Taha Akgül

Taha Akgül
Akgül at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1990-11-22) 22 November 1990
Sivas, Turkey
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
Event
Freestyle
ClubAnkara ASKI Sports Club
Turned pro2010
Coached byAbdullah Çakmar
Retired2024
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1 (2022)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 2
World Championship 3 2 3
European Championships 11 0 0
European Games 1 0 0
Military World Games 1 0 0
Mediterranean Games 1 0 0
World Cup 1 0 0
Yasar Dogu Tournament 7 0 1
Other 5 3 0
Total 31 5 6
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 125 kg
2020 Tokyo 125 kg
2024 Paris 125 kg
World Championships
2014 Tashkent 125 kg
2015 Las Vegas 125 kg
2022 Belgrade 125 kg
2017 Paris 125 kg
2019 Nur-Sultan 125 kg
2013 Budapest 120 kg
2021 Oslo 125 kg
2023 Belgrade 125 kg
European Championships
2012 Belgrade 120 kg
2013 Tbilisi 120 kg
2014 Vantaa 125 kg
2017 Novi Sad 125 kg
2018 Kaspiysk 125 kg
2019 Bucharest 125 kg
2021 Warsaw 125 kg
2022 Budapest 125 kg
2023 Zagreb 125 kg
2024 Bucharest 125 kg
European Games
2015 Baku 125 kg
Military World Games
2019 Wuhan 125 kg
Mediterranean Games
2013 Mersin 120 kg
Universiade
2013 Kazan 120 kg
World University Championship
2012 Kuortane 120 kg
World Cup
2013 Tehran 120 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
2012 Ankara 120 kg
2013 Ankara 120 kg
2014 Istanbul 125 kg
2015 Istanbul 125 kg
2016 Istanbul 125 kg
2019 Istanbul 125 kg
2022 Istanbul 125 kg
2011 Istanbul 120 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
2019 Krasnoyarsk 125 kg
Golden Grand Prix
2011 Baku 120 kg
Grand Prix
2018 La Habana 125 kg
2023 Alexandria 125 kg
2012 Siedlce 120 kg
2012 Moscow 120 kg
2011 London 120 kg
World Juniors Championships
2010 Budapest 120 kg

Taha Akgül (born 22 November 1990 in Sivas) is an Olympic, World, European champion, and retired Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 125 kg division. He is a 3 time world (2014, 2015, 2022) and 11 time European (2012-2015, 2017-2019, 2021-2024) champion. He won the gold medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics as well as in the 2024 Summer Olympics at 125 kg. He is a graduate of the Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University Physical Education and Sports Academy and completed his master's degree at Sivas Cumhuriyet University. He is the current president of the Turkish Wrestling Federation.

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