Mehlika Öztürk (born 29 June 1997) is a Turkish

freestyle wrestler 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 U ...

. She won a bronze medal at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia and she won the silver medal in beach wrestling in her event at the

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held in Doha, Qatar.

Early life

Öztürk was born in

Manisa Manisa () is a city in Turkey's Aegean Region and the administrative seat of Manisa Province, lying approximately 40 km northeast of the major city of İzmir. The city forms the urban part of the districts Şehzadeler and Yunusemre, with ...

, Turkey. She is tall at . She is a member of Tekirdağ Çorlu Belediyesi.

Career

She competed in the women's freestyle 57 kg event at the

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held in Kaspiysk, Russia. She was eliminated in her first match by

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of Azerbaijan. In 2019, she represented Turkey at the

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in Doha, Qatar and she won the silver medal in the women's 60 kg beach wrestling event. In 2020, at the

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held in Rome, Italy, she competed in the women's 57 kg event where she was eliminated in her second match. In the same year, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the

held in Belgrade, Serbia. In April 2021, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 57 kg event at the

in Warsaw, Poland. In October 2021, she was also eliminated in her first match in the women's 55 kg event at the

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held in Oslo, Norway. In 2022, she competed at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.

Achievements

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ozturk, Mehlika 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Manisa Turkish female sport wrestlers Enkaspor 21st-century Turkish sportswomen