Osman Yıldırım

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]

Osman Yıldırım
Osman Yıldırım at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway
Personal information
Born (1996-03-25) March 25, 1996
Konya, Turkey
Alma materKarabuk University
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight130 kg (290 lb; 20 st)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportAmateur wrestling
EventGreco-Roman - 130 Kg
TeamASKİ Spor Club
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Turkey
Individual World Cup
2020 Belgrade130 kg
Mediterranean Games
2022 Oran130 kg
World University Championship
2018 Goiana130 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
2017 Baku130 kg
2021 Konya 130 kg
Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament
2021 Istanbul130 kg
2022 Istanbul130 kg
2023 Istanbul130 kg
2017 Istanbul130 kg
2016 Istanbul130 kg
Grand Prix
2019 Minsk130 kg
2019 Sassari130 kg
2021 Zagreb130 kg
2022 Zagreb130 kg
2022 Almaty130 kg
2018 Mahshahr130 kg
2020 Warsaw130 kg
2023 Bishkek130 kg
World U23 Championships
2018 Bucharest130 kg
2019 Budapest130 kg
European U23 Championship
2017 Szombathely130 kg
2018 Istanbul130 kg
2019 Novi Sad130 kg
World Juniors Championships
2016 Macon120 kg
2014 Zagreb120 kg
2015 Salvador da Bahia120 kg

Career

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
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
  1. "YILDIRIM Osman profile page".
  2. "International Wrestling Database".
  3. "Turkey bags 2 medals in wrestling championships". www.aa.com.tr.
  4. "Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler Yildirim wins silver medal". www.aa.com.tr.
  5. "Türkiye, Ranking Grekoromen Güreş Turnuvasının ilk gününde 10".
  6. "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.
  7. "Osman Yıldırım'dan Altın Madalya | TGF".
  8. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  9. "Turkey takes gold medal tally to 6 at 2022 Mediterranean Games". Daily Sabah. 28 June 2022.
  10. "2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
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