Şeref Eroğlu (born 25 November 1975, in

Kahramanmaraş Marash (Armenian: Մարաշ), officially Kahramanmaraş () and historically Germanicea (Greek: Γερμανίκεια), is a city in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey and the administrative center of Kahramanmaraş Province. Before 1973, Kahrama ...

) is a Turkish wrestler. He is the current president of the

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Career

He was born on November 25, 1975, in Dereköy, Kahramanmaraş. He started wrestling with karakucak and entered Sivas Pamukpınar Wrestling Training Center in 1988. In 1990, he wore the national swimsuit for the first time in Hungary and became the Stars Greco-Roman World Champion. He completed his secondary and high school education at Sivas Pamukpınar Teacher's High School, his high school education at Gazi University Physical Education and Sports School, his master's degree at Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, and he is currently continuing his doctorate education in Sports Management at Hitit University Faculty of Sports Sciences. He wore more than 1200 national jerseys and won 110 medals in international championships and tournaments. In 1997 and 1998, he was selected as the World's Best and Most Technical Wrestler by UWW. After ending his wrestling career in 2008, he went to the USA to study languages. He is a Delegate of the Turkish National Olympic Committee, Club President of the Champions Wrestling Club and a member of the Technical Committee of the International Wrestling Federation (UWW). He is married and has 2 children. He competed in the Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg at the

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and won the silver medal. He is member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. He is a world champion and has won four gold and one silver medals at the European Championships. In 1997, he was named ''Greco-Roman Wrestler of the Year'' by the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA).

Achievements

* 1991 World Juniors Championships in Spain - bronze * 1992 World Juniors Championships in

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- gold * 1992 European Espoir Championships in

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, Hungary - 5th (Bantamweight) * 1993 World Espoir Championships in Greece - bronze *

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in Languedoc-Roussillon, France - bronze (Bantamweight) * 1994 World Championships in Tampere, Finland - 5th (Bantamweight) * 1994 European Espoir Championships in Istanbul, Turkey - gold (Bantamweight) * 1994 European Championships in Athens, Greece - gold (Bantamweight) * 1995 World Espoir Championships in Tehran, Iran - gold (Featherweight) * 1996 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary - gold (Bantamweight) * 1997 European Championships in

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, Finland - silver (Featherweight) * 1997 World Championships in Warsaw, Poland - gold (Featherweight) * 1998 European Championships in Minsk, Belarus - gold (Featherweight) * 1998 World Championships in

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- silver (Featherweight) * 2001 European Championships in Istanbul, Turkey - gold (Featherweight) * 2004

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in Athens, Greece - silver (Lightweight)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eroglu, Seref Living people 1975 births Turkish male sport wrestlers Sportspeople from Kahramanmaraş Olympic wrestlers for Turkey Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Turkey Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling European Wrestling Champions World Wrestling Champions European Wrestling Championships medalists World Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Turkish people