Yunus Emre Başar Explained

Yunus Emre Başar
Headercolor:lightblue
Birth Date:5 November 1995
Birth Place:Sakarya, Turkey
Height:1.78m (05.84feet)
Weight:77kg (170lb)
Country:Turkey
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Event:Greco-Roman
Team:Istanbul BB SK

Yunus Emre Basar (born November 5, 1995) competing in the 77 kg division of Greco-Roman wrestling. He won one of the bronze medals in the 77kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[1] He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.[2]

Career

Turkey's Yunus Emre Basar earned a silver medal at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships.[3]

In 2022, he won the gold medal in his event at the Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[4]

In 2023, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 77 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia. Starting the championship from the qualifying round, Yunus Emre Başar defeated German Samuel Bellscheidt 3-1 and reached the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, he defeated Bulgarian Aik Mnatsakanian 6-1 and advanced to the semifinals. In the semifinals, he defeated his Armenian opponent Malkhas Amoyan 6-1 and reached the bronze medal match. In the bronze medal match, Başar defeated Danish Oliver Marco Krueger 8-0 with technical superiority and won the bronze medal.[5]

He won the silver medal in the 77kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[6]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2018Mediterranean GamesTarragona, Spain1stGreco-Roman 77 kg
2021European ChampionshipsWarsaw, Poland2ndGreco-Roman 77 kg
2022European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary2ndGreco-Roman 77 kg
World ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rdGreco-Roman 77 kg
2023European ChampionshipsZagreb, Croatia3rdGreco-Roman 77 kg
2024European ChampionshipsBucharest, Romania2ndGreco-Roman 77 kg

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. Web site: TURKSPORU - Türk sporunu her şeyimizle destekliyoruz.. turksporu.com.tr.
  3. Web site: Turkey's Basar wins silver at Euro wrestling event. www.aa.com.tr.
  4. Web site: Grekoromen Güreş Milli Takımı'ndan 15 madalya.
  5. Web site: Yunus Emre Başar, Avrupa üçüncüsü .
  6. 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.