Muhammed Ali Demirel (born 8 November 2002) is a Turkish Olympian
judoka
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who competes in the 66 kg event.
Sport career
Demirel is a member of
Kocaeli BB Kağıt SC.
2018
Demirel became 2018 Turkish Cadet champion in 50 kg in
Mersin
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.
He took the bronze medal in the 50 kg event at the
2018 European Cadet Championships in
Sarajevo
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, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2019
In 2019, he became second time Turkish Cadet champion in 60 kg in
Samsun
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.
He and his three teammates became champion in the Mixed team event at the
2019 European Cadet Championships in
Warsaw
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, Poland.
He won the silver medal in the 60 kg event at the same competition.
Demirel and his nine teammates captured the gold medal in the Mixed team event at the
Judo at the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in
Baku
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, Azerbaijan.
He competed in the 60 kg event, and lost the bronze-medal match placing fifth.
2021
He became 2021 Turkish champion in 66 kg.
He took the bronze medal in the Mixed team event with nine teammates at the
021 World Juniors Championships in Olbia, Italy.
2022
Demirel captured the gold medal in the 66 kg event at the
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2023
He lost the Round of 32 match to Alberto Gaitero from Spain after defeating American Ari Berliner,
and was eliminated at the 2023 World Judo Championships – Men's 66 kg, 2023 World Championships in Doha, Qatar.
2024
He lost the Round of 32 to Uzbek
Sardor Nurillaev at the
2024 World Championships in
Abu Dhabi
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, United Arab Emirates.
At the
2024 European Championships in
Zagreb
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, Croatia, he won the silver medal.
Demirel received a quota to represent his country at the
2024 Summer Olympics
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in
Paris
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, France according to the Olympic rankings developed by the
International Judo Federation
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.
He lost the First round match against Luukas Saha from Finland, and was eliminated.
Personal life
Muhammed Ali Demirel was born on 8 November 2002.
He is of
Caucasusian Chechen descent.
References
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2002 births
Living people
Sportspeople from İzmit
Turkish male judoka
21st-century Turkish sportsmen
Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü sportspeople
Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic judoka for Turkey