Selçuk Çebi (born June 3, 1982 in

Araklı Araklı (from Greek "Ηράκλεια" - ''Erakleia'') is a town and district of Trabzon Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. The mayor is Recep Çebi ( AKP). Name Arakli is believed to be derived from "the castle in the middle" in turkish ...

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, Turkey) is a Turkish

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. He is a three-time world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. He studied at Ondokuz Mayıs University. While receiving secondary education at İmam Hatip Lisesi in his native Araklı, Çebi was advised by his father to sign up for wrestling at age 12. He became the only professional wrestler in the family of seven children. Çebi graduated from the College of Physical Education of the Ondokuz Mayıs University in

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, after which he practiced wrestling at the Trabzon Belediyespor and Çaykur Rizespor. He obtained his license at the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K., but continued to train in Trabzon. He won a gold medal for Turkey at the

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held in

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, where he competed at 66 kg. He became a gold-medal winner in 74 kg at the

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held in

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. He is married to Kübra Çebi and has a son named Yusuf.

Results

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– Gold medal ** Round 1: Bye ** Round 2: Defeated , 2–0 ** Round 3: Defeated , 2–0 ** Semifinal: Defeated , 2–1 ** Final: Defeated , 2–0 *

2009 European Wrestling Championships The 2009 FILA European Wrestling Championships were held in Vilnius, Lithuania. The event took place from 31 March to 5 April 2009. Bids Five countries showed interest in hosting the tournament, but only two were shortlisted: Vilnius (Lithuania ...

– Bronze medalSelçuk Çebi'ye bronz tesellisi. ''Porttakal''. 5 Nisan 2009.
/ref> ** Round 1: Defeated , 2–0 ** Round 2: Defeated , 2–0 ** Round 3: Defeated , 2–0 ** Semifinal: Lost to , 0–2 ** Bronze Medal Final: Defeated , 2–0 * 2010 World Championship – Gold medal ** Round 1: Bye ** Round 2: Defeated , 2–0 (2–0, 2–0) ** Round 3: Defeated , 2–1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0) ** Round 4: Defeated , 2–1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0) ** Semifinal: Defeated , 2–0 (6–0, 1–0) ** Final: Defeated , 2–1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

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