AKGUL Taha

Date of Birth: 22 Nov 1990

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: SIVAS

Birth Country:

Turkey

Place of residence : SIVAS

Residence Country:

Turkey

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 125kg	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Men's Freestyle 125kg Bronze Medal Match #325 TUR AKGUL TAKGUL Taha 5 VPO MGL MUNKHTUR LMUNKHTUR Lkhagvagerel 0	Finished
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat C	Men's Freestyle 125kg 1/8 Final #250 TUR AKGUL TAKGUL Taha 5 VPO CAN DHESI ADHESI Amarveer 0	Finished
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat C	Men's Freestyle 125kg 1/4 Final #256 TUR AKGUL TAKGUL Taha 0 USA STEVESON GDSTEVESON Gable Dan 8 VPO	Finished
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat C	Men's Freestyle 125kg Repechage #302 KGZ LAZAREV ALAZAREV Aiaal 0 TUR AKGUL TAKGUL Taha 4 VPO	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Freestyle 125kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
7	Freestyle 120kg	2012	London, GBR

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Freestyle 125kg	2015	Las Vegas, NV, USA
1	Freestyle 125kg	2014	Tashkent, UZB
2	Freestyle 125kg	2019	Nur-Sultan, KAZ
2	Freestyle 125kg	2017	Paris, FRA
3	Freestyle 120kg	2013	Budapest, HUN
7	Freestyle 125kg	2018	Budapest, HUN

European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Freestyle 125kg	2021	Warsaw, POL
1	Freestyle 125kg	2019	Bucharest, ROU
1	Freestyle 125kg	2018	Kaspiysk, RUS
1	Freestyle 125kg	2017	Belgrade, SRB

Ranking Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Freestyle 125kg	2019	Istanbul, TUR
1	Freestyle 125kg	2018	Havana, CUB
2	Freestyle 125kg	2019	Krasnoyarsk, RUS
7	Freestyle 125kg	2018	Budapest, HUN

Playing video games, football. (Facebook page, 28 Dec 2019)

Occupation:

Physical Education - Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University, Karaman, TUR

Languages spoken:

Ankara ASKI Sports [Turkey]

Abdullah Cakmak [national]

He began wrestling in 2003 in Sivas, Turkey. (olympicchannel.com, 10 Feb 2020; FILA, 08 Jul 2011)

He was encouraged to take up the sport by his father. "I could have picked other sports like basketball or boxing if I knew I would be this huge [in size]. In the end, it was my father who picked the right sport for me and I am grateful for that." (olympicchannel.com, 10 Feb 2020; baku2015.com, 14 May 2015)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (fanatik.com.tr, 16 Apr 2020; olympicchannel.com, 10 Feb 2020; P&G Turkiye Twitter profile, 03 Dec 2019)

In 2014 he was given the Best Wrestler of the Year award by the Turkish Wrestling Federation. (aski.gov.tr, 28 Feb 2015)

General Interest

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has served as chairperson of the Athletes' Commission at the Turkish Olympic Committee. "The Turkish Olympic Committee is an organisation where athletes are the primary focus, and I have been aware of their support to athletes and efforts to spread Olympic spirit and culture in Turkey for many years." (eurolympic.org, 19 Jun 2017)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/tahakgul
https://twitter.com/tahaakgul

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
VPO:: Victory by points - without any point scored by the opponent

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