Osman Yıldırım (born March 25, 1996) is a Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler competing in the 130 kg division of Greco-Roman wrestling. He is a member of the ASKİ Spor Club.[1][2]
Career[edit]
Osman Yıldırım, competing in Greco-Roman wrestling 130 kilograms category, won a silver medal in the U23 World Wrestling Championships, which was held in Romanian capital of Bucharest.[3]
Osman Yıldırım loses to Sergey Semenov from Russia in final of men's Greco-Roman 130 kg in Belgrade, Serbia. Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler Osman Yıldırım on Monday earned another silver medal in Serbia in the final of the Individual World Cup with his defeat to a Russian wrestler.[4]
In 2022, he won the gold medal in his event at the Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[5][6] He won the gold medal in his event at the Bolat Turlykhanov Cup the second of the ranking series of United World Wrestling held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[7] He won the gold medal in the 130 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. Yıldırım beat his Egyptian opponent Abdellatif Mohamed 5-1 to win gold in the 130-kilogram final.[8][9] He won the silver medal in the men's Greco-Roman 130 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[10]
Major results[edit]
| Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 1st | Greco-Roman 130 kg |
| 2020 | Individual World Cup | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | Greco-Roman 130 kg |
| 2022 | Mediterranean Games | Oran, Algeria | 1st | Greco-Roman 130 kg |
| Islamic Solidarity Games | Konya, Turkey | 2nd | Greco-Roman 130 kg |
References[edit]
- ^ "YILDIRIM Osman profile page".
- ^ "International Wrestling Database".
- ^ "Turkey bags 2 medals in wrestling championships". www.aa.com.tr.
- ^ "Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler Yildirim wins silver medal". www.aa.com.tr.
- ^ "Türkiye, Ranking Grekoromen Güreş Turnuvasının ilk gününde 10".
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Osman Yıldırım'dan Altın Madalya | TGF".
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Turkey takes gold medal tally to 6 at 2022 Mediterranean Games". Daily Sabah. 28 June 2022.
- ^ "2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
External links[edit]
- Osman Yıldırım at the International Wrestling Database
