Ferhat Pehlivan

Ferhat Pehlivan medal table
Boxing
Turkey Turkey
European championships
bronze	2008	Light flyweight
Mediterranean Games
silver	2013	Light flyweight
bronze	2009	Light flyweight
World University Championships
silver	2012	Light flyweight
bronze	2010	Light flyweight
bronze	2008	Light flyweight

Ferhat Pehlivan (* 20th August 1988 in Akçaabat , Turkey ) is a former Turkish boxer in the flyweight .

Boxing career

Pehlivan was 1.68 m tall during his competitive career and trained in the clubs Akçaabat Trabzon Karnet SK and Fenerbahçe SK . One of his trainers was Altar Kalkışım. In 2006 he won the gold medal at the EU Junior Championships in Rome and took part in the 2007 World Championships in Chicago , where he was eliminated in the preliminary round against Łukasz Maszczyk .

In 2008 he won bronze medals at the World University Championships in Kazan and the European Championships in Liverpool . He also managed to win against Sergei Kazakow .

In 2009 he also won bronze at the Mediterranean Games in Pescara , was eliminated in the second preliminary round of the World Championships in Milan against Dawid Airapetjan and won silver at the European Student Championships in Elista .

In 2010 he lost in the quarter-finals of the European Championships in Moscow with 1: 2 against Kelvin de la Nieve and won bronze at the World University Championships in Ulaanbaatar .

Also at the European Championships 2011 in Ankara he was defeated in the quarterfinals against Belik Galanow and was eliminated in the second preliminary round of the World Championships 2011 in Baku against Carlos Quipo .

In 2012 he won the European Olympic qualification in Trabzon , defeating Denis Shkarubo, Hamza Touba , Paddy Barnes and Alexandar Alexandrow . He then took part in the 2012 Olympic Games in London and reached the quarter-finals with victories against Carlos Suárez and Ramy El-Awadi, in which he lost to Dawid Airapetjan. He won silver at the World University Championships in Baku in 2012.

In 2013 he won the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games in Mersin . At the 2015 European Games in Baku he lost 2-1 to Vincenzo Picardi in the quarter-finals and 2-1 to Nándor Csóka at the 2015 European Championships in Samokow .

Pehlivan also won the Ahmet Cömert Tournament in 2008 and 2009, as well as the Feliks Stamm Tournament in 2011. In 2016, he boxed for the Turkish team Turkiye Conquerors in the World Series of Boxing .

After his competitive career, he worked as a physical education teacher in the province of Rize .

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Pehlivan, Ferhat
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Turkish boxer
DATE OF BIRTH	20th August 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH	Akçaabat

[1] Ferhat Pehlivan, Olympic.org

[2] Ferhat Pehlivan, BoxRec

[3] EU Junior Championships 2006

[4] World Championships 2007

[5] World University Championships 2008

[6] European Championships 2008

[7] Mediterranean Games 2009

[8] World Championships 2009

[9] European Student Championships 2009

[10] European Championships 2010

[11] World University Championships 2010

[12] European Championships 2011

[13] World Championships 2011

[14] European Olympic qualification 2012

[15] Olympic Games 2012

[16] World University Championships 2012

[17] Mediterranean Games 2013

[18] European Games 2015

[19] European Championships 2015

[20] Ahmet Cömert Tournament 2008

[21] Ahmet Cömert Tournament 2009

[22] Feliks Stamm Tournament 2011

[23] Kaynak: Şampiyon, Pazar'da yeni şampiyonlar yetiştiriyor