Turan Bayramov (born 11 January 2001) is an

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freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

who competes at 70 kilograms, and 74 kilograms. Bayramov claimed a silver medal from the 2021 European Championships (70kg), was the 2019 U23 World Champion and the 2018 Cadet World and Youth Olympic Champion, as well as a medalist at multiple high level age-group competitions.

Wrestling career

Age-group level

As a cadet, Bayramov placed third and second at the 2017 European and World Championships respectively. The following year, he was able to claim both championships and also became the Youth Olympic Champion. As a junior, he went on to win the European Championship but placed third at the World Championships in 2019. After a second-place finish at the Senior European Championships, Bayramov claimed the Junior European Continental championship in 2021.

Senior level

2019–2020

Bayramov made his international freestyle debut aged 18 at the 2019 U23 European Championships, where he lost his first match to place 11th. Despite his placement at the European Championships, Bayramov was able to claim the U23 World Championship after four victories, becoming a three–time non–senior World and Olympic Champion. In 2020, he placed third at the prestigious Yasar Dogu International.

2021

To start off the Olympic year, Bayramov placed third at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane, only losing to World Championship silver medalist from the United States James Green. A month later, he placed third at the Ukrainian Memorial, notably defeating US Open champion

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and Junior World Champion Erik Arushanian. In April, Bayramov moved up to 70 kilograms and claimed a silver medal from the

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, losing to

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in the finale. On August 5, Bayramov moved up to 74 kilograms and competed at the

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, where after a win over

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from Ukraine, he was downed by two-time World Champion

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Italy to place eight. He was able to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics as

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was not able to compete due to injury.

2022

He won the gold medal in his event at the

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held in Rome, Italy. He competed in the 74kg event at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia.

Freestyle record

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