Osman Yıldırım Explained

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]}

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: YILDIRIM Osman profile page.
2. Web site: International Wrestling Database. 2021-09-30. 2021-04-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419171653/https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrestling/daten.php?spid=A19073F747954AFF8CCFDD7967903750. dead.
3. Web site: Turkey bags 2 medals in wrestling championships. www.aa.com.tr.
4. Web site: Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler Yildirim wins silver medal. www.aa.com.tr.
5. Web site: Türkiye, Ranking Grekoromen Güreş Turnuvasının ilk gününde 10 . 24 February 2022 .
6. Web site: 2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302085143/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final-book-ranking-series-istambul-2022-light.pdf?VersionId=BMipbXFVxzXXeonWOfeVdKVeNlWlxYzt . 2 March 2022 . 2 March 2022 . United World Wrestling.
7. Web site: Osman Yıldırım'dan Altın Madalya | TGF .
8. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220704135758/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WRE/ResultBook/GDM2022_WRE_v1.6.pdf . 4 July 2022 . 4 July 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.
9. Web site: Turkey takes gold medal tally to 6 at 2022 Mediterranean Games . . 28 June 2022 .
10. Web site: 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220818181226/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-08/results_08_konya.pdf?VersionId=XCsODGzAzjjRhgEoc5SPJ7BmwV3S65G1 . 18 August 2022 . 20 August 2022 . United World Wrestling.