Muhammet Akdeniz is a Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 79 kg division. He is a member of Ankara İlbank.
Career
In 2022, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 79 kg event at the
2022 European Wrestling Championships
The 2022 European Wrestling Championships was held from 28 March to 3 April 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. Belarusian and Russian wrestlers did not compete at the event after a ban as a result of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion ...
held in Budapest, Hungary. Muhammet Akdeniz reached the semifinals by beating Stanislav Novac of Moldova 6-1 in the first round and Saifedine Alekma of France 5-3 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, he lost to the Greek Georgios Kougioumtsidis, and in the third place match he defeated the Latvian Alans Amirovs 8-4 to win the bronze medal.
He won the silver medal in the men's 79 kg event at the
2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
The 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games () were the 5th edition of the event held from 9 to 18 August 2022 at Konya, Turkey under the aegis of Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF). It was the first time in history that the event was organise ...
held in Konya, Turkey.
He competed in the
79kg event at the
2022 World Wrestling Championships
The 2022 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia.
The UWW Bureau approved the candidature of Belgrade, Serbia as ...
held in Belgrade, Serbia.
Achievements
References
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1995 births
Living people
Turkish male sport wrestlers
European Wrestling Championships medalists
Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling
21st-century Turkish sportsmen
People from Bayburt
Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Turkey
Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games