Kadriye Aksoy (born 27 April 1999) is a

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competing in the 65 kg division.https://uww.org/athletes/aksoy-kadriye

Sport career

Aksoy started sport wrestling in 2013 during her time at Atabey İslamköy Hacı Yahya Demirel boarding middle school. She was coached by Esra Ak. She was seven times Turkish champion, twice runner-up and twice third place holder. She debuted internationally at 2015 Balkan Wrestling Championship held in

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, Turkey, and won the gold medal in the 60 kg. In 2016 at the Balkan Championship in

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, Romania, she took the silver medal in the 63 kg. The same year, she became gold medalist in the 63 kg at the World School Sport Games (2016 Gymnasiade) in

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, Turkey. She won the gold medal in the 67 kg at the 2017 Balkan Championship in

, Turkey. In the 68 kg of the

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, she took the bronze medal

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in Rome, Italy, and the silver medal in the

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in Pontevedra, Spain. She competed in the 65 kg at the

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in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, and in the 58 kg at the

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without reaching to any medal. The

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, she finished without success. She became champion in the freestyle 65 kg at the 2022 FISU University World Cup Combat Sports in Samsun, Turkey. She received the silver medal in the 65 kg at the

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in Budapest, Hungary. She captured the gold medal in the 65 kg at the

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in Istanbul, Turkey. She lost her bronze medal match in the 65kg event at the

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held in Bucharest, Romania. She competed at the

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in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the

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in Paris, France. She was eliminated in her first match and she did not qualify for the Olympics. In 2021, she transferred from Women Wrestling Team of Istanbul Enka SK, which was formed in 2017, to Balıkesir BB SK ( Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality Sport Club). She is tall.

Personal life

Kadriye Aksoy was born to Tevfik Aksoy and his wife Pembe in Şarkikaraağaç district of Isparta Province on 27 April 1999. Her sister Cansu Aksoy is also a sport wrestler. She is a student of Sport Science at Süleyman Demirel University in her hometown.

References

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