Zeynep Yetgil
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (2000-10-10) October 10, 2000
Erzurum, Turkey
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 place2023 Zagreb53 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place2021 Konya55 kg
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place2022 Oran53 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Bronze medal – third place2020 Istanbul53 kg
World U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 Budapest53 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 Belgrade53 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Pontevedra53 kg
European U23 Championship
Gold medal – first place2018 Istanbul53 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Bucharest53 kg
Silver medal – second place2021 Skopje53 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Novi Sad53 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Plovdiv55 kg
European Juniors Championship
Gold medal – first place2018 Rome53 kg
Silver medal – second place2019 Pontevedra53 kg
World Cadets Championships
Bronze medal – third place2016 Tbilisi49 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Athens49 kg
European Cadets Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 Sarajevo52 kg

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

Sports career

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]

References

  1. ↑ "International Wrestling Database".
  2. ↑ "Zeynep Yetgil Wins Bronze Medal at the Junior Wrestling World Championships". www.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr.
  3. ↑ "Turkey's junior wrestler bags gold medal". www.aa.com.tr.
  4. ↑ Dowdeswell, Andrew (5 November 2021). "Yepez Guzman makes history for Ecuador at UWW Under-23 World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. 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 2023-03-20. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  12. ↑ "Zeynep Yetgil'den bronz madalya".
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