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Zeynep Yetgil

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Zeynep Yetgil
Yetgil at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (2000-10-10) 10 October 2000 (age 24)
Erzurum, Turkey
Alma materBartın University
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportWomen's freestyle wrestling
Event53 kg
ClubIstanbul BB SK
Medal record
Representing  Turkey
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Zagreb 53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Bucharest 53 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 55 kg
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oran 53 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Silver medal – second place 2024 Antalya 53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Istanbul 53 kg
World U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest 53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Belgrade 53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Pontevedra 53 kg
European U23 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Istanbul 53 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bucharest 53 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Skopje 53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Novi Sad 53 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Plovdiv 55 kg
European Juniors Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Rome 53 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pontevedra 53 kg
World Cadets Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Tbilisi 49 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Athens 49 kg
European Cadets Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Sarajevo 52 kg

Zeynep Yetgil (born 10 October 2000) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 53 kg division. She is a member of Istanbul BB SK.[1]

Sports career

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Zeynep Yetgil wins bronze medal at the Junior Wrestling World Championships. Competing in women's 48 kg at the 2017 Junior Wrestling World Championships, held in Finland, Zeynep Yetgil won bronze medal after beating her Tunisian opponent Sarra Hamdi 8–6.[2]

2018 Junior European Wrestling Championships in Rome, Italy.Competing in women's 53 kg category, Zeynep Yetgil defeated her Azerbaijani opponent Tatyana Varansova and won the title.[3]

In November 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the 53 kg event at the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[4][5]

She won one of the bronze medals in the 55 kg event at the 2022 European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.[6] A few months later, she won the silver medal in the 53 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[7] A few months later, she won the gold medal in the 55 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Türkiye.[8][9] She competed in the 53 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10]

In 2023, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 European U23 Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[11] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's freestyle 53 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia. Zeynep Yetgil, starting the championship from the qualifying round, defeated Polish Roksana Zasina 10-0 and reached the quarterfinals. Zeynep, who competed against Sweden's Jonna Malmgren in the quarterfinals, left the mat 11-6 defeated, but after her opponent reached the final, she earned the right to compete for the bronze medal. In the bronze medal match, she won the bronze medal by defeating her Azerbaijani rival Türkan Nasirova 10–0.[12]

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[13] She competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She qualified at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[14] She competed in the women's 53 kg event at the Olympics.[15] She was eliminated in her second match by Annika Wendle of Germany.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "International Wrestling Database". Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Zeynep Yetgil Wins Bronze Medal at the Junior Wrestling World Championships". olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Turkey's junior wrestler bags gold medal". aa.com.tr. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. ^ Dowdeswell, Andrew (5 November 2021). "Yepez Guzman makes history for Ecuador at UWW Under-23 World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  5. ^ "2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  6. ^ "2022 European U23 Wrestling Championship Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Wrestling Competition Summary" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  8. ^ "2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Eskişehirli milli güreşçi Muhammet Akdeniz minderden gümüş madalya ile ayrıldı".
  10. ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  11. ^ "2023 European U23 Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. 20 March 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Zeynep Yetgil'den bronz madalya". Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  13. ^ "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  14. ^ "2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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