Turkish Nationals

Demirhan, Tosun, and Yesilirmak Punch Tickets to World and European Championships

By Eric Olanowski

YALOVA, Turkey (January 9) - The Turkish Women’s Wrestling National Championships came to an end in Yalova, Turkey, and U23 world champions Evin DEMIRHAN and Buse TOSUN, and 2018 world runner-up Elif YESILIRMAK were among the winners.

Of the ten tournament champions, nine wrestlers punched their tickets to the 2019 World and European Championships. Yasin ADAR, the 2017 world champion and 2018 world runner-up did not compete at this weekend's National Championships but will be Turkey's 76kg representative at the World and European Championships.

In his opening ceremony speech, Turkish Wrestling Federation President Musa Aydin talked about the importance of September's Astana World Championships, saying, "Our first goal is the 2019 World Championships because there's now an Olympic quota. Athletes entering the top 6 in 2019 will receive a visa. We want to ensure that our athletes receive their visas one year in advance. Our goal is to join the Olympics by creating the best wrestling team in the world in 2020." 

The 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan will be the most important Olympic Games in Turkish women's wrestling history. Turkey has won 63 Olympic medals, 29 of those being gold, at the Olympic Games, but they've all come from freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestlers. 

Six Turkish women have qualified for the Olympic Games, but have all fell short of winning a medal. Their highest finishes came at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games when Buse Tosun, who won the 68kg gold medal this weekend, and Hafize SAHIN finished in seventh-place. 

Elif Yesilirmak, who won the 62kg gold medal this weekend, was the first and lone Turkish women to wrestle at the 2008 London Olympics. She also competed in the 2016 Olympic Games, and has the opportunity to become the first Turkish woman to qualify for three Olympic Games. 

You can watch the Turkish women's wrestling team compete at the first Ranking Series event of the year, the Ivan Yaryin, which begins on January 24 in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

Click HERE to read the full story from the Turkish Wrestling Federation. 

RESULTS

50kg
GOLD - Evin DEMIRHAN 
SILVER - Aynur ERGE 
BRONZE - Funda TUKENMEZ 
BRONZE - Zehra DEMIRHAN 

 

53kg 
GOLD - Zeynep YETGIL 
SILVER - Emine ÇATALOGLU 
BRONZE - Elif Büşra KOCA 
BRONZE - Fikriye GOK

55kg  
GOLD - Bedia DAY 
SILVER - Elif YILMAZ 

BRONZE - Aysun ERGE 
BRONZE Esra PUL 

57kg  
GOLD - Mehlika OZTURK 
SILVER - Ozge FINDIKCI 
BRONZE - Nurife DUMAN 
BRONZE - Nuray KARADUMAN


59kg  
GOLD - Elif YANIK 
SILVER - Derya BEYHAN 

BRONZE - Dilan KAYA 
BRONZE - Gizem KABAK 

 

65kg 
GOLD - Asli TUGCU 
SILVER - Cansu AKSOY 

BRONZE - Merve KARADENIZ 
BRONZE - Asli DEMIR 


62kg 
GOLD - Elif YESILIRMAK 
SILVER - İlknur BATIR 
BRONZE - Damla ARSLAN 
BRONZE - Cemile UNUDAN 

68kg
GOLD - Buse TOSUN 
SILVER - Kadriye AKSOY 
BRONZE - Sehernur BULUT 
FOURTH - Aysegul SEVER 

72kg  
GOLD - Merve PULA 
SILVER - Tugba SWORD 
BRONZE - Bester ANDERSON 


76kg 
GOLD - Aysegul OZBEGE 
SILVER - Mehtap GULTEKIN 
BRONZE - Fatma KANLIADA 

#WrestleUlaanbaatar

Ulaanbaatar Open Ranking Series 2026 Entries

By United World Wrestling Press

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (May 21) -- United World Wrestling's continental championships are over and the Ranking Series will return for its third stop.

Ulaanbaatar Open, the third Ranking Series of the year, will be held in the Mongolian capital from June 4-7.

Note: The entries are subject to change 72 hours before the draws of respective style. For latest, click here

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Freestyle

57kg
DENGBURILE (CHN)
ANKUSH (IND)
SUMIT (IND)
Abzal OKENOV (KAZ)
Meirambek KARTBAY (KAZ)
Merey BAZARBAYEV (KAZ)
Sangboum HAN (KOR)
Sunggwon KIM (KOR)
Davaabandi MUNKH ERDENE (MGL)
Jiguur SARANTUYA (MGL)
Munkh Erdene BATKHUYAG (MGL)
Chong Song HAN (PRK)
Darian Toi CRUZ (PUR)
Musa MEKHTIKHANOV (RUS)
Aiaal BELOLYUBSKII (TJK)
Pedro MEJIAS (VEN)

61kg
Georgii OKOROKOV (AUS)
DEEPAK (IND)
Ahora KHATERI (IRI)
Assyl AITAKYN (KAZ)
Kalmukhan TURMAKHANBET (KAZ)
Omurbek ASAN UULU (KGZ)
Batnasan GANKHULEG (MGL)
Tserendondov DORJPUREV (MGL)
Zanabazar ZANDANBUD (MGL)
Bair BAIANDUEV (RUS)

65kg
Shamil MAMEDOV (BUL)
Mohit KUMAR (IND)
ROHIT (IND)
SUJEET (IND)
Rahman AMOUZAD (IRI)
Aibek AITBEKOV (KAZ)
Ibragim MAGOMADOV (KAZ)
Ossimzhan DASTANBEK (KAZ)
Junsik YUN (KOR)
Gantulga BATBAATAR (MGL)
Turbayar DAVAANYAM (MGL)
Zeneemeder BYAMBASUREN (MGL)
Kwang Jin KIM (PRK)
Christopher COMPOSTO (USA)

70kg
ABHIMANYOU (IND)
Rodion ANCHUGIN (KAZ)
Sanzhar DOSZHANOV (KAZ)
Yerlan SHAKISHOV (KAZ)
Aden SAKYBAEV (KGZ)
Rustamzhan KAKHAROV (KGZ)
Tulga TUMUR OCHIR (MGL)
Usukhbayar BAATARKHUU (MGL)
Zandanbat BATSAIKHAN (MGL)
Konstantin KAPRYNOV (RUS)
Magomed ELTEMIROV (RUS)
Cross WASILEWSKI (USA)

74kg
BATUQINGGELE (CHN)
Erihetu BAYIN (CHN)
JAIDEEP (IND)
Sagar JAGLAN (IND)
Sandeep MANN (IND)
Nurdanat AITANOV (KAZ)
Daegil HAN (KOR)
Jin su JEON (KOR)
Sangho HAN (KOR)
Sumiyabazar ZANDANBUD (MGL)
Tolui MUNKHBAT (MGL)
Tugsjargal ERDENEBAT (MGL)
Tamir ESHINIMAEV (RUS)
Tumen BODIEV (RUS)

79kg
MOHIT (IND)
Mohammad NOKHODI (IRI)
Mansur KUANGAN (KAZ)
Shamil OZHAEV (KAZ)
Bekzat RAKHIMOV (KGZ)
Gan Erdene BAATARKHUU (MGL)
Khangaibayar GANBOLD (MGL)
Suldkhuu OLONBAYAR (MGL)
Ismail KHANIEV (RUS)

86kg
Magomed RAMAZANOV (BUL)
Suhe GANG (CHN)
ARYAN (IND)
Mukul DAHIYA (IND)
Bolat SAKAYEV (KAZ)
Malik SHAVAEV (KGZ)
Gyeongyeon LEE (KOR)
Taegyu HWANG (KOR)
Batbilguun NAADAMBAT (MGL)
Bilguundalai PUREVDAGVA (MGL)
Byambadorj BAT ERDENE (MGL)
Amanula RASULOV (RUS)
Weng CHOW (SGP)

92kg
Punit KUMAR (IND)
Abolfazl RAHMANI (IRI)
Almatbek AMANBEK (KAZ)
Azamat DAULETBEKOV (KAZ)
Sung Yup RYU (KOR)
Bat Erdene BYAMBASUREN (MGL)
Delgerdalai DEMBEREL (MGL)
Ganbat TSERENPUNTSAG (MGL)
Askhab SAADULAEV (RUS)

97kg
Thomas BARNS (AUS)
Yaraslau SLAVIKOUSKI (BLR)
TUXIGE (CHN)
Deepak CHAHAL (IND)
VICKY (IND)
Nurdaulet BEKENOV (KAZ)
Juhwan SEO (KOR)
Pureun KIM (KOR)
Demchigdorj TUMURBAATAR (MGL)
Gankhuyag GANBAATAR (MGL)
Mukhamed Takhir KHANIEV (RUS)
Cristian SARCO (VEN)

125kg
BUHEEERDUN (CHN)
DINESH (IND)
RONAK (IND)
Yedige KASSIMBEK (KAZ)
Gwanuk KIM (KOR)
Altangerel CHINBAT (MGL)
Nambardagva BATBAYAR (MGL)
Narantulga DARMAABAZAR (MGL)
Kamil KOSCIOLEK POL
Robert BARAN POL
Timur KOTAEV (RUS)
Jose DIAZ (VEN)

Zholaman SHARSHENBEKOV (KGZ)Zholaman SHARSHENBEKOV (KGZ) will mark his return to international competition for the first time since 2024 Paris Olympics. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Amirreza Aliasgari)

Greco-Roman

55kg
LALIT (IND)
Payam AHMADI (IRI)
Davaabandi MUNKH ERDENE (MGL)
Sumiyabazar MUNKHZAYA (MGL)
Emin CAKIR (TUR)

60kg
BAOYINJIYA (CHN)
SAHIL (IND)
SUMIT (IND)
Ali AHMADI VAFA (IRI)
Akyl SULAIMANOV (KGZ)
Dahyun KIM (KOR)
Seunghak KIM (KOR)
Yu Chol RO (PRK)

63kg
Sunny KUMAR (IND)
Erfan JARKANI (IRI)
Mohammad KESHTKAR (IRI)
Doszhan UTEPKALIYEV (KAZ)
Yerkebulan ARDAKOV (KAZ)
Zholaman SHARSHENBEKOV (KGZ)
Hyunwoong CHOI (KOR)
Ganbayar NAMSRAI (MGL)

67kg
Tsuchika SHIMOYAMADA (AUS)
Alamusi ALAMUSI (CHN)
Xinxin JIN (CHN)
Sachin SAHRAWAT (IND)
Karajit SINGH (IND)
Hanjae CHUNG (KOR)
Otgonnasan TSERENPUNTSAG (MGL)
Man Gwang SON (PRK)
Murat FIRAT (TUR)

72kg
ANIL (IND)
Javad REZAEI (IRI)
Danial SOHRABI (IRI)
Amanat SAMAT UULU (KGZ)
Amantur ISMAILOV (KGZ)
Zhantoro MIRZALIEV (KGZ)
Minseong KWON (KOR)
Aldarkhuu YESUNCHUDUR (MGL)
Borgil TUVSHINBAATAR (MGL)

77kg
Stoyan KUBATOV (BUL)
Amuguleng BAI (CHN)
AMAN (IND)
Ankit GULIA (IND)
Bekzat ORUNKUL UULU (KGZ)
Yeonghun NOH (KOR)
Ariyabadraa TUUL (MGL)
Jason BAUCAS (PHI)

82kg
Aik MNATSAKANIAN (BUL)
Deyvid DIMITROV (BUL)
Gholamreza FAROKHI (IRI)
Imur TEMIRBEKOV (KGZ)
Lkhagvasuren DASHJAMTS (MGL)
Orgil NYAM ERDENE (MGL)
Turbold ENKHBAYAR (MGL)

87kg
Sunil KUMAR (IND)
PRINCE (IND)
Rohit BURA (IND)
Azat SALIDINOV (KGZ)
Seunghwan LEE (KOR)
Batbayar TSOGTBAATAR (MGL)
Turbold GANBOLD (MGL)
Usukhbayar BAATARKHUU (MGL)
Luis AVENDANO (VEN)

97kg
ADIYA (CHN)
Kevin MEJIA (HON)
NITESH (IND)
Nurassyl AMANALY (KAZ)
Minho LEE (KOR)
Batsuuri PUREVDORJ (MGL)
Gankhuyag GANBAATAR (MGL)
Tuvshinsanaa ERDENEJARGAL (MGL)
Juan DIAZ (VEN)

130kg
Zhiyong DONG (CHN)
Gino AVILA (HON)
Joginder RATHEE (IND)
Alisher YERGALI (KAZ)
Olzhas SYRLYBAY (KAZ)
Minseok KIM (KOR)
Lkhagvajamts MUNKHDORJ (MGL)
Riza KAYAALP (TUR)
Moises PEREZ (VEN)

Kyong Ryong OH (PRK)Kyong Ryong OH (PRK), world champion at 55kg, will be wrestling at 53kg. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kadir Caliskan)

Women's Wrestling

50kg
Ziqi FENG (CHN)
NEELAM (IND)
SWEETY (IND)
Miyu NAKAMURA (JPN)
Zeinep BAYANOVA (KAZ)
Miran CHEON (KOR)
Munkhgerel MUNKHBAT (MGL)
Munkhnar BYAMBASUREN (MGL)
Suvd Erdene BAYARBAATAR (MGL)
Miesinnei GENESIS (NGR)
Son Hyang KIM (PRK)
Natalia PUDOVA (RUS)
Evin DEMIRHAN YAVUZ (TUR)

53kg
NAOGUGAN (CHN)
MEENAKSHI (IND)
MUSKAN (IND)
Moe KIYOOKA (JPN)
Maral TANGIRBERGENOVA (KAZ)
Seoyoung PARK (KOR)
Chuluun Erdene BATTOGTOKH (MGL)
Namuuntsetseg TSOGT OCHIR (MGL)
Otgontuya BAYANMUNKH (MGL)
Christianah OGUNSANYA (NGR)
Kyong Ryong OH (PRK)
Andreea ANA (ROU)
Beatrice FERENT (ROU)
Natalia MALYSHEVA (RUS)
Alexa ALVAREZ (VEN)

55kg
Hansika LAMBA (IND)
Natsumi MASUDA (JPN)
Laura ALMAGANBETOVA (KAZ)
Ariunzaya ODONCHIMEG (MGL)
Bayarjargal TUMURBAATAR (MGL)
Chimgee BUYANDALAI (MGL)
Hyo Gyong CHOE (PRK)
Ekaterina VERBINA (RUS)
Tuba DEMIR (TUR)

57kg
MANISHA (IND)
Nilufar RAIMOVA (KAZ)
Youngjin KWON (KOR)
Khulan BATKHUYAG (MGL)
Munkhchimeg URJIN (MGL)
Il Sim SON (PRK)
Danielle LIM (SGP)
Elvira SULEYMAN KAMALOGLU (TUR)

59kg
NEHA (IND)
Bolortuya KHURELKHUU (MGL)
Enkhtuvshin BALJINNYAM (MGL)
Saruul ERDENEBILEG (MGL)
Pyol HONG (PRK)
Bediha GUN (TUR)

62kg
Bilyana DUDOVA (BUL)
Huan YANG (CHN)
MANSI (IND)
NITIKA (IND)
Subeen JO (KOR)
Altjin TOGTOKH (MGL)
Tserenchimed SUKHEE (MGL)
Esther KOLAWOLE (NGR)
Ok Ju KIM (PRK)
Amina CAPEZAN (ROU)
Amina TANDELOVA (RUS)
Astrid MONTERO (VEN)

65kg
Shuai ZHANG (CHN)
PULKIT (IND)
Enkhjin TUVSHINJARGAL (MGL)
Erdenebulgan LKHAGVASUREN (MGL)
Narkhajid NYAMSUREN (MGL)
Hyon Gyong MUN (PRK)
Ekaterina KOSHKINA (RUS)

68kg
Irina KAZYULINA (KAZ)
Zhamila BAKBERGENOVA (KAZ)
Hyeonyeong PARK (KOR)
Delgermaa ENKHSAIKHAN (MGL)
Gantsetseg BATSUKH (MGL)
Odzaya ERDENEBAT (MGL)
Sol Gum PAK (PRK)
Kateryna ZELENYKH (ROU)
Elizaveta PETLIAKOVA (RUS)
Nesrin BAS (TUR)
Nathaly GRIMAN (VEN)

72kg
HARSHITA (IND)
Batsuren MYAGMARSUREN (MGL)
Bolortungalag ZORIGT (MGL)
Odgerel ERDENE OCHIR (MGL)
Wiktoria CHOLUJ (POL)
Kristina BRATCHIKOVA (RUS)

76kg
Saihan AO (CHN)
Wenji LI (CHN)
KAJAL (IND)
PRIYA (IND)
Elmira SYZDYKOVA (KAZ)
Gulmaral YERKEBAYEVA (KAZ)
Eunju HWANG (KOR)
Davaanasan ENKH AMAR (MGL)
Tuvshinjargal TARAV (MGL)
Urtnasan GAN OCHIR (MGL)
Damola OJO (NGR)
Patrycja CUBER (POL)
Alexandra ANGHEL (ROU)
Valeriia TRIFONOVA (RUS)