Yasemin Adar Yiğit Explained

Yasemin Adar
Full Name:Yasemin Adar Yiğit
Nationality:Turkish
Hometown:Niğde, Turkey
Birth Date:1991 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Balıkesir, Turkey
Alma Mater:Balıkesir University
Country:Turkey
Sport:Women's freestyle wrestling
Event:76 kg
Club:Balıkesir BB
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Yasemin Adar Yiğit (born 6 December 1991)[1] is a Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 76 kg division.[2] 2 times world and 7 times European champions. She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3] [4]

Personal life

Yasemin Adar was born to Naim Adar, a baker, and Ayşegül in Balıkesir, Turkey on 6 December 1991. She has an elder sister, Yıldız. Her mother died in 2013. After finishing Gaziosmanpaşa High School, she studied physical education and sports in Balıkesir University. Currently, she works as a teacher in Niğde. On September 26, 2021, she married Erdem Yiğit.[5]

Sports career

Adar was discovered by former Turkish champion sport wrestler Aslan Seyhanlı while she was performing shot put during her high school and university years. She then switched over to wrestling in her hometown. She competes for Trakya Birlik SK.

Adar took part in the freestyle −72 kg event at the 2012 World Championships in Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada, gaining no success.

She participated at the 2013 European Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia, without having success. At the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey, she became gold medalist in the −72 kg division. She placed fifth at the 2013 World Championships held in Budapest, Hungary, after losing to Chinese Zhang Fengliu in the semifinals and to American Adeline Gray in the third place match.

Adar reached the round of 16 at the 2014 World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

She failed to advance to the finals after losing to Russian Ekaterina Bukina in the −75 kg event at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. She then lost to Moldavian Svetlana Saenko in the bronze medal match. At the 2015 World Championships in Las Vegas, United States, Adar lost in the quarter-finals to Colombian Andrea Olaya by fall.

Competing in the −75 kg event at the 2016 European Championships held in Riga, Latvia, she won her country's first-ever women's wrestling gold medal at this championship, defeating Russian Alena Storodubtseva.

In 2020, she won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[6] [7] In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[8] She was eliminated in her second match by Martina Kuenz of Austria.[8] In May 2021, she qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[9] [10]

She won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[11] [12] A few months later, she won the gold medal in the 76 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[13] Yasemin Adar beat Egypt’s Samar Amer 6-0 in women's freestyle 76 kg at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, scoring her second gold in the tournament.[14] [15]

In 2023, Yasemin Adar won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 76 category at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships in Zagreb. Yasemin Adar won the quarterfinal against Romanian Catalina Axente with a 10-0 with technical superiority. Then, in the semifinals, she won 14-4 with technical superiority against Ukrainian Anastasia Osniach and reached the final. Yasemin Adar competed against Austrian Martina Kuenz in the final. While the competitive match ended 2-2, Adar won the match with advantage points and became the European champion for the 6th time.[16]

She won the gold medal in the 76kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[17] She defeated Anastasiia Osniach of Ukraine in her gold medal match.[17] She competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan and she earned a quota place for Turkey for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[18] [19] She competed in the women's 76kg event at the Olympics.[20]

Achievements

YearTournamentVenueResultEvent
2012European Championships Belgrade, Serbia15thFreestyle 72 kg
Mediterranean Championships Larissa, Greece1stFreestyle 72 kg
World Championships Strathcona County, Canada5thFreestyle 72 kg
2013European Championships Tbilisi, Georgia10thFreestyle 72 kg
Mediterranean Games Mersin, Turkey1stFreestyle 72 kg
World Championships Budapest, Hungary5thFreestyle 72 kg
2014European Championships Vantaa, Finland9thFreestyle 75 kg
World Championships Tashkent, Uzbekistan9thFreestyle 75 kg
2015European Games Baku, Azerbaijan5thFreestyle 75 kg
World Championships Las Vegas, United States10thFreestyle 75 kg
2016European Championships Riga, Latvia1stFreestyle 75 kg
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brasil8thFreestyle 75 kg
2017European Championships Novi Sad, Serbia1stFreestyle 75 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games Baku, Azerbaijan1stFreestyle 75 kg
World Championships Paris, France1stFreestyle 75 kg
2018European Championships Kaspiysk, Russia1stFreestyle 76 kg
World Championships Budapest, Hungary2ndFreestyle 76 kg
2019European Championships Bucharest, Romania1stFreestyle 76 kg
2020European Championships Rome, Italy2ndFreestyle 76 kg
2021Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan3rdFreestyle 76 kg
2022European Championships Budapest, Hungary1stFreestyle 76 kg
Mediterranean Games Oran, Algeria1stFreestyle 76 kg
World Championships Belgrade, Serbia1stFreestyle 76 kg
2023European Championships Zagreb, Croatia1stFreestyle 76 kg
2024European Championships Bucharest, Romania1stFreestyle 76 kg

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Entry List by NOC . https://web.archive.org/web/20220627230457/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WRE/2022-06-25/WRE-------------------------------__C32A_1.0.pdf . 27 June 2022 . 27 June 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.
  2. Web site: International Wrestling Database . www.iat.uni-leipzig.de . 20 May 2023.
  3. News: Morgan . Liam . 2 August 2021 . López etches name into history books by clinching fourth Olympic wrestling title at Tokyo 2020 . InsideTheGames.biz . 2 August 2021.
  4. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . 7 August 2021 . 8 August 2021 . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  5. Web site: Yasemin Adar dünya evine girdi.
  6. News: Shefferd . Neil . 16 December 2020 . Russia claim team title on final day of women's action at UWW Individual World Cup . . 17 October 2021.
  7. Web site: 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212337/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf . 18 December 2020 . 18 December 2020 . United World Wrestling.
  8. Web site: 2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf . 24 March 2021 . 24 March 2021 . United World Wrestling.
  9. News: Shefferd . Neil . 7 May 2021 . Chumikova secures emotional win at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier . InsideTheGames.biz . 7 May 2021.
  10. Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210509161754/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf . 9 May 2021 . 9 May 2021 . United World Wrestling.
  11. News: Lloyd . Owen . 31 March 2022 . Two golds apiece for Moldova and Turkey at European Wrestling Championships . . 31 March 2022.
  12. Web site: 2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . 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 . United World Wrestling.
  13. Web site: Wrestling Competition Summary . 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 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.
  14. Web site: Turkish wrestler Yasemin Adar Yigit wins gold at World Championships.
  15. News: Burke . Patrick . 14 September 2022 . Susaki and Morikawa earn Japanese double at World Wrestling Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 15 September 2022.
  16. Web site: Yasemin Adar Yiğit, Avrupa şampiyonu . İhlas Haber Ajansı . 20 May 2023.
  17. 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.
  18. News: Khalatyan . Rafael . 8 April 2024 . Azerbaijan secures full freestyle wrestling team for Paris 2024 . 17 April 2024 . InsideTheGames.biz.
  19. Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf . 8 April 2024 . 8 April 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  20. 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.

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