Ergüder Bekişdamat

Ergüder Bekişdamat (born 1 January 1969) is a Turkish wrestler competing in the -57 kg division of the Greco-Roman style.

Ergüder Bekişdamat
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1969-01-01) 1 January 1969
Sport
SportGreco-Roman wrestling
Medal record
Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Turkey
European Championships
91 Med1997 Kouvola- 58 kg

Bekişdamat took part at the World Wrestling Championships in 1991 in Bulgaria, 1997 in Poland and 1998 in Sweden placing respectively 10th, 15th and 11th.[1] He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 57 kg at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[2] He won the bronze medal in the -58 kg division at the 1997 European Wrestling Championships in Kouvola, Finland.[3]

In 2010, he was appointed coach of the Diyanet Youth Sports Club founded in Izmir.[4] Bekişdamat served as the coach of the Turkey cadet national wrestling team, which participated at the 2011 European Cadets Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships in Poland.[5]

He became twice gold medalist at the FILA World Veterans Wrestling Championships held in 2015 at Athens, Greece and in 2016 at Helsinki, Finland.[6]

References
  1. "Grekoromen Güreş Dünya Şampiyonları" (in Turkish). Güreş Dosyası. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ergüder Bekişdamat Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. "Büyüksün Hamza". Sabah (in Turkish). 26 May 1997. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  4. "Diyanet Gençlik Spor Güreşte Madalyaya Doymuyor". Etki Haber (in Turkish). 13 May 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  5. "Güreşçilerimiz Polonya Yolcusu". NTV Spor (in Turkish). 10 August 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  6. "Federasyonun büyük ayıbı: Borçlu dünya şampiyonu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 6 October 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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