Yasemin Adar Yiğit (born 6 December 1991) is a Turkish

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competing in the 76 kg division. 2 times world and 7 times European champions. She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76 kg event at the

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in Tokyo, Japan.

Personal life

Yasemin Adar was born to Naim Adar, a baker, and Ayşegül in Balıkesir, Turkey on 6 December 1991. She has an elder sister, Yıldız. Her mother died in 2013. After finishing Gaziosmanpaşa High School, she studied physical education and sports in

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. Currently, she works as a teacher in

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. On September 26, 2021, she married Erdem Yiğit.

Sports career

Adar was discovered by former Turkish champion sport wrestler Aslan Seyhanlı while she was performing

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during her high school and university years. She then switched over to wrestling in her hometown. She competes for Trakya Birlik SK. Adar took part in the freestyle −72 kg event at the 2012 World Championships in Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada, gaining no success. She participated at the 2013 European Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia, without having success. At the

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, Turkey, she became gold medalist in the −72 kg division. She placed fifth at the 2013 World Championships held in Budapest, Hungary, after losing to Chinese Zhang Fengliu in the semifinals and to American

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in the third place match. Adar reached the round of 16 at the 2014 World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She failed to advance to the finals after losing to Russian

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in the −75 kg event at the

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, Azerbaijan. She then lost to Moldavian

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in the bronze medal match. At the 2015 World Championships in Las Vegas, United States, Adar lost in the quarter-finals to Colombian

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by fall. Competing in the −75 kg event at the 2016 European Championships held in

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, Latvia, she won her country's first-ever women's wrestling gold medal at this championship, defeating Russian Alena Storodubtseva. In 2020, she won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia. In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the

in Tokyo, Japan. She was eliminated in her second match by

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of Austria. In May 2021, she qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the

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held in Budapest, Hungary. A few months later, she won the gold medal in the 76 kg event at the

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held in Oran, Algeria. Yasemin Adar beat Egypt’s

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6-0 in women's freestyle 76 kg at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, scoring her second gold in the tournament. In 2023, Yasemin Adar won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 76 category at the

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in Zagreb. Yasemin Adar won the quarterfinal against Romanian Catalina Axente with a 10-0 with technical superiority. Then, in the semifinals, she won 14-4 with technical superiority against Ukrainian Anastasia Osniach and reached the final. Yasemin Adar competed against Austrian Martina Kuenz in the final. While the competitive match ended 2-2, Adar won the match with advantage points and became the European champion for the 6th time. She won the gold medal in the 76kg event at the

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held in Bucharest, Romania. She defeated

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of Ukraine in her gold medal match. She competed at the

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in Baku, Azerbaijan and she earned a quota place for Turkey for the

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in Paris, France. She competed in the women's 76kg event at the Olympics.

Achievements

References

External links

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