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Taha Akgül
Taha Akgül (born 22 November 1990 in Sivas, Turkey) is an Olympic, World, and European champion Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 125 kg division. He is a 3 time world (2014, 2015, 2022) and 10 time European (2012-2015, 2017-2019, 2021-2023) champion. He won the gold medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics at 125 kg. He has been the president of the Athlete Commission of the Turkish National Olympic Committee since 2016. He is a graduate of the Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University Physical Education and Sports Academy and completed his master's degree at Sivas Cumhuriyet University. 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. At the 2012 European Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, Taha Akgül became champion in his weight category. He is now considered the best active wrestler ...
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Sivas
Sivas (Latin and Greek: ''Sebastia'', ''Sebastea'', Σεβάστεια, Σεβαστή, ) is a city in central Turkey and the seat of Sivas Province. The city, which lies at an elevation of in the broad valley of the Kızılırmak river, is a moderately-sized trade centre and industrial city, although the economy has traditionally been based on agriculture. Rail repair shops and a thriving manufacturing industry of rugs, bricks, cement, and cotton and woolen textiles form the mainstays of the city's economy. The surrounding region is a cereal-producing area with large deposits of iron ore which are worked at Divriği. Sivas is also a communications hub for the north–south and east–west trade routes to Iraq and Iran, respectively. With the development of railways, the city gained new economic importance as junction of important rail lines linking the cities of Ankara, Kayseri, Samsun, and Erzurum. The city is linked by air to Istanbul. The popular name Sebastian derives f ...
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2014 World Wrestling Championships
The 2014 UWW World Wrestling Championships were the 10th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and were held from September 8 to 14 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Participating nations 692 competitors from 81 nations participated. * (2) * (2) * (3) * (14) * (8) * (22) * (23) * (5) * (18) * (1) * (14) * (1) * (23) * (5) * (5) * (7) * (7) * (2) * (5) * (8) * (1) * (3) * (6) * (9) * (16) * (18) * (1) * (10) * (1) * (1) * (3) * (16) * (24) * (3) * (16) * (1) * (4) * (8) * (1) * (24) * (24) * (12) * (7) * (5) * (3) * (1) * (1) * (13) * (14) * (1) * (16) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (5) * (4) * (1) * (17) * (2) * (3) * (1) * (13) * (24) * (3) * (6) * (7) * (1) * (1) * (19) * (8) * (12) * (3) * (7) * (2) * (21) * (9) * (24) * (24) * (24) * (9) References Results Book External links Wrestling Database2014 World Championships Special Section on USA Wrestling {{WC FILA ...
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2021 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 125 Kg
The men's freestyle 125 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ..., Norway on 2 and 3 October. This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket. Results Final Top half Bottom half Repechage Final standing References External linksOfficial website {{DEFAULTSORT:2021 World Wr ...
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2021 World Wrestling Championships
The 2021 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from 2 to 10 October 2021 in Oslo, Norway. The event was subsequent to the 2019 World Championships due to the cancelation of the 2020 edition during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 Individual World Cup was held as replacement for the World Wrestling Championships. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle {, , - , rowspan=2, 57 kg , rowspan=2, , rowspan=2, , , - , , - , rowspan=2, 61 kg , rowspan=2, Abasgadzhi Magomedov , rowspan=2, , , - , , - , rowspan=2, 65 kg , rowspan=2, Zagir Shakhiev , rowspan=2, , , - , , - , rowspan=2, 70 kg , rowspan=2, , rowspan=2, , {{flagmedalist, Yevgeny Zherbaev{{flag, RUS, rwf-wrestling, name=Russian Wrestling Federation , - , {{flagmedalist, Zurabi Iakobishvili, GEO , - , rowspan=2, 74 kg{{DetailsLink, 2021 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 74 kg , rowspan=2, {{f ...
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2013 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 120 Kg
The men's freestyle 120 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary on 17 September 2013. This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. Results ;Legend *C — Won by 3 cautions given to the opponent *F — Won by fall Autumn, also known as fall in American English and Canadian English, is one of the four temperate seasons on Earth. Outside the tropics, autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, in September (Northern Hemisphere) or March (Souther ... *R — Retired Final Top half Bottom half Repechage ReferencesResults Book, Page 30 {{DEFAULTSORT:2013 World Wrestling Championships - Men's freestyle 120 kg Men's freestyle 99 kg ...
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2013 World Wrestling Championships
The 2013 World Wrestling Championships was the 9th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and were held from September 16 to 22 in Budapest, Hungary. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Participating nations 681 competitors from 87 nations participated. * (2) * (2) * (3) * (13) * (1) * (7) * (18) * (21) * (9) * (20) * (2) * (14) * (1) * (21) * (3) * (9) * (5) * (11) * (7) * (2) * (6) * (7) * (1) * (6) * (5) * (7) * (14) * (17) * (1) * (13) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (4) * (21) * (21) * (14) * (2) * (4) * (4) * (21) * (1) * (21) * (12) * (5) * (6) * (2) * (2) * (1) * (8) * (14) * (14) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (3) * (1) * (7) * (4) * (1) * (2) * (2) * (18) * (1) * (4) * (1) * (15) * (21) * (3) * (5) * (8) * (1) * (4) * (17) * (6) * (5) * (10) * (3) * (4) * (3) * (20) * (21) * (1) * (21) * (12) * (17) * (9) References Results Book External links * {{World championships in 2013 World Wrestling Ch ...
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2019 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 125 Kg
The men's freestyle 125 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on 20 and 21 September. This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket. Results ;Legend *C — Won by 3 cautions given to the opponent *F — Won by fall Final Top half Bottom half Repechage * Khasanboy Rakhimov of Uzbekistan originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for doping. Deng Zhiwei Deng Zhiwei (, born February 1, 1988) is a Chinese heavyweight freestyle wrestler who won a silver medal at the 2018 ...
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2019 World Wrestling Championships
The 2019 World Wrestling Championships were held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan from 14 September to 22 September 2019. The tournament served as qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics, the top six wrestlers from each category earned their NOCs a qualification. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Participating nations 872 competitors from 95 nations participated. * (3) * (7) * (1) * (2) * (15) * (3) * (8) * (28) * (2) * (26) * (6) * (19) * (1) * (2) * (18) * (1) * (1) * (29) * (7) * (8) * (1) * (5) * (12) * (7) * (3) * (3) * (9) * (5) * (1) * (7) * (10) * (20) * (23) * (2) * (5) * (4) * (2) * (2) * (2) * (18) * (30) * (20) * (6) * (10) * (1) * (30) * (30) * (1) * (22) * (2) * (1) * (11) * (6) * (19) * (21) * (4) * (1) * (2) * (4) * (6) * (8) * (4) * (6) * (3) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (21) * (2) * (3) * (2) * (14) * (30) * (2) * (6) * (1) * (3) * (1) * (30) * (6) * (12) * (6) * (1) * (7) * (2) * (30) * (7) ...
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2017 World Wrestling Championships - Men's Freestyle 125 Kg
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2017 World Wrestling Championships
The 2017 World Wrestling Championships were the 14th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from August 21 to 27 in Paris, France. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Participating nations 684 competitors from 73 nations participated. * (1) * (3) * (2) * (12) * (6) * (6) * (22) * (1) * (22) * (7) * (19) * (16) * (2) * (22) * (3) * (9) * (1) * (4) * (10) * (7) * (3) * (8) * (8) * (5) * (5) * (23) * (16) * (20) * (7) * (1) * (2) * (16) * (24) * (16) * (5) * (5) * (24) * (23) * (19) * (3) * (9) * (3) * (13) * (16) * (5) * (1) * (1) * (3) * (6) * (6) * (5) * (2) * (1) * (8) * (18) * (3) * (1) * (10) * (24) * (5) * (5) * (1) * (24) * (5) * (9) * (2) * (1) * (2) * (23) * (24) * (24) * (11) * (5) References External links Results Book {{World championships in 2017 World Wrestling Championships World Wrestling Championships World Wrestling Championships World Wr ...
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2022 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Freestyle 125 Kg
The men's freestyle 125 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 15 and 16 September 2022. This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket. Results ;Legend *F — Won by fall Autumn, also known as fall in American English and Canadian English, is one of the four temperate seasons on Earth. Outside the tropics, autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, in September (Northern Hemisphere) or March (Souther ... * WO — Won by walkover Final Top half Bottom half Repechage Final standing Referenc ...
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