Taha Akgül
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
November 22, 1990 Sivas, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (260 lb; 19 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Olympic wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ankara ASKİ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Abdullah Çakmak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taha Akgül (born November 22, 1990 in Sivas, Turkey) is a European and World champion Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 120 kg division. He is a student of physical education and sports at the Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University in Karaman.[1]
He won the gold medal at the 40th Yaşar Doğu International Wrestling Tournament held in 2012.[2] At the 2012 European Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, Taha Akgül became champion in his weight category.[3]
He was qualified to participate at the 2012 Olympics for Turkey.[4] 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.[5]
Taha Akgül defended his European champion title at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia.[6] He won the bronze medal at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[7]
References
- ↑ "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 0212-04-23. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ "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. 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. Retrieved 2013-09-18.