Taha Akgül
 Akgül at the 2016 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Born |
22 November 1990 Sivas, Turkey |
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] |
| Weight | 125 kg (276 lb; 19.7 st) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Wrestling |
| Event(s) | Freestyle |
| Club | Aski Spor Kulübü, Ankara[2] |
| Turned pro | 2010 |
| Coached by |
Abdullah Çakmak[3] Ibrahim Akgun (national)[4] |
Medal record
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Taha Akgül (born 22 November 1990 in Sivas, Turkey) is an Olympic, World and European champion Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 125 kg division. He is a student of physical education and sports at the Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University in Karaman.[5]
Akgül took up wrestling in 2003 following his father and brother.[4] He won the gold medal at the 40th Yaşar Doğu International Wrestling Tournament held in 2012.[6] At the 2012 European Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, Taha Akgül became champion in his weight category.[7]
He qualified for the 2012 Olympics.[8] 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 medalist in his weight class.[9]
Taha Akgül defended his European champion title at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia.[10] He won the bronze medal at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[11]
In 2014 and 2015 he won the world title in the 125 kg division. In 2014 he selected as Best Wrestler of the Year by the Turkish Wrestling Federation.[4] He won a gold medal at the 2016 Olympics defeating Komeil Ghasemi in the final.[1]
Wrestling Record
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Score | Date | Event | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 European Championship  | ||||||||
| Win | 45-2 |  |
2-1 | May 6, 2018 | 2018 European Championship |  | ||
| Win | 44-2 | |
3-0 | |||||
| Win | 43-2 |  |
4-2 | |||||
| Win | 42-2 |  |
5-0 | |||||
2017 World Championship  | ||||||||
| Loss | 41-2 | |
8-10 | August 25, 2017 | 2017 World Championship |  | ||
| Win | 41-1 |  |
Tech Fall (10-0) | |||||
| Win | 40-1 |  |
Tech Fall (12-2) | |||||
| Win | 39-1 |  |
8-0 | |||||
| 2017 European Championship | ||||||||
| Win | 38-1 | |
8-2 | May 5, 2017 | 2017 European Championship |  | ||
| Win | 37-1 |  |
5-0 | |||||
| Win | 36-1 | |
14-4 | |||||
| Win | 35-1 |  |
9-2 | |||||
| 2016 Olympic Games | ||||||||
| Win | 34-1 |  |
3-1 | August 20, 2016 | 2016 Olympic Games |  | ||
| Win | 33-1 |  |
8-1 | |||||
| Win | 32-1 | |
Tach Fall (11-0) | |||||
| Win | 31-1 | |
Tach Fall (10-0) | |||||
| 2015 World Championship | ||||||||
| Win | 30-1 | |
Tech Fall (10-0) | September 12, 2015 | 2015 World Championship | | ||
| Win | 29-1 | |
Tech Fall (10-0) | |||||
| Win | 28-1 |  |
6-1 | |||||
| Win | 27-1 | |
4-2 | |||||
| Win | 26-1 |  |
Tech Fall (11-0) | |||||
| 2015 European Games | ||||||||
| Win | 25-1 | |
6-0 | June 18, 2015 | 2015 European Games | | ||
| Win | 24-1 | |
Fall | |||||
| Win | 23-1 |  |
Fall | |||||
| Win | 22-1 | |
5-2 | |||||
| 2014 World Championship | ||||||||
| Win | 21-1 | |
4-3 | September 8, 2014 | 2014 World Championship |  | ||
| Win | 20-1 | |
8-1 | |||||
| Win | 19-1 | |
4-2 | |||||
| Win | 18-1 | |
4-0 | |||||
| Win | 17-1 | |
10-4 | |||||
| 2014 European Championship | ||||||||
| Win | 16-1 | |
April 3, 2014 | 2014 European Championship |  | |||
| Win | 15-1 | |
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| Win | 14-1 | |
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| Win | 13-1 | |
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2013 World Championship  | ||||||||
| Win | 12-1 | |
3-0 | September 17, 2013 | 2013 World Championship | | ||
| Win | 11-1 | |
7-3 | |||||
| Win | 10-1 |  |
8-0 | |||||
| Loss | 9-1 | |
0-7 | |||||
| Win | 9-0 |  |
9-0 | |||||
| 2013 European Championship | ||||||||
| Win | 8-0 | |
0-6, 1-0, 2-1 | March 21, 2013 | 2013 European Championship | | ||
| Win | 7-0 | |
5-1, 5-3 | |||||
| Win | 6-0 |  |
2-2, 3-0, 3-1 | |||||
| Win | 5-0 | |
2-0, 2-0 | |||||
| 2012 European Championship | ||||||||
| Win | 4-0 | |
3-1 | March 21, 2013 | 2012 European Championship |  | ||
| Win | 3-0 | |
5-0 | |||||
| Win | 2-0 |  |
3-0 | |||||
| Win | 1-0 | |
5-0 | |||||
References
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- 1 2 Taha Akgül. rio2016.com
- ↑ Taha Akgül. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Akguel, Taha (TUR). iat.uni-leipzig.de
- 1 2 3 Taha Akgül. nbcolympics.com
- ↑ "KMÜ Öğrencisi Taha AKGÜL Avrupa Şampiyonu Oldu". Karaman İnternet (in Turkish). 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
- ↑ "40.Yaşar Doğu Uluslararası Güreş Şampiyonası Taha Akgül Altın Madalya Kazandığı Maçın Görüntüleri" (in Turkish). Türkiye Güreş federasyonu. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
- ↑ "Taha Akgül Avrupa Şampiyonu oldu". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
- ↑ "Taha Akgül, olimpiyat vizesi aldı". Haber 7 (in Turkish). 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
- ↑ "ASKİ Spor'dan 3 madalya". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 2012-10-08. Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
- ↑ "Taha Akgül Avrupa Şampiyonu". Sabah Spor (in Turkish). 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
- ↑ "2013 Senior World Championship – Men's freestyle 120kg". FILA. Archived from the original on 2013-09-13. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
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