Atakan Yüksel (born August 13, 1985) is a Turkish
wrestler
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competing in the 66 kg division of
Greco-Roman style. The athlete is a member of ASKİ Club in
Ankara
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, where he is coached by
Mehmet Akif Pirim.
He qualified for the
2012 Summer Olympics.
In March 2021, he competed at the
European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
in Tokyo, Japan.
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1985 births
Living people
People from Şefaatli
Olympic wrestlers for Turkey
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Turkish male sport wrestlers
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey
Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
World Wrestling Championships medalists
Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling
European Wrestling Championships medalists
20th-century Turkish people
21st-century Turkish people