Yakup Gör

Yakup Gör (born November 10, 1988 in Erzurum, Turkey) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 66 kg division. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K..[1][2][3]

Yakup Gör
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1988-11-10) November 10, 1988
Erzurum, Turkey
Years active2000-present
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportOlympic wrestling
Event(s)Freestyle wrestling
Clubİstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.
Coached by
  • Adem Bereket (2008- )
  • İbrahim Akgün (2006-08)
Medal record
Representing  Turkey
Men's Freestyle wrestling
World Championships
Tashkent 201470 kg
Las Vegas 201570 kg
European Championships
2013 Tbilisi 66kg
2014 Vantaa 70kg
European Games
2015 Baku 70kg
Tournaments
2011 Baku 66kg
2010 Istanbul 66kg

He began with wrestling in his hometown Erzurum, where he was instructed and coached at the city wrestling training center. Before he transferred to Istanbul BB SK, Gör competed for the Erzurum Büyükşehir Belediyesi Sk.[2]

Achievements

He became bronze medalist at the 2010 Mediterranean Championships on May 7 in Istanbul, Turkey.[4]

Gör shared the bronze medal with his national teammate Muhammed İlhan at the FILA Golden Grand Prix held on July 8–10, 2011 in Baku, Azerbaijan.[5]

He captured the gold medal at the Men's Wrestling FILA Freestyle World Cup 2013 held on February 21–22 in Tehran, Iran.[6]

Yakup Gör won the silver medal at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia.[7]

References
  1. "Türkiye Güreş Federasyonu 2012 Olimpiyat Oyunları Hazırlık Harçlığı Alan Sporcuların Listesi-Dönem 12 (Mayıs-Haziran-Temmuz)" (in Turkish). Spor Genel Müdürlüğü-Spor Eğitim Dairesi Başkanlığı. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
  2. "Yakup Gör Şampiyon Oldu". Doğu Beyazıt İshak Paşa Haber (in Turkish). 2013-02-12. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
  3. "Yakup Gör Türkiye 2.'si…" (in Turkish). İstanbul BB SK. 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
  4. "Mediterranean Championship Freestyle Seniors 2010-05-07 Istanbul (TUR)" (PDF). Sport Fieber. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
  5. "Golden Grand Prix Freestyle Seniors 2011-07-08 Baku (AZE) 66.0 kg". Foeldeak. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
  6. "World Cup Freestyle Seniors 2013-02-21 Tehran (IRI) 66.0 kg". Foeldeak. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
  7. "Yakup Gör gümüş madalya aldı". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 2013-03-19. Retrieved 2013-03-22.


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