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Aydın Polatçı
Aydın Polatçı (born 15 May 1977) is a Turkish wrestling, wrestler. He was born in Istanbul. He was Olympic bronze medalist in Freestyle wrestling in 2004. He also competed at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics. Wrestling career Aydın Polatçı grew up in his birthplace and took up wrestling there in 1993, having previously competed in the Turkish national sport of oil wrestling. He became a heavyweight at 1.90 metres tall and around 125 kg in body weight. After his first successes at junior level, he became a member of the Aski Ankara wrestling club, where Mehmet Polatçı became his coach. Aydın Polatçı preferred the free style throughout his career. He only competed in the Greco-Roman style twice at military world championships. He made his first international start in 1995 at the European Junior Championships in Witten, where he took first place in the heavyweight age group (up to the age of 18) in the free style ahead of Tamás Ábrahám from Hungary and Oleg Khorpiakov from ...
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Freestyle Wrestling
Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the United States are conducted under different rules and termed scholastic wrestling, scholastic and collegiate wrestling. U.S. collegiate women's wrestling is conducted under freestyle rules. Freestyle wrestling, like collegiate wrestling, has its origins in Catch wrestling, catch-as-catch-can wrestling. In both styles, the ultimate goal is to throw and pin the opponent to the mat, which results in an immediate win. Unlike Greco-Roman, freestyle and collegiate wrestling allow the use of the wrestler's or the opponent's legs in offense and defense. According to wrestling's world governing body, the United World Wrestling (UWW), freestyle wrestling is one of the six main forms of amateur competitive wrestling practiced around the globe today. ...
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World Military Championship
The World Military Championships (WMC) are the world championships of the military sports, regularly organized by the Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM), covering 25 sports. History CISM had its roots in World War II, with efforts to bring together members of the allied forces to bridge cultural and language barriers. This took place under the auspices of the Allied Forces Sports Council. By 1947, the Soviet Union and eastern bloc nations had withdrawn from the Council, followed by the United States and United Kingdom. The French armed forces picked up the concept and organised CISM with France, Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg and the Netherlands as founding members under the motto "Friendship through sport". By 1985, eighty-two nations were competing. Military athletes often are competing against Olympic competitors in CISM games and World Military Championships, earning the nickname "The Military Olympics. Championships In the year of the Military World Games (from 19 ...
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Wrestling
Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves different grappling-type techniques, such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins, and other grappling holds. Many different wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat sports, and military systems. Wrestling comes in different forms, the most popular being professional wrestling, which is a form of athletic theatre. Other legitimateThe term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to predetermined professional wrestling, which is very different from the legitimate (or real-life) wrestling combat predominantly detailed in this article. competitive forms include Greco-Roman, freestyle, judo, sambo, folkstyle, catch, shoot, luta livre, submission, sumo, pehl ...
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European Juniors Wrestling Championships
European, or Europeans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe and other Western countries * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to the European Union ** European Union citizenship ** Demographics of the European Union In publishing * ''The European'' (1953 magazine), a far-right cultural and political magazine published 1953–1959 * ''The European'' (newspaper), a British weekly newspaper published 1990–1998 * ''The European'' (2009 magazine), a German magazine first published in September 2009 *''The European Magazine'', a magazine published in London 1782–1826 *''The New European'', a British weekly pop-up newspaper first published in July 2016 Other uses * * Europeans (band), a British post-punk group, from Bristol See also * * * Europe (other) * The Eur ...
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World Juniors Wrestling Championships
The World Junior Wrestling Championships (U20) is the main wrestling championships in the Junior age category (between 18 and 20 years old), organised by United World Wrestling (UWW). This event was held twice in 1979 and 1980. Rename The past name for the competition was the Junior World Championships. In November 2021, the UWW renamed the Junior Worlds to U20 and Cadet Worlds to U17. Editions * 1980 in Stockholm probably was in U15 (Schools) in 13 + 13 weights * 1992 (LL, GR) and 1993 (LF) was counted one edition * Not held in 2002 and 2004 * Shared bronze medal awarded since 2005 * 1969 – 1977 / 1983 – 1995 : Espoir World Championships * LL : Freestyle / GR : Greco-Roman / LF : Women's Freestyle All-time medal table *Junior / U20 World Championship Medal Count (2000–2024) * consist of and . * was competed in 2023,2024. Team rankings Espoir * LL : Freestyle / GR : Greco-Roman * After 1995 Junior and Espoir was merged. See also * List of Cadet, Junior and U ...
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2008 Yasar Dogu Tournament
The Yasar Dogu Tournament 2008, was a wrestling event held in Ankara, Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ... between 9 and 10 February 2008. This tournament was held as 36th. This international tournament includes competition in both men's and women's freestyle wrestling. This ranking tournament was held in honor of the two time Olympic Champion, Yaşar Doğu. Medal table Team ranking Medal overview Men's freestyle Women's freestyle Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References {{Yasar Dogu Wrestling Tournament Yasar Dogu 2008 2008 in sport wrestling Sports competitions in Ankara Yaşar Doğu Tournament International wrestling competitions hosted by Turkey ...
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2002 Yasar Dogu Tournament
The Yasar Dogu Tournament 2002, was a wrestling event held in Ankara, Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ... between 2 and 3 March 2002. This tournament was held as 30th. This international tournament includes competition includes competition in men's freestyle wrestling. This ranking tournament was held in honor of the two time Olympic Champion, Yaşar Doğu. Medal table Medal overview Men's freestyle Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References {{Yasar Dogu Wrestling Tournament Yasar Dogu 2002 2002 in sport wrestling Sports competitions in Ankara Yaşar Doğu Tournament International wrestling competitions hosted by Turkey ...
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1997 Yasar Dogu Tournament
The Yasar Dogu Tournament 1997, was a wrestling event held in Ankara, Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ... between 14 and 16 February 1997. This tournament was held as 25th. This international tournament includes competition includes competition in men's freestyle wrestling. This ranking tournament was held in honor of the two time Olympic Champion, Yaşar Doğu. Medal table Medal overview Men's freestyle Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References {{Yasar Dogu Wrestling Tournament Yasar Dogu 1997 1997 in sport wrestling Sports competitions in Ankara Yaşar Doğu Tournament International wrestling competitions hosted by Turkey ...
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1996 Yasar Dogu Tournament
The Yasar Dogu Tournament 1996, was a wrestling event held in Ankara, Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ... between 11 and 13 March 1996. This tournament was held as 24th. This international tournament includes competition includes competition in men's freestyle wrestling. This ranking tournament was held in honor of the two time Olympic Champion, Yaşar Doğu. Medal table Medal overview Men's freestyle Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References {{Yasar Dogu Wrestling Tournament Yasar Dogu 1996 1996 in sport wrestling Sports competitions in Ankara Yaşar Doğu Tournament International wrestling competitions hosted by Turkey ...
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2004 Yasar Dogu Tournament
The Yasar Dogu Tournament 2004, was a wrestling event held in Ankara, Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ... between 12 and 14 March 2004. This tournament was held as 32nd. This international tournament includes competition includes competition in men's freestyle wrestling. This ranking tournament was held in honor of the two time Olympic Champion, Yaşar Doğu. Medal table Medal overview Men's freestyle Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References {{Yasar Dogu Wrestling Tournament Yasar Dogu 2004 2004 in sport wrestling Sports competitions in Ankara Yaşar Doğu Tournament International wrestling competitions hosted by Turkey ...
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2003 Yasar Dogu Tournament
The Yasar Dogu Tournament 2003, was a wrestling event held in Ankara, Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ... between 28 February and 2 March 2003. This tournament was held as 31st. This international tournament includes competition includes competition in men's freestyle wrestling. This ranking tournament was held in honor of the two time Olympic Champion, Yaşar Doğu. Medal table Medal overview Men's freestyle Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * References {{Yasar Dogu Wrestling Tournament Yasar Dogu 2003 2003 in sport wrestling Sports competitions in Ankara Yaşar Doğu Tournament International wrestling competitions hosted by Turkey ...
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2000 Yasar Dogu Tournament
The Yasar Dogu Tournament 2000, was a wrestling event held in Ankara, Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ... between 6 and 7 May 2000. This tournament was held as 28th. This international tournament includes competition includes competition in men's freestyle wrestling. This ranking tournament was held in honor of the two time Olympic Champion, Yaşar Doğu. Medal table Medal overview Men's freestyle Participating nations * * * * * * * * * References {{Yasar Dogu Wrestling Tournament Yasar Dogu 2000 2000 in sport wrestling Sports competitions in Ankara Yaşar Doğu Tournament International wrestling competitions hosted by Turkey ...
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