Taha Akgül
Taha Akgül (born 22 November 1990 in Sivas) is an Olympic, World, and European champion Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 125 kg division.[1][2] He is a 3 time world (2014, 2015, 2022) and 11 time European (2012-2015, 2017-2019, 2021-2024) champion. He won the gold medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics as well as in the 2024 Summer Olympics at 125 kg. He is a graduate of the Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University Physical Education and Sports Academy and completed his master's degree at Sivas Cumhuriyet University.[3][4]
Wrestling career
[edit]Akgül took up wrestling in 2003 following his father and brother. He won the gold medal at the 40th Yaşar Doğu International Wrestling Tournament held in 2012.[5] At the 2012 European Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, Taha Akgül became champion in his weight category.[6] He qualified for the 2012 Olympics.[7] He did not advance to quarterfinal after losing to Bilyal Makhov from Russia in the round of 16. At the 2012 World University Wrestling Championships held in Kuortane, Finland, he became gold medallist in his weight class.[8]
Taha Akgül defended his European champion title at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia.[9] He won the bronze medal at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[10]
In 2014 and 2015 he won the world title in the 125 kg division.[11][12] In 2014 he named as the Best Wrestler of the Year by the Turkish Wrestling Federation. He won a gold medal at the 2016 Olympics, defeating Komeil Ghasemi in the final.
Taha Akgul won the gold medal at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships in Serbia on Friday.[13]
World Championships 2017, Paris: It was a dramatic gold medal match. Akgul scored the first point on the counter in less than one minute into the game. The Turkish international continued to dominate the first period by taking a four-point lead. But the Georgian wrestler turned the tables in his favour in the dying seconds of the first half. Within one minute he covered the four-point lead by two successive takedowns, levelling the score at 4-4. In the second half, both the wrestlers went into attacking mode. With a series of attacks, the wrestlers were drawn at 8-8. But in the final 10 seconds of the bout, Petriashvili executed a two-pointer move and became the world champion.[14]
Taha Akgul won gold medals on Sunday at the European Wrestling Championships held in Kaspiysk in Russia's northern Caucasus Republic of Dagestan. He won against Georgian wrestler Geno Petriashvili 2-1 to become the European champion in the 125-kilogram category.[15]
Taha Akgul comes second in World Wrestling C'ships. Akgul wins silver medal in World Wrestling Championships, losing to Georgia's Petriashvili in men's freestyle final.[16]
Taha Akgül on 22 April won gold in the 2021 European Championships in Warsaw. Akgül secured his eighth European title as the 30-year-old beat his Russian opponent Sergei Kozyrev via disqualification (9-2) in the men's freestyle 125-kilogram final. He had previously won gold in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA) about his latest success, Akgül said winning the tournament after being forced to a nearly two-year hiatus due to injury was a great morale boost for him. “I won my 8th European title after defeating my rivals with overwhelming superiority. It was really important for me to win a gold medal, considering I joined straight to European Championships after my 1.5-year break. And the Olympics is so close,” Akgül said, adding that he would be aiming for a second Olympic gold medal at Tokyo 2020.[17]
In 2022, he won the gold medal in his event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[18] He won the gold medal in the men's 125 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. Akgül claimed a 5–2 victory over Geno Petriashvili from Georgia in the 125 kg freestyle division in Hungary's capital. Taha Akgul won his ninth gold medal in the 125 kg freestyle division.[19] He won the gold medal in the men's 125 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[20][21] United World Wrestling has announced Taha Akgul as the 2022 Freestyle Wrestler of the Year after his three title-winning performances in 2022.[22]
In 2023, Taha Akgül became the European champion for the 10th time by defeating his Georgian opponent Geno Petriashvili 9-4 in the 125 kg freestyle category at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships. Taha defeated Giorgi Meshvildishvili, competing for Azerbaijan, 3-1 and advanced to the semifinals. In the semifinal, Taha faced Abraham de Jesus Conyedo Ruano competing for Italy, beating his opponent 4-0. He won the bronze medal in the men's 125 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[23]
He won the gold medal in the men's 125 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. He reached the final after defeating Poland's Kamil Kosciolek in the first round, Ukraine's Murazi Mchedlidze in the quarterfinals and another Georgian, Giorgi Meshvildishvili of Azerbaijan, in the semifinals with 10-0 technical victories. In the final, he defeated Geno Petriashvili of Georgia and became the European champion for the 11th time. [24]
Taha Akgül won one of bronze medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France by defeating his Kyrgyz rival Aiaal Lazarev 7-0 in the third place match in the men's freestyle 125 kg competition. Taha Akgül reached the semifinals by beating Puerto Rican Jonovan Smith 10-0 with technical superiority in the first round and Hungarian Dániel Ligeti 8-0 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, he faced Iranian Amir Hossein Zare. While the match was 1-1 in Taha's favor, with 30 seconds left, the Algerian referee Belkacem Trai gave Taha a warning even though he was more active, and as a result, he lost the match 2-1 and lost the bronze medal. After the end of the match, he took off his shoes and left them on the mat and announced that he was ending his career.[25]
Major results
[edit]| Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Summer Olympics | Paris, France | 3rd | Freestyle 125 kg |
| European Championships | Bucharest, Romania | 1st | Freestyle 125 kg | |
| 2023 | World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 3rd | Freestyle 125 kg |
| European Championships | Zagreb, Croatia | 1st | Freestyle 125 kg | |
| 2022 | World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 1st | Freestyle 125 kg |
| European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 1st | Freestyle 125 kg | |
| 2021 | Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | 3rd | Freestyle 125 kg |
| World Championships | Oslo, Norway | 3rd | Freestyle 125 kg | |
| European Championships | Warsaw, Poland | 1st | Freestyle 125 kg | |
| 2019 | World Championships | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | 2nd | Freestyle 125 kg |
| European Championships | Bucharest, Romania | 1st | Freestyle 125 kg | |
| Military World Games | Wuhan, China | 1st | Freestyle 125 kg | |
| 2018 | European Championships | Kaspiysk, Russia | 1st | Freestyle 125 kg |
| 2017 | World Championships | Paris, France | 2nd | Freestyle 125 kg |
| European Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | 1st | Freestyle 125 kg | |
| 2016 | Summer Olympics | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | Freestyle 125 kg |
| 2015 | World Championships | Las Vegas, United States | 1st | Freestyle 125 kg |
| European Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 1st | Freestyle 125 kg | |
| 2014 | World Championships | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 1st | Freestyle 125 kg |
| European Championships | Vantaa, Finland | 1st | Freestyle 125 kg | |
| 2013 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | Freestyle 120 kg |
| European Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 1st | Freestyle 120 kg | |
| Mediterranean Games | Mersin, Turkey | 1st | Freestyle 120 kg | |
| Summer Universiade | Kazan, Russia | 1st | Freestyle 120 kg | |
| 2012 | European Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 1st | Freestyle 120 kg |
Wrestling record
[edit]| Res. | Record | Opponent | Score | Date | Event | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 Olympic Games  at 125 kg
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| Win | 158-11 |  Aiaal Lazarev
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7-0 | 10 August 2024 | 2024 Olympic Games |  Paris
| |
| Loss | 157-11 |  Amir Hossein Zare
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1-2 | 9 August 2024 | |||
| Win | 157-10 |  Dániel Ligeti
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8-0 | ||||
| Win | 156-10 |  Jonovan Smith
|
10–0 Tech Fall | ||||
2024 European Championships  at 125 kg
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| Win | 155-10 |  Geno Petriashvili
|
5-4 | 18 February 2024 | 2024 European Championship |  Bucharest
| |
| Win | 154-10 |  Giorgi Meshvildishvili
|
10–0 Tech Fall | 17 February 2024 | |||
| Win | 153-10 |  Murazi Mchedlidze
|
10–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| Win | 152-10 |  Kamil Kościółek
|
10–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| 2023 World Championship at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 151-10 | Dániel Ligeti
|
5-0 | 17 September 2023 | 2023 World Championship |  Belgrad
| |
| Loss | 150-10 | Amir Hossein Zare
|
0-4 | 16 September 2023 | |||
| Win | 150-9 | Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi
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3-0 | ||||
| Win | 149-9 | Giorgi Meshvildishvili
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2-0 | ||||
| Win | 148-9 |  Eduardo García
|
11–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| 2023 European Championships at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 147-9 | Geno Petriashvili
|
9–4 | 19 April 2023 | 2023 European Championships |  Zagreb
| |
| Win | 146-9 |  Abraham Conyedo
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4-0 | 18 April 2023 | |||
| Win | 145-9 | Giorgi Meshvildishvili
|
3–1 | ||||
| Ibrahim Moustafa 2023 at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 144-9 | Kamil Kosciolek
|
5-0 | 25 February 2023 | Ibrahim Moustafa 2023 |  Alexandria
| |
| Win | 143-9 |  Nick Gwiazdowski
|
7-2 | ||||
| Win | 142-9 |  Dinesh
|
11–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| Win | 141-9 |  Yusup Batirmurzaev
|
7–0 | ||||
| 2022 World Championship at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 140-9 |  Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel
|
6-2 | 16 September 2022 | 2022 World Championship | Belgrade
| |
| Win | 139-9 | Amir Hossein Zare
|
4-2 | 15 September 2022 | |||
| Win | 138-9 |  Amar Dhesi
|
8–2 | ||||
| Win | 137-9 | Dániel Ligeti
|
4–0 | ||||
| 2022 European Championships at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 136-9 | Geno Petriashvili
|
5–2 | 30 March 2022 | 2022 European Championships | Budapest
| |
| Win | 135-9 | Dániel Ligeti
|
10–0 Tech Fall | 29 March 2022 | |||
| Win | 134-9 | Magomedgadzhi Nurasulov
|
5–0 | ||||
| Yasar Dogu 2022 at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 133-9 | Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel
|
10-0 Tech Fall | 26 February 2022 | Yasar Dogu 2022 |  Istanbul
| |
| Win | 132-9 | Dániel Ligeti
|
3-0 | ||||
| Win | 131-9 | Oleg Boltin
|
6–1 | ||||
| Win | 130-9 | Magomedgadzhi Nurasulov
|
7–2 | ||||
| Win | 129-9 |  Gabriel Tysz
|
11–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| 2021 World Championship at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 128-9 | Nick Gwiazdowski
|
6-4 | 3 October 2021 | 2021 World Championship |  Oslo
| |
| Loss | 127-9 | Amir Hossein Zare
|
0-4 | 2 October 2021 | |||
| Win | 127–8 |  Zelimkhan Khizriev
|
5–0 | ||||
| Win | 126–8 | Robert Baran
|
5–0 | ||||
| 2020 Olympic Games at 125 kg
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| Win | 125–8 | Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel
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5–0 | 6 August 2021 | 2020 Olympic Games |  Tokyo
| |
| Win | 124–8 | Aiaal Lazarev
|
4–0 | ||||
| Loss | 123–8 | Gable Steveson
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0–8 | 5 August 2021 | |||
| Win | 123–7 | Amar Dhesi
|
5–0 | ||||
| 2021 European Championships at 125 kg
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| Win | 122–7 | Sergei Kozyrev
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9-2 | 21 April 2021 | 2021 European Championship | Warsaw
| |
| Win | 121–7 |  Dzianis Khramiankou
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4-0 | 20 April 2021 | |||
| Win | 120–7 | Kamil Kosciolek
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6–1 | ||||
| Win | 119–7 | Geno Petriashvili
|
6–1 | ||||
| 2020 Turkey Wrestling Championships at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 118–7 | Tanju Gemici
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10–0 Tech Fall | 22 December 2019 | 2020 Turkey Championships | Ankara
| |
| Win | 117–7 | Hüseyin Civelek
|
10–0 Tech Fall | 21 December 2019 | |||
| Win | 116–7 | Mustafa Tayyip Küçük
|
10–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| Win | 115–7 | Enes Kaan
|
12–2 Tech Fall | ||||
| Win | 114–7 | Adil Mısırcı
|
10–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| 2019 Bundesliga tournament at 125 kg
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| Win | 113–7 |  Robin Ferdinand
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19–4 Tech Fall | 16 November 2019 | 2019 Bundesliga Tournament | Hockenheim
| |
| Win | 112–7 | Nico Graf
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16–0 Tech Fall | RKG Reilingen-Hockenheim | |||
| Win | 111–7 | Alexander Kleer
|
16–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| 2019 Military World Games at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 110–7 | Yadollah Mohebbi
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3–0 | 22 October 2019 | 2019 Military World Games |  Wuhan
| |
| Win | 109–7 | Robert Baran
|
8–1 | 21 October 2019 | |||
| Win | 108–7 | Aleksandr Goldovski
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4–0 | ||||
| Win | 107–7 |  Sohbet Belliyev
|
5–0 | ||||
2019 World Championship  at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Loss | 106–7 | Geno Petriashvili
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6–6 | 21 September 2019 | 2019 World Championship | Nur-Sultan
| |
| Win | 106-6 | Deng Zhiwei
|
10–0 Tech Fall | 20 September 2019 | |||
| Win | 105–6 |  Khasanboy Rakhimov
|
3–0 | ||||
| Win | 104–6 | Alexander Romanov
|
8–0 | ||||
| 2019 Yasar Dogu Tournament at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 103–6 | Nick Gwiazdowski
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5–1 | 14 July 2019 | 2019 Yasar Dogu | Istanbul
| |
| Win | 102–6 | Yadollah Mohebbi
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10–0 Tech Fall | July 13, 2019 | |||
| Win | 101–6 | Daniel Ligeti
|
5–2 | ||||
| 2019 European Championship at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 100–6 | Geno Petriashvili
|
7–0 | 10 April 2019 | 2019 European Championship | Bucharest
| |
| Win | 99–6 | Anzor Khizriev
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8–1 | April 9, 2019 | |||
| Win | 98–6 |  Andranik Galstyan
|
11–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| Win | 97–6 | Rareș Chintoan
|
7–1 | ||||
| Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2019 at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Loss | 96–6 | Anzor Khizriev
|
3–7 | 25 January 2019 | Ivan Yarygin 2019 | Krasnoyarsk
|
|
| Win | 96–5 | Deng Zhiwei
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10–0 Tech Fall | 25 January 2019 | |||
| Win | 95–5 |  Alpajon Estevez
|
10–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| Win | 94–5 | Zelimkhan Khizriev
|
11–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| 2018 World Championship at 125 kg | |||||||
| Loss | 93–5 | Parviz Hadi
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2–3 | 20 October 2018 | 2018 World Championship | Budapest
| |
| Win | 93–4 | Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi
|
7–0 | ||||
| Win | 92–4 | Nick Matuhin
|
9–0 | ||||
| 2018 European Championship at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 91–4 | Geno Petriashvili
|
2–1 | 6 May 2018 | 2018 European Championship | Kaspiysk
| |
| Win | 90–4 | Muradin Kushkhov
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3–0 | 5 May 2018 | |||
| Win | 89–4 | Jamaladdin Magomedov
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4–2 | ||||
| Win | 88–4 | Ibrahim Saidau
|
5–0 | ||||
| 2018 Granma y Cerro Pelado Tournament at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 87–4 | Ben Durbin
|
11–0 Tech Fall | 15 February 2018 | 2018 Granma y Cerro Pelado | La Habana
| |
| Win | 86–4 | Davit Modzmanashvili
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8–1 | 14 February 2018 | |||
| Win | 85–4 | Alen Zasyeyev
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7–0 | ||||
| Win | 84–4 | Garik Barseghyan
|
11–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| 2017 World Championship at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Loss | 83–4 | Geno Petriashvili
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8–10 | 25 August 2017 | 2017 World Championship | Paris
| |
| Win | 83–3 | Nick Gwiazdowski
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10–0 Tech Fall | 24 August 2017 | |||
| Win | 82–3 |  Nam Koung-jin
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12–2 Tech Fall | ||||
| Win | 81–3 | Natsagsürengiin Zolboo
|
8–0 | ||||
| 2017 European Championship at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 80–3 | Jamaladdin Magomedov
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8–2 | 5 May 2017 | 2017 European Championship | Novi Sad
| |
| Win | 79–3 | Dániel Ligeti
|
5–0 | ||||
| Win | 78–3 | Geno Petriashvili
|
14–4 Tech Fall | ||||
| Win | 77–3 | Danylo Kartavyi
|
9–2 | ||||
| 2016 Olympic Games at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 76–3 | Komeil Ghasemi
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3–1 | 20 August 2016 | 2016 Olympic Games |  Rio de Janeiro
| |
| Win | 75–3 | Levan Berianidze
|
8–1 | ||||
| Win | 74–3 | Ibrahim Saidau
|
11–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| Win | 73–3 | Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat
|
10–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| 2016 European Championship at 125 kg | |||||||
| Loss | 72–3 | Geno Petriashvili
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8-8 | 11 March 2016 | 2016 European Championship |  Riga
| |
| 2016 Yasar Dogu Tournament at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 72–2 | Tony Nelson
|
10–0 Tech Fall | 7 February 2016 | 2016 Yasar Dogu | Istanbul
| |
| Win | 71–2 | Jamaladdin Magomedov
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12–1 | 6 February 2016 | |||
| Win | 70–2 | Yasin Kılıç
|
9–1 | ||||
| 2015 World Championship at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 69–2 | Jamaladdin Magomedov
|
10–0 Tech Fall | 12 September 2015 | 2015 World Championship | Las Vegas, NV
| |
| Win | 68–2 | Bilyal Makhov
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10–0 Tech Fall | 11 September 2015 | |||
| Win | 67–2 | Daulet Shabanbay
|
6–1 | ||||
| Win | 66–2 | Levan Berianidze
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4–2 | ||||
| Win | 65–2 |  José Cuba
|
11–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| 2015 European Games at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 64–2 | Aleksey Shemarov
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6–0 | 18 June 2015 | 2015 European Games | Baku
| |
| Win | 63–2 | Soslan Gagloev
|
Fall | ||||
| Win | 62–2 | Robert Baran
|
Fall | ||||
| Win | 61–2 | Jamaladdin Magomedov
|
5–2 | ||||
| 2015 Yasar Dogu Tournament at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 60–2 | Aiaal Lazarev
|
10–0 Tech Fall | 29 March 2015 | 2015 Yasar Dogu | Istanbul
| |
| Win | 59–2 | Daulet Shabanu
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12–1 Tech Fall | 28 March 2015 | |||
| Win | 58–2 | Khadzhimurat Gatsalov
|
10–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| 2014 World Championship at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 57–2 | Komeil Ghasemi
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4–3 | 8 September 2014 | 2014 World Championship | Tashkent
| |
| Win | 56–2 | Aleksey Shemarov
|
8–1 | 7 September 2014 | |||
| Win | 55–2 | Tervel Dlagnev
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4–2 | ||||
| Win | 54–2 | Aslan Dzebisov
|
4–0 | ||||
| Win | 53–2 | Richárd Csercsics
|
10–4 | ||||
| 2014 European Championship at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 52–2 | Alan Khugaev
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10–0 Tech Fall | 3 April 2014 | 2014 European Championship |  Vantaa
| |
| Win | 51–2 | Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi
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10–0 Tech Fall | 2 April 2014 | |||
| Win | 50–2 | Vadzim Shvedau
|
10–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| Win | 49–2 | Andranik Galstyan
|
11–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| 2014 Yasar Dogu Tournament at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 48–2 | Komeil Ghasemi
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4–1 | 16 February 2014 | 2014 Yasar Dogu Tournament | Istanbul
| |
| Win | 47–2 | Dom Bradley
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6–1 | 15 February 2014 | |||
| Win | 46–2 | Hamza Özkaradeniz
|
2–0 | ||||
| 2013 Moscow Lights at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 45–2 | Geno Petriashvili
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10–1 | 8 November 2013 | 2013 Moscow Lights | Moscow
| |
| Win | 44–2 | Andranik Galstyan
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10–0 | 12 November 2013 | |||
| Win | 43–2 | Alen Zasyeyev
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4–1 | ||||
| Win | 42–2 |  Bimbelov Peycho
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10–0 | ||||
| 2013 World Championship at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 41–2 | Tervel Dlagnev
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3–0 | 17 September 2013 | 2013 World Championship | Budapest
| |
| Win | 40–2 | Jamaladdin Magomedov
|
7–3 | ||||
| Win | 39–2 |  Florian Skilang Temengil
|
8–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| Loss | 38–2 | Alen Zasyeyev
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2–6 | 16 September 2013 | |||
| Win | 38–1 |  Christos Nyfadopoulos
|
10–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| 2013 Summer Universiade at 120 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 37–1 | Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi
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8–0 Tech Fall | 16 July 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | Kazan
| |
| Win | 36–1 | Parviz Hadi
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6–1 | ||||
| Win | 35–1 | Deng Zhiwei
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7–0 | ||||
| Win | 34–1 | Ibrahim Saidau
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4–1 | ||||
| 2013 Mediterranean Games at 120 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 33–1 |  Slim Trabelsi
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10–0 Tech Fall | 26 June 2013 | 2013 Mediterranean Games | Mersin
| |
| Win | 32–1 | Christos Nyfadopoulos
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10–0 Tech Fall | 25 June 2013 | |||
| Win | 31–1 |  Bojan Danov
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10–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| Win | 30–1 | Pedrag Dubaic
|
10–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| 2013 European Championship at 120 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 29–1 | Alen Zasieiev
|
0–6, 1–0, 2–1 | 21 March 2013 | 2013 European Championship | Tbilisi
| |
| Win | 28–1 | Daniel Ligeti
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5–1, 5–3 | 20 March 2013 | |||
| Win | 27–1 | Dimitar Angelov Kumchev
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2–2, 3–0, 3–1 | ||||
| Win | 26–1 | Jamaladdin Magomedov
|
2–0, 2–0 | ||||
| 2013 World Cup at 120 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 25–1 | Tervel Dlagnev
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6–2 | 21 February 2013 | 2013 World Cup | Tehran
| |
| Win | 24–1 | Komeil Ghasemi
|
5–1 | 20 February 2013 | |||
| Win | 23–1 | Mohammad Reza Azarshakib
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8–0 | ||||
| Win | 22–1 | Alan Khugaev
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6–3 | ||||
| Win | 21–1 | Taichi Oka
|
11–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| 2013 Yasar Dogu Tournament at 120 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 20–1 | Kurban Kurbanov
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9–2 | 9 February 2013 | 2013 Yasar Dogu | Ankara
| |
| Win | 19–1 | Jamaladdin Magomedov
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6–1 | ||||
| Win | 18–1 | Geno Petriashvili
|
6–3 | ||||
| 2012 World University Championship at 120 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 17–1 | Parviz Hadi
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10–0 Tech Fall | 2 October 2012 | 2012 World University Championship | Kuortane
| |
| Win | 16–1 | Vitali Gagiev
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10–2 | 1 October 2012 | |||
| Win | 15–1 | Anthony Nelson
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10–0 Tech-Fall | ||||
| Win | 14–1 | Odgerel Bat-Ochir
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7–0 | ||||
| 2012 Olympic Games 9th at 120 kg | |||||||
| Loss | 13–1 | Bilyal Makhov
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1–0, 3–0 | 11 August 2012 | 2012 Olympic Games |  London
| |
| Win | 13–0 | Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi
|
1–0, 2–0 | ||||
| 2012 Yasar Dogu Tournament at 120 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 12–0 | Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi
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5–2 | 13 Juny 2012 | 2012 Yasar Dogu | Ankara
| |
| Win | 11–0 | Rareş Chintoan
|
7–0 | 12 Juny 2012 | |||
| Win | 10–0 | Fardin Masoumi
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10–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| 2012 European Championship at 120 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 9–0 | Daniel Ligeti
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9–1 Tech Fall | 2 March 2012 | 2012 European Championship | Belgrade
| |
| Win | 8–0 | Ihar Dziatko
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5–0 | ||||
| Win | 7–0 | Nick Matuhin
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4–0 | ||||
| Win | 6–0 | Giagias Stamatios
|
9–0 Tech Fall | ||||
| 2011 Golden Grand Prix at 125 kg
| |||||||
| Win | 5–0 | Fatih Çakıroğlu
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5–4 | 8 July 2011 | 2011 Golden Grand Prix | Baku
| |
| Win | 4–0 | Davit Modzmanashvili
|
8–3 | 7 July 2011 | |||
| Win | 3–0 | Jamaladdin Magomedov
|
7–3 | ||||
| Win | 2–0 | Jarod Trice
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8–2 | ||||
| Win | 1–0 | José Cuba
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "TURKSPORU - Türk sporunu her şeyimizle destekliyoruz".
- ^ "International Wrestling Database".
- ^ "Milli güreşçi Taha Akgül artık yüksek lisans mezunu - TRT Spor". TRTSpor.
- ^ "KMÜ Öğrencisi Taha AKGÜL Avrupa Şampiyonu Oldu". Karaman İnternet (in Turkish). 10 March 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ "40.Yaşar Doğu Uluslararası Güreş Şampiyonası Taha Akgül Altın Madalya Kazandığı Maçın Görüntüleri" (in Turkish). Türkiye Güreş federasyonu. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ "Taha Akgül Avrupa Şampiyonu oldu". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 9 March 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ "Taha Akgül, olimpiyat vizesi aldı". Haber 7 (in Turkish). 21 April 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ "ASKİ Spor'dan 3 madalya". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 8 October 2012. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ^ "Taha Akgül Avrupa Şampiyonu". Sabah Spor (in Turkish). 21 March 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ^ "2013 Senior World Championship – Men's freestyle 120kg". FILA. Archived from the original on 13 September 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
- ^ "World Championships". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "World Championships". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Turkish wrestler bags gold in European championship". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ^ "The Wrestling Battles: Geno Petriashvili vs Taha Akgul". 29 April 2020.
- ^ Taşkın, Gizem. "Turkish wrestlers win gold medals at European Championships". Turkish wrestlers win gold medals at European Championships. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ^ "Turkey's Akgul comes second in World Wrestling C'ships". www.aa.com.tr.
- ^ "Turkish wrestler Taha Akgül bags 8th European Championships title". Daily Sabah. 22 April 2021.
- ^ "2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Taha AKGUL (TUR) defeated Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO) 5-2 in the 125kg final at the European Championships". uww.org. 30 March 2022.
- ^ Shefferd, Neil (16 September 2022). "Olympic champions help US claim double freestyle gold at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "Akgul names world's top freestyle wrestler". uww.org. 26 December 2022.
- ^ "Akgül prevails in heavyweight final at European Wrestling Championships". www.insidethegames.biz. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ^ "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Taha Akgül'den bronz madalya! Kariyerini noktaladı". www.hurriyet.com.tr. 10 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Taha Akgul at United World Wrestling
- Taha Akgul at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Taha Akgul at the Baku 2015 European Games (archived)
- Taha Akgul at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Taha Akgul at Olympics.com
- Taha Akgül at Olympedia
- Taha Akgül at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Taha Akgül at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)
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