Gülendam Sarıbal

Gülendam Sarıbal (born 1972) is a Turkish armwrestler. She won medals on both arms in the 80 kg Senior, Master and Grand Master categories at the world and European championships.

Private life

Gülendam Sarıbal was born in 1972. She is the mother of four children. She lives in Güngören district of Istanbul Province.

Sports career

Sarıbal became interested in arm wrestlingwhile watching her husband in competition. In 2011 at age 39, she entered Güngören Yeni Akıncılar Sports Club in Istanbul, and started performing arm wrestling. Following trainings coached by Emin Kaska, she became champion at the Istanbul Provincial Tournament. She then won the Turkish Championship in the Senior 80 kg category. In 2018, she became Turkish champion in the 80 kg, and was admitted to the national team to participate at the European Championship in Bulgaria. She returned from Sofia, Bulgaria with a 5th place on the left arm.

International individual achievements

Year	Date	Location	Competition	Event (kg)	Left rm	Right arm	Ref.
2016	21–29 May	Bucharest	26th European Champ.	Master 80			[1]
	1–10 Oct	Blagoevgrad	38th World Champ.	80	-	9th	[2]
				Master 80
2018	25 May – 3 Jun	Sofia	28th European Champ.	80	5th	7th	[3]
	12–21 Oct	Antalya	40th World Champ.	80	8th	7th	[4]
2019	26 Oct – 4 Nov	, Constanta	41st World Champ.	80	8th	4th	[5]
2021	23 Nov-3 Dec	Bucharest	42nd World Champi.	80	4th	5th	[6]
				Master 80
2022	7–14 May	Bucharest	31st European Champ.	80	4th		[7]
	14–23 Oct	Antalya	43rd World Champ.	80			[8]
				Grand Master 80	X