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Hafize Şahin
Hafize Şahin (born January 1, 1992) is a Turkish female freestyle wrestler competing in the 59 kg division. She is a member of the Trakya Birlik SK in Edirne, where she is coached by Habil Kara. She continues her study in physical education and sports at Trakya University, which she began at Aksaray University. Achievements She won the bronze medal in the 40 kg division at the 2007 Black Sea Games in Trabzon, Turkey. Şahin became silver medalist in the 55 kg event at the 2010 European Junior Wrestling Championships held in Samokov, Bulgaria. She repeated her success with the silver medal at the 2012 European Junior Wrestling Championships held between June 19–24 in Zagreb, Croatia. Şahin is the holder of two bronze medals won at the World University Championships in Torino, Italy (2010) and Kuortane, Finland (2012). She captured the gold medal in her weight class at the 2012 Mediterranean Championship for Senior Women's Wrestling held between May 18–20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
