Metehan Başar (born February 19, 1991) is a twice world-champion Turkish wrestler competing in the 85 kg division of Greco-Roman wrestling. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.[1]
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| Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 19, 1991 Sakarya, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 179 cm (5.87 ft; 70 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Istanbul BB SK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Yusuf Düzer (since 2006) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He won the silver medal in the 85 kg event at the 2007 Black Sea Games held in Trabzon, Turkey.[2] Başar became bronze medalist at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.[3] He won the silver medal at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia.[4] He won the gold medal at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships in Paris, France.[5]
In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary, hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6]
In 2022, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[7] He lost his bronze medal match in the 97 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Turnuvalar / Uluslararası Turnuvalar / Las vegas..Dünya." (in Turkish). Güreşiyorum.com. 2015-09-03. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
- ^ Demirbilek, Celal (2007-07-06). "Karadeniz'de madalya yağdı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2017-05-11.
- ^ "Metehan Başar, bronz madalya kazandı". Habertürk (in Turkish). 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
- ^ "Metehan Başar'dan gümüş madalya". Habertürk (in Turkish). 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
- ^ "Turkish wrestler Metehan Basar wins gold at Paris 2017". Anadolu Ajansı. 2017-08-21. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
- ^ "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ "2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
External links
edit- Metehan Başar at the International Wrestling Database
