Taha Akgül
Taha Akgül (born November 22, 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]
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Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sivas, Turkey | November 22, 1990|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 125 kg (276 lb; 19.7 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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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 is now considered the best active wrestler with Abdulrashid Sadulaev.
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 medallist 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.[12][13] In 2014 he named as the 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 |
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2019 Turkey Championships ![]() | ||||||
Win | 112–4 | ![]() |
Tech Fall (10–0) | December 22, 2019 | 2019 Turkey Championships | ![]() |
Win | 111–4 | ![]() |
Tech Fall (10–0) | |||
Win | 110–4 | ![]() |
Tech Fall 10–0 | |||
Win | 109–4 | ![]() |
Tech Fall 12–2 | |||
Win | 108–4 | ![]() |
Tech Fall (10–0) | |||
2019 Bundesliga tournament ![]() | ||||||
Win | 107–4 | ![]() |
19–4 | November 16, 2019 | 2019 Bundesliga Tournament | ![]() |
Win | 106–4 | ![]() |
16–0 | RKG Reilingen-Hockenheim | ||
Win | 105–4 | ![]() |
16–0 | |||
2019 Military World Games ![]() | ||||||
Win | 104–4 | ![]() |
3–0 | October 22, 2019 | 2019 Military Games | ![]() |
Win | 103–4 | ![]() |
8–1 | October 21, 2019 | ||
Win | 102–4 | ![]() |
4–0 | |||
Win | 101–4 | ![]() |
5–0 | |||
2019 Yaşar Doğu tournament ![]() | ||||||
Win | 100–4 | ![]() |
5–1 | July 14, 2019 | 2019 Yaşar Doğu Tournament | ![]() |
Win | 99–4 | ![]() |
10–0 | July 13, 2019 | ||
Win | 98–4 | ![]() |
5–2 | |||
2019 European Championship ![]() | ||||||
Win | 97–4 | ![]() |
7–0 | April 10, 2019 | ![]() | |
Win | 96–4 | ![]() |
8–1 | April 9, 2019 | ||
Win | 95–4 | ![]() |
Tech Fall (11–1) | |||
Win | 94–4 | ![]() |
7–1 | |||
Loss | 93–4 | ![]() |
2–3 | October 20, 2018 | 2018 World Championship | ![]() |
Win | 93–3 | ![]() |
7–0 | |||
Win | 92–3 | ![]() |
9–0 | |||
2018 European Championship ![]() | ||||||
Win | 91–3 | ![]() |
2–1 | May 6, 2018 | 2018 European Championship | ![]() |
Win | 90–3 | ![]() |
3–0 | |||
Win | 89–3 | ![]() |
4–2 | |||
Win | 88–3 | ![]() |
5–0 | |||
2018 Granma World Tournament ![]() | ||||||
Win | 87–3 | ![]() |
Tech Fall (11–0) | October 22, 2019 | 2018 Granma World Tournament | ![]() |
Win | 86–3 | ![]() |
8–1 | October 21, 2019 | ||
Win | 85–3 | ![]() |
7–0 | |||
Win | 84–3 | ![]() |
Tech Fall (11–0) | |||
2017 World Championship ![]() | ||||||
Loss | 83–3 | ![]() |
8–10 | August 25, 2017 | 2017 World Championship | ![]() |
Win | 83–2 | ![]() |
Tech Fall (10–0) | |||
Win | 82–2 | ![]() |
Tech Fall (12–2) | |||
Win | 81–2 | ![]() |
8–0 | |||
2017 European Championship ![]() | ||||||
Win | 80–2 | ![]() |
8–2 | May 5, 2017 | 2017 European Championship | ![]() |
Win | 79–2 | ![]() |
5–0 | |||
Win | 78–2 | ![]() |
(Tech Fall)14–4 | |||
Win | 77–2 | ![]() |
9–2 | |||
2016 Olympic Games ![]() | ||||||
Win | 76–2 | ![]() |
3–1 | August 20, 2016 | 2016 Olympic Games | ![]() |
Win | 75–2 | ![]() |
8–1 | |||
Win | 74–2 | ![]() |
Tech Fall (11–0) | |||
Win | 73–2 | ![]() |
Tech Fall (10–0) | |||
2016 Yaşar Doğu tournament ![]() | ||||||
Win | 72–2 | ![]() |
10–0 | February 7, 2016 | 2016 Yaşar Doğu Tournament | ![]() |
Win | 71–2 | ![]() |
12–1 | February 6, 2016 | ||
Win | 70–2 | ![]() |
9–1 | |||
2015 World Championship ![]() | ||||||
Win | 69–2 | ![]() |
Tech Fall (10–0) | September 12, 2015 | 2015 World Championship | ![]() |
Win | 68–2 | ![]() |
Tech Fall (10–0) | |||
Win | 67–2 | ![]() |
6–1 | |||
Win | 66–2 | ![]() |
4–2 | |||
Win | 65–2 | ![]() |
Tech Fall (11–0) | |||
2015 European Games ![]() | ||||||
Win | 64–2 | ![]() |
6–0 | June 18, 2015 | 2015 European Games | ![]() |
Win | 63–2 | ![]() |
Fall | |||
Win | 62–2 | ![]() |
Fall | |||
Win | 61–2 | ![]() |
5–2 | |||
2015 Yaşar Doğu tournament ![]() | ||||||
Win | 60–2 | ![]() |
(Tech Fall)10–0 | March 29, 2015 | 2015 Yaşar Doğu Tournament | ![]() |
Win | 59–2 | ![]() |
(Tech Fall)12–1 | March 28, 2015 | ||
Win | 58–2 | ![]() |
(Tech Fall) 10–0 | |||
2014 World Championship ![]() | ||||||
Win | 57–2 | ![]() |
4–3 | September 8, 2014 | 2014 World Championship | ![]() |
Win | 56–2 | ![]() |
8–1 | |||
Win | 55–2 | ![]() |
4–2 | |||
Win | 54–2 | ![]() |
4–0 | |||
Win | 53–2 | ![]() |
10–4 | |||
2014 European Championship ![]() | ||||||
Win | 52–2 | ![]() |
(Tech Fall) 10–0 | April 3, 2014 | 2014 European Championship | ![]() |
Win | 51–2 | ![]() |
7–0 | |||
Win | 50–2 | ![]() |
(Tech Fall) 8–0 | |||
Win | 49–2 | ![]() |
(Tech Fall) 11–0 | |||
2014 Yaşar Doğu tournament ![]() | ||||||
Win | 48–2 | ![]() |
4–1 | February 16, 2014 | 2014 Yaşar Doğu Tournament | ![]() |
Win | 47–2 | ![]() |
6–1 | February 16, 2014 | ||
Win | 46–2 | ![]() |
2–0 | |||
2013 Moscow Lights ![]() | ||||||
Win | 45–2 | ![]() |
10–1 | November 8, 2013 | 2013 Moscow Lights | ![]() |
Win | 44–2 | ![]() |
10–0 | November 12, 2013 | ||
Win | 43–2 | ![]() |
4–1 | |||
Win | 42–2 | ![]() |
10–0 | |||
2013 World Championship ![]() | ||||||
Win | 41–2 | ![]() |
3–0 | September 17, 2013 | 2013 World Championship | ![]() |
Win | 40–2 | ![]() |
7–3 | |||
Win | 39–2 | ![]() |
(Tech Fall) 8–0 | |||
Loss | 38–2 | ![]() |
2–6 | |||
Win | 38–1 | ![]() |
(Tech Fall) 9–0 | |||
2013 Summer Universiade ![]() | ||||||
Win | 37–1 | ![]() |
(Tech Fall) 8–0 | July 16, 2013 | 2013 Summer Universiade | ![]() |
Win | 36–1 | ![]() |
6–1 | |||
Win | 35–1 | ![]() |
7–0 | |||
Win | 34–1 | ![]() |
4–1 | |||
2013 Mediterranean Games ![]() | ||||||
Win | 33–1 | ![]() |
(Tech Fall)10–0 | June 26, 2013 | 2013 Mediterranean Games | ![]() |
Win | 32–1 | ![]() |
(Tech Fall)10–0 | |||
Win | 31–1 | ![]() |
(Tech Fall)10–0 | |||
Win | 30–1 | ![]() |
(Tech Fall)10–0 | |||
2013 European Championship ![]() | ||||||
Win | 29–1 | ![]() |
0–6, 1–0, 2–1 | March 21, 2013 | 2013 European Championship | ![]() |
Win | 28–1 | ![]() |
5–1, 5–3 | |||
Win | 27–1 | ![]() |
2–2, 3–0, 3–1 | |||
Win | 26–1 | ![]() |
2–0, 2–0 | |||
2013 World Cup ![]() | ||||||
Win | 25–1 | ![]() |
6–2 | February 21, 2013 | 2013 World Cup | ![]() |
Win | 24–1 | ![]() |
5–1 | |||
Win | 23–1 | ![]() |
8–0 | |||
Win | 22–1 | ![]() |
6–3 | |||
Win | 21–1 | ![]() |
Tech Fall (11–0) | |||
2013 Yaşar Doğu tournament ![]() | ||||||
Win | 20–1 | ![]() |
9–2 | February 9, 2013 | 2013 Yaşar Doğu Tournament | ![]() |
Win | 19–1 | ![]() |
6–1 | |||
Win | 18–1 | ![]() |
6–3 | |||
2012 World University Championship | ||||||
Win | 17–1 | ![]() |
Tech Fall (10–0) | October 2, 2012 | 2012 World University Championship | ![]() |
Win | 16–1 | ![]() |
10–2 | |||
Win | 15–1 | ![]() |
Tech-Fall (9–0) | |||
Win | 14–1 | ![]() |
7–0 | |||
2012 Olympics Games 9th at 120 kg | ||||||
Loss | 13–1 | ![]() |
1–0, 3–0 | August 11, 2012 | 2012 Olympics Games | ![]() |
Win | 13–0 | ![]() |
1–0, 2–0 | |||
2012 Yaşar Doğu tournament ![]() | ||||||
Win | 12–0 | ![]() |
5–2 | Juny 13, 2012 | 2012 Yaşar Doğu Tournament | ![]() |
Win | 11–0 | ![]() |
7–0 | Juny 13, 2012 | ||
Win | 10–0 | ![]() |
(Tech Fall) 10–0 | |||
2012 European Championship ![]() | ||||||
Win | 9–0 | ![]() |
(Tech Fall) 9–1 | March 2, 2012 | 2012 European Championship | ![]() |
Win | 8–0 | ![]() |
5–0 | |||
Win | 7–0 | ![]() |
4–0 | |||
Win | 6–0 | ![]() |
(Tech Fall) 9–0 | |||
2011 Golden Grand Prix ![]() | ||||||
Win | 5–0 | ![]() |
5–4 | July 8, 2011 | 2011 Golden Grand Prix | ![]() |
Win | 4–0 | ![]() |
8–3 | |||
Win | 3–0 | ![]() |
7–3 | |||
Win | 2–0 | ![]() |
8–2 | |||
Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
Tech Fall (11–0) | |||
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