Şeref Tüfenk (born September 22, 1983, in

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. He studied at

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. Tufenk made his official debut for the

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, where he placed second in the preliminary pool of the men's lightweight class (60 kg), against Cuba's

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, Iran's Ali Ashkani, and Greece's Christos Gikas. In 2005, he won the gold medal at the

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, Turkey. At the

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, Tufenk switched to a heavier class by competing in the men's 74 kg division. Unfortunately, he lost the qualifying round match to Azerbaijan's Ilgar Abdulov, with a two-set technical score (1–2, 1–1), and a classification point score of 1–3. He also defeated France's

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for the gold medal in the same division at the

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