Zeynep Yetgil Explained
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Zeynep Yetgil |
Nationality: | Turkish |
Birth Date: | 2000 10, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Erzurum, Turkey |
Height: | 165 cm |
Weight: | 53 kg |
Alma Mater: | Bartın University |
Country: | Turkey |
Sport: | Women's freestyle wrestling |
Event: | 53 kg |
Club: | Istanbul BB SK |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Zeynep Yetgil (born 10 October 2000) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 53 kg division. She is a member of Istanbul BB SK.[1]
Sports career
Zeynep Yetgil wins bronze medal at the Junior Wrestling World Championships. Competing in women's 48 kg at the 2017 Junior Wrestling World Championships, held in Finland, Zeynep Yetgil won bronze medal after beating her Tunisian opponent Sarra Hamdi 8–6.[2]
2018 Junior European Wrestling Championships in Rome, Italy.Competing in women's 53 kg category, Zeynep Yetgil defeated her Azerbaijani opponent Tatyana Varansova and won the title.[3]
In November 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the 53 kg event at the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[4] [5]
She won one of the bronze medals in the 55 kg event at the 2022 European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.[6] A few months later, she won the silver medal in the 53 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[7] A few months later, she won the gold medal in the 55 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Türkiye.[8] [9] She competed in the 53kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10]
In 2023, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 European U23 Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[11] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's freestyle 53 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia. Zeynep Yetgil, starting the championship from the qualifying round, defeated Polish Roksana Zasina 10-0 and reached the quarterfinals. Zeynep, who competed against Sweden's Jonna Malmgren in the quarterfinals, left the mat 11-6 defeated, but after her opponent reached the final, she earned the right to compete for the bronze medal. In the bronze medal match, she won the bronze medal by defeating her Azerbaijani rival Türkan Nasirova 10–0.[12]
She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[13] She competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She qualified at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[14] She competed in the women's 53kg event at the Olympics.[15]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: International Wrestling Database . 11 October 2021 . 5 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211105221026/https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrestling/daten.php?spid=203C5A91E81D474182EFC4735CD99AD8 . live.
- Web site: Zeynep Yetgil Wins Bronze Medal at the Junior Wrestling World Championships . olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr . 7 May 2021 . 7 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210507121758/https://www.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr/News-Detail/Zeynep-Yetgil-Wins-Bronze-Medal-at-the-Junior-Wrestling-World-Championships/1601 . live.
- Web site: Turkey's junior wrestler bags gold medal . aa.com.tr . 7 May 2021 . 7 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210507022910/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/sports/turkey-s-junior-wrestler-bags-gold-medal-/1222223 . live.
- News: Dowdeswell . Andrew . 5 November 2021 . Yepez Guzman makes history for Ecuador at UWW Under-23 World Championships . . 5 November 2021 . 5 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211105232416/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1115088/yepez-guzman-ecuador-uww-u23-worlds . live.
- Web site: 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211110104150/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-11/results_11_belgrade.pdf?VersionId=q9PpC48NYmp7wndhAvjEjk6GB7FF03OG . 10 November 2021 . 10 November 2021 . United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2022 European U23 Wrestling Championship Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220315144534/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final_book_for_2022_senior_u23_european_championship.pdf?VersionId=voRL2ShsCpsBN6qx8goiGqQsH0wDR_a5 . 15 March 2022 . 15 March 2022 . United World Wrestling.
- 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.
- 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.
- Web site: Eskişehirli milli güreşçi Muhammet Akdeniz minderden gümüş madalya ile ayrıldı.
- 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.
- News: 20 March 2023 . 2023 European U23 Wrestling Championships Results Book . United World Wrestling . https://web.archive.org/web/20230320182026/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-03/final-book-uww-u23-european.pdf?VersionId=96QRu.lwdHmNAYu3iHBLNtS8qI_fpETU . 20 March 2023 . 20 March 2023.
- Web site: Zeynep Yetgil'den bronz madalya . 22 April 2023 . 22 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230422015630/https://www.iha.com.tr/istanbul-haberleri/zeynep-yetgilden-bronz-madalya-4294095/ . live.
- 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.
- Web site: 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf . 14 May 2024 . 14 May 2024 . United World Wrestling.
- 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.