Metehan Başar (born February 19, 1991) is a twice world-champion Turkish wrestler competing in the 85 kg division of

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. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. He won the silver medal in the 85 kg event at the 2007 Black Sea Games held in

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, Turkey. Başar became bronze medalist at the 2015 European Games in

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, Azerbaijan. He won the silver medal at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships in

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, Serbia. He won the gold medal at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships in

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, France. In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary, hoping to qualify for the

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in Tokyo, Japan. In 2022, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. He lost his bronze medal match in the 97kg event at the

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held in Belgrade, Serbia.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Basar, Metehan Living people 1991 births People from Sapanca Sportspeople from Sakarya Province Turkish male sport wrestlers İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor sportspeople Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in wrestling European Games bronze medalists for Turkey World Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games European Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Turkish sportsmen