Rıza Yıldırım (born May 6, 1987) is a European champion
Turkish
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wrestler competing in the 97 kg division of
freestyle wrestling. He is a member of
Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü.
Yıldırım won the gold medal in the 96 kg division at the
2013 Mediterranean Games
The 2013 Mediterranean Games ( tr, 2013 Akdeniz Oyunları), officially known as the XVII Mediterranean Games ( tr, XVII Akdeniz Oyunları) and commonly known as Mersin 2013, was an international multi-sport event held from 20 to 30 June 2013 i ...
in
Mersin
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, Turkey.
He became champion at the
2017 European Wrestling Championships
The 2017 European Wrestling Championships was held in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 2 to 7 May 2017.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal summary Men's freestyle
* The winner of the silver medal in the 97 kg category, Anzor Boltukayev from Russia, was ...
held in
Novi Sad, Serbia.
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yildirim, Riza
Living people
1987 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
Turkish male sport wrestlers
Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor athletes
Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey
European champions for Turkey
Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling
European Wrestling Championships medalists
21st-century Turkish people