title-winning performances in 2022.[22]

In 2023, Taha Akgül became the European champion for the 10th time by defeating his Georgian opponent Geno Petriashvili 9-4 in the 125kg freestyle category at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships. Taha defeated Giorgi Meshvildishvili, competing for Azerbaijan, 3-1 and advanced to the semifinals. In the semifinal, Taha faced Abraham de Jesus Conyedo Ruano competing for Italy, beating his opponent 4-0. He won the bronze medal in the men's 125kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[23]

He won the gold medal in the men's 125kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. He reached the final after defeating Poland's Kamil Kosciolek in the first round, Ukraine's Murazi Mchedlidze in the quarterfinals and another Georgian, Giorgi Meshvildishvili of Azerbaijan, in the semifinals with 10-0 technical victories. In the final, he defeated Geno Petriashvili of Georgia and became the European champion for the 11th time. [24]

Taha Akgül won one of bronze medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France by defeating his Kyrgyz rival Aiaal Lazarev 7-0 in the third place match in the men's freestyle 125 kg competition. Taha Akgül reached the semifinals by beating Puerto Rican Jonovan Smith 10-0 with technical superiority in the first round and Hungarian Dániel Ligeti 8-0 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, he faced Iranian Amir Hossein Zare. While the match was 1-1 in Taha's favor, with 30 seconds left, the Algerian referee Belkacem Trai gave Taha a warning even though he was more active, and as a result, he lost the match 2-1 and lost the bronze medal. After the end of the match, he took off his shoes and left them on the mat and announced that he was ending his career.[25]

Major results

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2024Summer OlympicsParis, France3rdFreestyle 125 kg
European ChampionshipsBucharest, Romania1stFreestyle 125 kg
2023World ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rdFreestyle 125 kg
European ChampionshipsZagreb, Croatia1stFreestyle 125 kg
2022World ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia1stFreestyle 125 kg
European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary1stFreestyle 125 kg
2021Summer OlympicsTokyo, Japan3rdFreestyle 125 kg
World ChampionshipsOslo, Norway3rdFreestyle 125 kg
European ChampionshipsWarsaw, Poland1stFreestyle 125 kg
2019World ChampionshipsNur-Sultan, Kazakhstan2ndFreestyle 125 kg
European ChampionshipsBucharest, Romania1stFreestyle 125 kg
Military World GamesWuhan, China1stFreestyle 125 kg
2018European ChampionshipsKaspiysk, Russia1stFreestyle 125 kg
2017World ChampionshipsParis, France2ndFreestyle 125 kg
European ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia1stFreestyle 125 kg
2016Summer OlympicsRio de Janeiro, Brazil1stFreestyle 125 kg
2015World ChampionshipsLas Vegas, United States1stFreestyle 125 kg
European GamesBaku, Azerbaijan1stFreestyle 125 kg
2014World ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan1stFreestyle 125 kg
European ChampionshipsVantaa, Finland1stFreestyle 125 kg
2013World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary3rdFreestyle 120 kg
European ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia1stFreestyle 120 kg
Mediterranean GamesMersin, Turkey1stFreestyle 120 kg
Summer UniversiadeKazan, Russia1stFreestyle 120 kg
2012European ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia1stFreestyle 120 kg

Wrestling record

Res.RecordOpponentScoreDateEventLocation
style=background:white colspan=7 2024 Olympic Games at 125 kg
Win158-11 Aiaal Lazarev7-010 August 20242024 Olympic Games Paris
Loss157-11 Amir Hossein Zare1-29 August 2024
Win157-10 Dániel Ligeti8-0
Win156-10 Jonovan Smith10–0 Tech Fall
style=background:white colspan=7 2024 European Championships at 125 kg
Win155-10 Geno Petriashvili5-418 February 20242024 European Championship Bucharest
Win154-10 Giorgi Meshvildishvili10–0 Tech Fall17 February 2024
Win153-10 Murazi Mchedlidze10–0 Tech Fall
Win152-10 Kamil Kościółek10–0 Tech Fall
style=background:white colspan=7 2023 World Championship at 125 kg
Win151-10 Dániel Ligeti5-017 September 20232023 World Championship Belgrad
Loss150-10 Amir Hossein Zare0-416 September 2023
Win150-9 Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi3-0
Win149-9 Giorgi Meshvildishvili2-0
Win148-9 Eduardo García11–0 Tech Fall
style=background:white colspan=7 2023 European Championships at 125 kg
Win147-9 Geno Petriashvili9–419 April 20232023 European Championships Zagreb
Win146-9 Abraham Conyedo4-018 April 2023
Win145-9 Giorgi Meshvildishvili3–1
style=background:white colspan=7 Ibrahim Moustafa 2023 at 125 kg
Win144-9 Kamil Kosciolek5-025 February 2023Ibrahim Moustafa 2023 Alexandria
Win143-9 Nick Gwiazdowski7-2
Win142-9 Dinesh11–0 Tech Fall
Win141-9 Yusup Batirmurzaev7–0
style=background:white colspan=7 2022 World Championship at 125 kg
Win140-9 Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel6-216 September 20222022 World Championship Belgrade
Win139-9 Amir Hossein Zare4-215 September 2022
Win138-9 Amar Dhesi8–2
Win137-9 Dániel Ligeti4–0
style=background:white colspan=7 2022 European Championships at 125 kg
Win136-9 Geno Petriashvili5–230 March 20222022 European Championships Budapest
Win135-9 Dániel Ligeti10–0 Tech Fall29 March 2022
Win134-9 Magomedgadzhi Nurasulov5–0
style=background:white colspan=7 Yasar Dogu 2022 at 125 kg
Win133-9 Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel10-0 Tech Fall26 February 2022Yasar Dogu 2022 Istanbul
Win132-9 Dániel Ligeti3-0
Win131-9 Oleg Boltin6–1
Win130-9 Magomedgadzhi Nurasulov7–2
Win129-9 Gabriel Tysz11–0 Tech Fall
style=background:white colspan=7 2021 World Championship at 125 kg
Win128-9 Nick Gwiazdowski6-43 October 20212021 World Championship Oslo
Loss127-9 Amir Hossein Zare0-42 October 2021
Win127–8 Zelimkhan Khizriev5–0
Win126–8 Robert Baran5–0
style=background:white colspan=7 2020 Olympic Games at 125 kg
Win125–8 Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel5–06 August 20212020 Olympic Games Tokyo
Win124–8 Aiaal Lazarev4–0
Loss123–8 Gable Steveson0–8 5 August 2021
Win123–7 Amar Dhesi5–0
style=background:white colspan=7 2021 European Championships at 125 kg
Win122–7 Sergei Kozyrev9-221 April 20212021 European Championship Warsaw
Win121–7 Dzianis Khramiankou4-020 April 2021
Win120–7 Kamil Kosciolek6–1
Win119–7 Geno Petriashvili6–1
style=background:white colspan=72020 Turkey Wrestling Championships at 125 kg
Win118–7 Tanju Gemici10–0 Tech Fall22 December 20192020 Turkey Championships Ankara
Win117–7 Hüseyin Civelek10–0 Tech Fall21 December 2019
Win116–7 Mustafa Tayyip Küçük10–0 Tech Fall
Win115–7Enes Kaan12–2 Tech Fall
Win114–7 Adil Mısırcı10–0 Tech Fall
style=background:white colspan=7 2019 Bundesliga tournament at 125 kg
Win113–7 Robin Ferdinand19–4 Tech Fall16 November 20192019 Bundesliga Tournament Hockenheim
Win112–7 Nico Graf16–0 Tech FallRKG Reilingen-Hockenheim
Win111–7 Alexander Kleer16–0 Tech Fall
style=background:white colspan=7 2019 Military World Games at 125 kg
Win110–7 Yadollah Mohebbi3–022 October 20192019 Military World Games Wuhan
Win109–7 Robert Baran8–121 October 2019
Win108–7 Aleksandr Goldovski4–0
Win107–7 Sohbet Belliyev5–0
style=background:white colspan=7 2019 World Championship at 125 kg
Loss106–7 Geno Petriashvili6–621 September 20192019 World Championship Nur-Sultan
Win106-6 Deng Zhiwei10–0 Tech Fall20 September 2019
Win105–6 Khasanboy Rakhimov3–0
Win104–6 Alexander Romanov8–0
style=background:white colspan=7 2019 Yasar Dogu Tournament at 125 kg
Win103–6 Nick Gwiazdowski5–114 July 20192019 Yasar Dogu Istanbul
Win102–6 Yadollah Mohebbi10–0 Tech FallJuly 13, 2019
Win101–6 Daniel Ligeti5–2
style=background:white colspan=7 2019 European Championship at 125 kg
Win100–6 Geno Petriashvili7–010 April 20192019 European Championship Bucharest
Win99–6 Anzor Khizriev8–1April 9, 2019
Win98–6 Andranik Galstyan11–0 Tech Fall
Win97–6 Rareș Chintoan7–1
style=background:white colspan=7 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2019 at 125 kg
Loss96–6 Anzor Khizriev3–725 January 2019Ivan Yarygin 2019 Krasnoyarsk
Win96–5 Deng Zhiwei10–0 Tech Fall25 January 2019
Win95–5 Alpajon Estevez10–0 Tech Fall
Win94–5 Zelimkhan Khizriev11–0 Tech Fall
style=background:white colspan=7 2018 World Championship at 125 kg
Loss93–5 Parviz Hadi2–320 October 20182018 World Championship Budapest
Win93–4 Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi7–0
Win92–4 Nick Matuhin9–0
style=background:white colspan=7 2018 European Championship at 125 kg
Win91–4 Geno Petriashvili2–16 May 20182018 European Championship Kaspiysk
Win90–4 Muradin Kushkhov3–05 May 2018
Win89–4 Jamaladdin Magomedov4–2
Win88–4 Ibrahim Saidau5–0
style=background:white colspan=7 2018 Granma y Cerro Pelado Tournament at 125 kg
Win87–4 Ben Durbin11–0 Tech Fall 15 February 20182018 Granma y Cerro Pelado La Habana
Win86–4 Davit Modzmanashvili8–114 February 2018
Win85–4 Alen Zasyeyev7–0
Win84–4 Garik Barseghyan11–0 Tech Fall
style=background:white colspan=7 2017 World Championship at 125 kg
Loss83–4 Geno Petriashvili8–1025 August 20172017 World Championship Paris
Win83–3 Nick Gwiazdowski10–0 Tech Fall24 August 2017
Win82–3 Nam Koung-jin12–2 Tech Fall
Win81–3 Natsagsürengiin Zolboo8–0
style=background:white colspan=7 2017 European Championship at 125 kg
Win80–3 Jamaladdin Magomedov8–25 May 20172017 European Championship Novi Sad
Win79–3 Dániel Ligeti5–0
Win78–3 Geno Petriashvili14–4 Tech Fall
Win77–3 Danylo Kartavyi9–2
style=background:white colspan=7 2016 Olympic Games at 125 kg
Win76–3 Komeil Ghasemi3–120 August 20162016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro
Win75–3 Levan Berianidze8–1
Win74–3 Ibrahim Saidau11–0 Tech Fall
Win73–3 Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat10–0 Tech Fall
style=background:white colspan=7 2016 European Championship at 125 kg
Loss72–3 Geno Petriashvili8-811 March 20162016 European Championship Riga
style=background:white colspan=7 2016 Yasar Dogu Tournament at 125 kg
Win72–2 Tony Nelson10–0 Tech Fall7 February 20162016 Yasar Dogu Istanbul
Win71–2 Jamaladdin Magomedov12–16 February 2016
Win70–2 Yasin Kılıç9–1
style=background:white colspan=7 2015 World Championship at 125 kg
Win69–2 Jamaladdin Magomedov10–0 Tech Fall12 September 20152015 World Championship Las Vegas, NV
Win68–2 Bilyal Makhov10–0 Tech Fall11 September 2015
Win67–2 Daulet Shabanbay6–1
Win66–2 Levan Berianidze4–2
Win65–2 José Cuba11–0 Tech Fall
style=background:white colspan=7 2015 European Games at 125 kg
Win64–2 Aleksey Shemarov6–018 June 20152015 European Games Baku
Win63–2 Soslan GagloevFall
Win62–2 Robert BaranFall
Win61–2 Jamaladdin Magomedov5–2
style=background:white colspan=7 2015 Yasar Dogu Tournament at 125 kg
Win60–2 Aiaal Lazarev10–0 Tech Fall29 March 20152015 Yasar Dogu Istanbul
Win59–2 Daulet Shabanu12–1 Tech Fall28 March 2015
Win58–2 Khadzhimurat Gatsalov10–0 Tech Fall
style=background:white colspan=7 2014 World Championship at 125 kg
Win57–2 Komeil Ghasemi4–38 September 20142014 World Championship Tashkent
Win56–2 Aleksey Shemarov8–17 September 2014
Win55–2 Tervel Dlagnev4–2
Win54–2 Aslan Dzebisov4–0
Win53–2 Richárd Csercsics10–4
style=background:white colspan=7 2014 European Championship at 125 kg
Win52–2 Alan Khugaev10–0 Tech Fall3 April 20142014 European Championship Vantaa
Win51–2 Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi10–0 Tech Fall2 April 2014
Win50–2 Vadzim Shvedau10–0 Tech Fall
Win49–2 Andranik Galstyan11–0 Tech Fall
style=background:white colspan=7 2014 Yasar Dogu Tournament at 125 kg
Win48–2 Komeil Ghasemi4–116 February 20142014 Yasar Dogu Tournament Istanbul
Win47–2 Dom Bradley6–115 February 2014
Win46–2 Hamza Özkaradeniz2–0
style=background:white colspan=7 2013 Moscow Lights at 125 kg
Win45–2 Geno Petriashvili10–18 November 20132013 Moscow Lights Moscow
Win44–2 Andranik Galstyan10–012 November 2013
Win43–2 Alen Zasyeyev4–1
Win42–2 Bimbelov Peycho10–0
style=background:white colspan=7 2013 World Championship at 125 kg
Win41–2 Tervel Dlagnev3–017 September 20132013 World Championship Budapest
Win40–2 Jamaladdin Magomedov7–3
Win39–2 Florian Skilang Temengil8–0 Tech Fall
Loss38–2 Alen Zasyeyev2–616 September 2013
Win38–1 Christos Nyfadopoulos10–0 Tech Fall
style=background:white colspan=7 2013 Summer Universiade at 120 kg
Win37–1 Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi8–0 Tech Fall16 July 20132013 Summer Universiade Kazan
Win36–1 Parviz Hadi6–1
Win35–1 Deng Zhiwei7–0
Win34–1 Ibrahim Saidau4–1
style=background:white colspan=7 2013 Mediterranean Games at 120 kg
Win33–1 Slim Trabelsi10–0 Tech Fall26 June 20132013 Mediterranean Games Mersin
Win32–1 Christos Nyfadopoulos10–0 Tech Fall25 June 2013
Win31–1 Bojan Danov10–0 Tech Fall
Win30–1 Pedrag Dubaic10–0 Tech Fall
style=background:white colspan=7 2013 European Championship at 120 kg
Win29–1 Alen Zasieiev0–6, 1–0, 2–121 March 20132013 European Championship Tbilisi
Win28–1 Daniel Ligeti5–1, 5–320 March 2013
Win27–1 Dimitar Angelov Kumchev2–2, 3–0, 3–1
Win26–1 Jamaladdin Magomedov2–0, 2–0
style=background:white colspan=7 2013 World Cup at 120 kg
Win25–1 Tervel Dlagnev6–221 February 20132013 World Cup Tehran
Win24–1 Komeil Ghasemi5–120 February 2013
Win23–1 Mohammad Reza Azarshakib8–0
Win22–1 Alan Khugaev6–3
Win21–1 Taichi Oka11–0 Tech Fall
style=background:white colspan=7 2013 Yasar Dogu Tournament at 120 kg
Win20–1 Kurban Kurbanov9–29 February 20132013 Yasar Dogu Ankara
Win19–1 Jamaladdin Magomedov6–1
Win18–1 Geno Petriashvili6–3
style=background:white colspan=7 2012 World University Championship at 120 kg
Win17–1 Parviz Hadi10–0 Tech Fall2 October 20122012 World University Championship Kuortane
Win16–1 Vitali Gagiev10–21 October 2012
Win15–1 Anthony Nelson10–0 Tech-Fall
Win14–1 Odgerel Bat-Ochir7–0
style=background:white colspan=7 2012 Olympic Games 9th at 120 kg
Loss13–1 Bilyal Makhov1–0, 3–011 August 20122012 Olympic Games London
Win13–0 Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi1–0, 2–0
style=background:white colspan=7 2012 Yasar Dogu Tournament at 120 kg
Win12–0 Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi5–213 Juny 20122012 Yasar Dogu Ankara
Win11–0 Rareş Chintoan7–012 Juny 2012
Win10–0 Fardin Masoumi10–0 Tech Fall
style=background:white colspan=7 2012 European Championship at 120 kg
Win9–0 Daniel Ligeti9–1 Tech Fall2 March 20122012 European Championship Belgrade
Win8–0 Ihar Dziatko5–0
Win7–0 Nick Matuhin4–0
Win6–0 Giagias Stamatios9–0 Tech Fall
style=background:white colspan=7 2011 Golden Grand Prix at 125 kg
Win5–0 Fatih Çakıroğlu5–48 July 20112011 Golden Grand Prix Baku
Win4–0 Davit Modzmanashvili8–37 July 2011
Win3–0 Jamaladdin Magomedov7–3
Win2–0 Jarod Trice8–2
Win1–0 José Cuba11–0 Tech Fall

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TURKSPORU - Türk sporunu her şeyimizle destekliyoruz.
  2. Web site: International Wrestling Database.
  3. Web site: Milli güreşçi Taha Akgül artık yüksek lisans mezunu - TRT Spor. TRTSpor.
  4. News: KMÜ Öğrencisi Taha AKGÜL Avrupa Şampiyonu Oldu . Karaman İnternet . 10 March 2012 . Turkish . 23 April 2012.
  5. Web site: 40.Yaşar Doğu Uluslararası Güreş Şampiyonası Taha Akgül Altın Madalya Kazandığı Maçın Görüntüleri . Türkiye Güreş federasyonu . Turkish . 23 April 2012.
  6. News: Taha Akgül Avrupa Şampiyonu oldu . Hürriyet Spor . 9 March 2012 . Turkish . 23 April 2012.
  7. News: Taha Akgül, olimpiyat vizesi aldı . Haber 7 . 21 April 2012 . Turkish . 23 April 2012.
  8. News: ASKİ Spor'dan 3 madalya . TRT Spor . 8 October 2012 . Turkish . 22 March 2013 . dead . https://archive.today/20130418181642/http://www.trtspor.com.tr/Haber.aspx?id=34917 . 18 April 2013.
  9. News: Taha Akgül Avrupa Şampiyonu . Sabah Spor . 21 March 2013 . Turkish . 22 March 2013.
  10. Web site: 2013 Senior World Championship – Men's freestyle 120kg . FILA . 18 September 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130913093108/http://www.fila-official.com/sites/ultimate/index.php . 13 September 2013.
  11. Web site: World Championships . 2020-06-22 . United World Wrestling . en.
  12. Web site: World Championships . 2020-06-22 . United World Wrestling . en.
  13. Web site: Turkish wrestler bags gold in European championship . www.aa.com.tr . 9 May 2023.
  14. Web site: The Wrestling Battles: Geno Petriashvili vs Taha Akgul . 29 April 2020.
  15. Web site: Turkish wrestlers win gold medals at European Championships . Gizem . Taşkın . Turkish wrestlers win gold medals at European Championships . 9 May 2023.
  16. Web site: Turkey's Akgul comes second in World Wrestling C'ships. www.aa.com.tr.
  17. Web site: Turkish wrestler Taha Akgül bags 8th European Championships title . . 22 April 2021.
  18. Web site: 2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book . 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 . United World Wrestling.
  19. Web site: Taha AKGUL (TUR) defeated Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO) 5-2 in the 125kg final at the European Championships.. 30 March 2022. uww.org.
  20. News: Shefferd . Neil . 16 September 2022 . Olympic champions help US claim double freestyle gold at World Wrestling Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 17 September 2022.
  21. 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.
  22. Web site: Akgul names world's top freestyle wrestler.. 26 December 2022. uww.org.
  23. Web site: Akgül prevails in heavyweight final at European Wrestling Championships . 19 April 2023 . www.insidethegames.biz . 9 May 2023.
  24. 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.
  25. Web site: Taha Akgül'den bronz madalya! Kariyerini noktaladı. 10 August 2024. www.hurriyet.com.tr.