Taha Akgül

Taha Akgül

Personal information
Nationality	Turkish
Born	November 22, 1990 Sivas, Turkey
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	120 kg (260 lb; 19 st)
Sport
Sport	Olympic wrestling
Event(s)	Freestyle wrestling
Club	Ankara ASKİ
Turned pro	2010
Coached by	Abdullah Çakmak
Medal record Competitor for  Turkey Men's Freestyle wrestling World Championships 2013 Budapest 120kg 2014 Tashkent 125 kg 2015 Las Vegas 125 kg European Championships 2012 Belgrade 120kg 2013 Tbilisi 120kg 2014 Vantaa 125kg European Games 2015 Baku 125kg Universiade 2013 Kazan 120kg

Taha Akgül (born November 22, 1990 in Sivas, Turkey) is a European and World champion Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 120 kg division. He is a student of physical education and sports at the Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University in Karaman.^[1]

He won the gold medal at the 40th Yaşar Doğu International Wrestling Tournament held in 2012.^[2] At the 2012 European Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, Taha Akgül became champion in his weight category.^[3]

He was qualified to participate at the 2012 Olympics for Turkey.^[4] 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 medalist in his weight class.^[5]

Taha Akgül defended his European champion title at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia.^[6] He won the bronze medal at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary.^[7]

In 2014 and 2015 he became World Champion in 125 kilos.

References

1. "KMÜ Öğrencisi Taha AKGÜL Avrupa Şampiyonu Oldu". Karaman İnternet (in Turkish). 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
2. "40.Yaşar Doğu Uluslararası Güreş Şampiyonası Taha Akgül Altın Madalya Kazandığı Maçın Görüntüleri" (in Turkish). Türkiye Güreş federasyonu. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
3. "Taha Akgül Avrupa Şampiyonu oldu". Hürriyet Spor (in Turkish). 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
4. "Taha Akgül, olimpiyat vizesi aldı". Haber 7 (in Turkish). 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
5. "ASKİ Spor'dan 3 madalya". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
6. "Taha Akgül Avrupa Şampiyonu". Sabah Spor (in Turkish). 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
7. "2013 Senior World Championship - Men's freestyle 120kg". FILA. Retrieved 2013-09-18.