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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.[1][2] He is a graduate of the Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University Physical Education and Sports Academy and completed his master's degree at Sivas Cumhuriyet University.[3][4]

Taha Akgül
Akgül at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1990-11-22) November 22, 1990 (age 31)
Sivas, Turkey
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight125 kg (276 lb; 19.7 st)
Sport
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
ClubAski Spor Kulübü, Ankara
Turned pro2010
Coached byAbdullah Çakmar
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 1
World Championship 3 2 2
European Championships 9 0 0
European Games 1 0 0
Military World Games 1 0 0
Mediterranean Games 1 0 0
Yasar Dogu Tournament 7 0 1
Other 3 2 0
Total 26 4 4
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 125 kg
2020 Tokyo 125 kg
World Championships
2014 Tashkent125 kg
2015 Las Vegas 125 kg
2022 Belgrade125 kg
2017 Paris125 kg
2019 Nur-Sultan125 kg
2013 Budapest120 kg
2021 Oslo125 kg
European Championships
2012 Belgrade120 kg
2013 Tbilisi120 kg
2014 Vantaa125 kg
2017 Novi Sad125 kg
2018 Kaspiysk125 kg
2019 Bucharest125 kg
2021 Warsaw125 kg
2022 Budapest125 kg
European Games
2015 Baku 125 kg
Military World Games
2019 Wuhan 125 kg
Mediterranean Games
2013 Mersin120 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
2012 Ankara120 kg
2013 Ankara120 kg
2014 Istanbul125 kg
2015 Istanbul125 kg
2016 Istanbul125 kg
2019 Istanbul125 kg
2022 Istanbul125 kg
2011 Istanbul120 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
2019 Krasnoyarsk125 kg
Cerro Pelado International
2018 La Habana125 kg
Universiade
2013 Kazan120 kg
World University Championship
2012 Kuortane120 kg
World Junior Championships
2010 Budapest120 kg

Wrestling career


Akgül took up wrestling in 2003 following his father and brother. He won the gold medal at the 40th Yaşar Doğu International Wrestling Tournament held in 2012.[5] At the 2012 European Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, Taha Akgül became champion in his weight category.[6] He is now considered the best active wrestler with Abdulrashid Sadulaev.

He qualified for the 2012 Olympics.[7] 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.[8]

Taha Akgül defended his European champion title at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia.[9] He won the bronze medal at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[10]

In 2014 and 2015 he won the world title in the 125 kg division.[11][12] In 2014 he named as the Best Wrestler of the Year by the Turkish Wrestling Federation. He won a gold medal at the 2016 Olympics, defeating Komeil Ghasemi in the final.

Taha Akgul won the gold medal at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships in Serbia on Friday.[13]

World Championships 2017, Paris: It was a dramatic gold medal match. Akgul scored the first point on the counter in less than one minute into the game. The Turkish international continued to dominate the first period by taking a four-point lead. But the Georgian wrestler turned the tables in his favour in the dying seconds of the first half. Within one minute he covered the four-point lead by two successive takedowns, levelling the score at 4-4. In the second half, both the wrestlers went into attacking mode. With a series of attacks, the wrestlers were drawn at 8-8. But in the final 10 seconds of the bout, Petriashvili executed a two-pointer move and became the world champion.[14]

Taha Akgul won gold medals on Sunday at the European Wrestling Championships held in Kaspiysk in Russia’s northern Caucasus Republic of Dagestan. He won against Georgian wrestler Geno Petriashvili 2-1 to become the European champion in the 125-kilogram category.[15]

Taha Akgul comes second in World Wrestling C'ships. Akgul wins silver medal in World Wrestling Championships, losing to Georgia's Petriashvili in men's freestyle final.[16]

Taha Akgül on April 22 won gold in the 2021 European Championships in Warsaw. Akgül secured his eighth European title as the 30-year-old beat his Russian opponent Sergei Kozyrev via disqualification (9-2) in the men's freestyle 125-kilogram final. He had previously won gold in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics Games. Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA) about his latest success, Akgül said winning the tournament after being forced to a nearly two-year hiatus due to injury was a great morale boost for him. “I won my 8th European title after defeating my rivals with overwhelming superiority. It was really important for me to win a gold medal, considering I joined straight to European Championships after my 1.5-year break. And the Olympics is so close,” Akgül said, adding that he would be aiming for a second Olympic gold medal at Tokyo 2020.[17]

In 2022, he won the gold medal in his event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[18]He won the gold medal in the men's 125 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. Akgül claimed a 5–2 victory over Geno Petriashvili from Georgia in the 125 kg freestyle division in Hungary's capital. Taha Akgul won his ninth gold medal in the 125 kg freestyle division.[19] He won the gold medal in the men's 125 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[20][21]


Major results


Year Tournament Location Result Event
2022 World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 1st Freestyle 125 kg
European Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st Freestyle 125 kg
2021 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan 3rd Freestyle 125 kg
World Championships Oslo, Norway 3rd Freestyle 125 kg
European Championships Warsaw, Poland 1st Freestyle 125 kg
2019 World Championships Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 2nd Freestyle 125 kg
European Championships Bucharest, Romania 1st Freestyle 125 kg
Military World Games Wuhan, China 1st Freestyle 125 kg
2018 European Championships Kaspiysk, Russia 1st Freestyle 125 kg
2017 World Championships Paris, France 2nd Freestyle 125 kg
European Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 1st Freestyle 125 kg
2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st Freestyle 125 kg
2015 World Championships Las Vegas, United States 1st Freestyle 125 kg
European Games Baku, Azerbaijan 1st Freestyle 125 kg
2014 World Championships Tashkent, Uzbekistan 1st Freestyle 125 kg
European Championships Vantaa, Finland 1st Freestyle 125 kg
2013 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd Freestyle 120 kg
European Championships Belgrade, Serbia 1st Freestyle 120 kg
Mediterranean Games Mersin, Turkey 1st Freestyle 120 kg
Summer Universiade Kazan, Russia 1st Freestyle 120 kg
2012 European Championships Belgrade, Serbia 1st Freestyle 120 kg

Wrestling record


Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
2022 World Championship at 125 kg
Win 140-8 Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel 6-2 16 September 2022 2022 World Championship Belgrade
Win 139-8 Amir Hossein Zare 4-2 15 September 2022
Win 138-8 Amar Dhesi 8–2
Win 137-8 Dániel Ligeti 4–0
2022 European Championships at 125 kg
Win 136-8 Geno Petriashvili 5–2 30 March 2022 2022 European Championships Budapest
Win 135-8 Dániel Ligeti 10–0 Tech Fall 29 March 2022
Win 134-8 Magomedgadzhi Nurasulov 5–0
Yasar Dogu 2022 at 125 kg
Win 133-8 Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel 10-0 Tech Fall 26 February 2022 Yasar Dogu 2022 Istanbul
Win 132-8 Dániel Ligeti 3-0
Win 131-8 Oleg Boltin 6–1
Win 130-8 Magomedgadzhi Nurasulov 7–2
Win 129-8 Gabriel Tysz 11–0 Tech Fall
2021 World Championship at 125 kg
Win 128-8 Nick Gwiazdowski 6-4 3 October 2021 2021 World Championship Oslo
Loss 127-8 Amir Hossein Zare 0-4 2 October 2021
Win 127–7 Zelimkhan Khizriev 5–0
Win 126–7 Robert Baran 5–0
2020 Olympic Games at 125 kg
Win 125–7 Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel 5–0 6 August 2021 2020 Olympic Games Tokyo
Win 124–7 Aiaal Lazarev 4–0
Loss 123–7 Gable Steveson 0–8 5 August 2021
Win 123–6 Amar Dhesi 5–0
2021 European Championships at 125 kg
Win 122–6 Sergei Kozyrev 9-2 21 April 2021 2021 European Championship Warsaw
Win 121–6 Dzianis Khramiankou 4-0 20 April 2021
Win 120–6 Kamil Kościółek 6–1
Win 119–6 Geno Petriashvili 6–1
2020 Turkey Wrestling Championships at 125 kg
Win 118–6 Tanju Gemici 10–0 Tech Fall 22 December 2019 2019 Turkey Championships Ankara
Win 117–6 Hüseyin Civelek 10–0 Tech Fall 21 December 2019
Win 116–6 Mustafa Tayyip Küçük 10–0 Tech Fall
Win 115–6 Enes Kaan 12–2 Tech Fall
Win 114–6 Adil Mısırcı 10–0 Tech Fall
2019 Bundesliga tournament at 125 kg
Win 113–6 Robin Ferdinand 19–4 Tech Fall 16 November 2019 2019 Bundesliga Tournament Hockenheim
Win 112–6 Nico Graf 16–0 Tech Fall RKG Reilingen-Hockenheim
Win 111–6 Alexander Kleer 16–0 Tech Fall
2019 Military World Games at 125 kg
Win 110–6 Yadollah Mohebbi 3–0 22 October 2019 2019 Military World Games Wuhan
Win 109–6 Robert Baran 8–1 21 October 2019
Win 108–6 Aleksandr Goldovski 4–0
Win 107–6 Sohbet Belliyev 5–0
2019 World Championship at 125 kg
Loss 106–6 Geno Petriashvili 6–6 21 September 2019 2019 World Championship Nur-Sultan
Win 106-5 Deng Zhiwei 10–0 Tech Fall 20 September 2019
Win 105–5 Khasanboy Rakhimov 3–0
Win 104–5 Alexander Romanov 8–0
2019 Yasar Dogu Tournament at 125 kg
Win 103–5 Nick Gwiazdowski 5–1 14 July 2019 2019 Yasar Dogu Istanbul
Win 102–5 Yadollah Mohebbi 10–0 Tech Fall July 13, 2019
Win 101–5 Daniel Ligeti 5–2
2019 European Championship at 125 kg
Win 100–5 Geno Petriashvili 7–0 10 April 2019 2019 European Championship Bucharest
Win 99–5 Anzor Khizriev 8–1 April 9, 2019
Win 98–5 Andranik Galstyan 11–0 Tech Fall
Win 97–5 Rareș Chintoan 7–1
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2019 at 125 kg
Loss 96–5 Anzor Khizriev 3–7 25 January 2019 Ivan Yarygin 2019 Krasnoyarsk
Win 96–4 Deng Zhiwei 10–0 Tech Fall 25 January 2019
Win 95–4 Alpajon Estevez 10–0 Tech Fall
Win 94–4 Zelimkhan Khizriev 11–0 Tech Fall
2018 World Championship at 125 kg
Loss 93–4 Parviz Hadi 2–3 20 October 2018 2018 World Championship Budapest
Win 93–3 Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi 7–0
Win 92–3 Nick Matuhin 9–0
2018 European Championship at 125 kg
Win 91–3 Geno Petriashvili 2–1 6 May 2018 2018 European Championship Kaspiysk
Win 90–3 Muradin Kushkhov 3–0 5 May 2018
Win 89–3 Jamaladdin Magomedov 4–2
Win 88–3 Ibrahim Saidau 5–0
2018 Granma y Cerro Pelado Tournament at 125 kg
Win 87–3 Ben Durbin 11–0 Tech Fall 15 February 2018 2018 Granma y Cerro Pelado La Habana
Win 86–3 Davit Modzmanashvili 8–1 14 February 2018
Win 85–3 Alen Zasyeyev 7–0
Win 84–3 Garik Barseghyan 11–0 Tech Fall
2017 World Championship at 125 kg
Loss 83–3 Geno Petriashvili 8–10 25 August 2017 2017 World Championship Paris
Win 83–2 Nick Gwiazdowski 10–0 Tech Fall 24 August 2017
Win 82–2 Nam Koung-jin 12–2 Tech Fall
Win 81–2 Natsagsürengiin Zolboo 8–0
2017 European Championship at 125 kg
Win 80–2 Jamaladdin Magomedov 8–2 5 May 2017 2017 European Championship Novi Sad
Win 79–2 Dániel Ligeti 5–0
Win 78–2 Geno Petriashvili 14–4 Tech Fall
Win 77–2 Danylo Kartavyi 9–2
2016 Olympic Games at 125 kg
Win 76–2 Komeil Ghasemi 3–1 20 August 2016 2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro
Win 75–2 Levan Berianidze 8–1
Win 74–2 Ibrahim Saidau 11–0 Tech Fall
Win 73–2 Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat 10–0 Tech Fall
2016 Yasar Dogu Tournament at 125 kg
Win 72–2 Tony Nelson 10–0 Tech Fall 7 February 2016 2016 Yasar Dogu Istanbul
Win 71–2 Jamaladdin Magomedov 12–1 6 February 2016
Win 70–2 Yasin Kılıç 9–1
2015 World Championship at 125 kg
Win 69–2 Jamaladdin Magomedov 10–0 Tech Fall 12 September 2015 2015 World Championship Las Vegas, NV
Win 68–2 Bilyal Makhov 10–0 Tech Fall 11 September 2015
Win 67–2 Daulet Shabanbay 6–1
Win 66–2 Levan Berianidze 4–2
Win 65–2 José Cuba 11–0 Tech Fall
2015 European Games at 125 kg
Win 64–2 Aleksey Shemarov 6–0 18 June 2015 2015 European Games Baku
Win 63–2 Soslan Gagloev Fall
Win 62–2 Robert Baran Fall
Win 61–2 Jamaladdin Magomedov 5–2
2015 Yasar Dogu Tournament at 125 kg
Win 60–2 Aiaal Lazarev 10–0 Tech Fall 29 March 2015 2015 Yasar Dogu Istanbul
Win 59–2 Daulet Shabanu 12–1 Tech Fall 28 March 2015
Win 58–2 Khadzhimurat Gatsalov 10–0 Tech Fall
2014 World Championship at 125 kg
Win 57–2 Komeil Ghasemi 4–3 8 September 2014 2014 World Championship Tashkent
Win 56–2 Aleksey Shemarov 8–1 7 September 2014
Win 55–2 Tervel Dlagnev 4–2
Win 54–2 Aslan Dzebisov 4–0
Win 53–2 Richárd Csercsics 10–4
2014 European Championship at 125 kg
Win 52–2 Alan Khugaev 10–0 Tech Fall 3 April 2014 2014 European Championship Vantaa
Win 51–2 Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi 10–0 Tech Fall 2 April 2014
Win 50–2 Vadzim Shvedau 10–0 Tech Fall
Win 49–2 Andranik Galstyan 11–0 Tech Fall
2014 Yasar Dogu Tournament at 125 kg
Win 48–2 Komeil Ghasemi 4–1 16 February 2014 2014 Yasar Dogu Tournament Istanbul
Win 47–2 Dom Bradley 6–1 15 February 2014
Win 46–2 Hamza Özkaradeniz 2–0
2013 Moscow Lights at 125 kg
Win 45–2 Geno Petriashvili 10–1 8 November 2013 2013 Moscow Lights Moscow
Win 44–2 Andranik Galstyan 10–0 12 November 2013
Win 43–2 Alen Zasyeyev 4–1
Win 42–2 Bimbelov Peycho 10–0
2013 World Championship at 125 kg
Win 41–2 Tervel Dlagnev 3–0 17 September 2013 2013 World Championship Budapest
Win 40–2 Jamaladdin Magomedov 7–3
Win 39–2 Florian Skilang Temengil 8–0 Tech Fall
Loss 38–2 Alen Zasyeyev 2–6 16 September 2013
Win 38–1 Christos Nyfadopoulos 10–0 Tech Fall
2013 Summer Universiade at 120 kg
Win 37–1 Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi 8–0 Tech Fall 16 July 2013 2013 Summer Universiade Kazan
Win 36–1 Parviz Hadi 6–1
Win 35–1 Deng Zhiwei 7–0
Win 34–1 Ibrahim Saidau 4–1
2013 Mediterranean Games at 120 kg
Win 33–1 Slim Trabelsi 10–0 Tech Fall 26 June 2013 2013 Mediterranean Games Mersin
Win 32–1 Christos Nyfadopoulos 10–0 Tech Fall 25 June 2013
Win 31–1 Bojan Danov 10–0 Tech Fall
Win 30–1 Pedrag Dubaic 10–0 Tech Fall
2013 European Championship at 120 kg
Win 29–1 Alen Zasieiev 0–6, 1–0, 2–1 21 March 2013 2013 European Championship Tbilisi
Win 28–1 Daniel Ligeti 5–1, 5–3 20 March 2013
Win 27–1 Dimitar Angelov Kumchev 2–2, 3–0, 3–1
Win 26–1 Jamaladdin Magomedov 2–0, 2–0
2013 World Cup at 120 kg
Win 25–1 Tervel Dlagnev 6–2 21 February 2013 2013 World Cup Tehran
Win 24–1 Komeil Ghasemi 5–1 20 February 2013
Win 23–1 Mohammad Reza Azarshakib 8–0
Win 22–1 Alan Khugaev 6–3
Win 21–1 Taichi Oka 11–0 Tech Fall
2013 Yasar Dogu Tournament at 120 kg
Win 20–1 Kurban Kurbanov 9–2 9 February 2013 2013 Yasar Dogu Ankara
Win 19–1 Jamaladdin Magomedov 6–1
Win 18–1 Geno Petriashvili 6–3
2012 World University Championship at 120 kg
Win 17–1 Parviz Hadi 10–0 Tech Fall 2 October 2012 2012 World University Championship Kuortane
Win 16–1 Vitali Gagiev 10–2 1 October 2012
Win 15–1 Anthony Nelson 10–0 Tech-Fall
Win 14–1 Odgerel Bat-Ochir 7–0
2012 Olympics Games 9th at 120 kg
Loss 13–1 Bilyal Makhov 1–0, 3–0 11 August 2012 2012 Olympics Games London
Win 13–0 Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi 1–0, 2–0
2012 Yasar Dogu Tournament at 120 kg
Win 12–0 Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi 5–2 13 Juny 2012 2012 Yasar Dogu Ankara
Win 11–0 Rareş Chintoan 7–0 12 Juny 2012
Win 10–0 Fardin Masoumi 10–0 Tech Fall
2012 European Championship at 120 kg
Win 9–0 Daniel Ligeti 9–1 Tech Fall 2 March 2012 2012 European Championship Belgrade
Win 8–0 Ihar Dziatko 5–0
Win 7–0 Nick Matuhin 4–0
Win 6–0 Giagias Stamatios 9–0 Tech Fall
2011 Golden Grand Prix at 125 kg
Win 5–0 Fatih Çakıroğlu 5–4 8 July 2011 2011 Golden Grand Prix Baku
Win 4–0 Davit Modzmanashvili 8–3 7 July 2011
Win 3–0 Jamaladdin Magomedov 7–3
Win 2–0 Jarod Trice 8–2
Win 1–0 José Cuba 11–0 Tech Fall

See also



References


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  2. "International Wrestling Database".
  3. "Milli güreşçi Taha Akgül artık yüksek lisans mezunu".
  4. "KMÜ Öğrencisi Taha AKGÜL Avrupa Şampiyonu Oldu". Karaman İnternet (in Turkish). March 10, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
  5. "40.Yaşar Doğu Uluslararası Güreş Şampiyonası Taha Akgül Altın Madalya Kazandığı Maçın Görüntüleri" (in Turkish). Türkiye Güreş federasyonu. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
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  16. "Turkey's Akgul comes second in World Wrestling C'ships".
  17. "Turkish wrestler Taha Akgül bags 8th European Championships title". Daily Sabah. April 22, 2021.
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[fr] Taha Akgül

Taha Akgül (né le 22 novembre 1990 à Sivas) est un lutteur turc.

[it] Taha Akgül

Taha Akgül (Sivas, 22 novembre 1990) è un lottatore turco, specializzato nella lotta libera.

[ru] Акгюль, Таха

Таха Акгюль (тур. Taha Akgül, род. 22 ноября 1990) — турецкий борец вольного стиля, олимпийский чемпион 2016 года, трёхкратный чемпион мира, восьмикратный чемпион Европы (2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022) и чемпион Европейских игр 2015 года.


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