Metehan Başar

Metehan Başar medal table
Wrestler
Turkey
World Championship
gold	2017 Paris	up to 87 kg
gold	2018 Budapest	up to 87 kg
European Games
bronze	2015 Baku	up to 85 kg
European Championship
silver	2017 Novi Sad	up to 87 kg
Universities World Championship
gold	2014 Pecs	up to 85 kg
Mediterranean Games
gold	2018 Tarragona	up to 87 kg
Junior World Championship
bronze	2011 Bucharest	up to 96 kg Juniors
Junior European Championship
bronze	2007 Warsaw	up to 85 kg cadets
bronze	2011 Zrenjanin	up to 96 kg Juniors

Metehan Başar (born February 19, 1991 ) is a Turkish wrestler . In 2017 he became world champion in the Greco-Roman style in the weight class up to 85 kg and in 2018 in the weight class up to 87 kg body weight.

Career

Metehan Başar started wrestling as a teenager. He belongs to the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK sports club and has been taking part in championships since 2003. He focuses on the Greco-Roman style and was or is trained by Hakki Başar and Yusuf Düzer. He studied sports management at Sakarya Univ. Sports Science School.

In July 2007 he completed his first start in an international championship at the Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Warsaw and won a bronze medal in the weight class up to 85 kg. Until his next appearance at an international championship, it took until July 2010. He started in the Junior World Championship (Juniors) in Budapest in the weight class up to 96 kg, but retired after a defeat against Efe Coskun from Germany the first round and only came in 23rd place.

In his last junior year 2011 Metehan Başar was very successful, because he won a bronze medal in the weight class up to 96 kg at both the Junior European Championships in Zrenjanin and the Junior World Championships in Bucharest.

After that he did not appear again on the international wrestling mat until 2014. From this point on, he only started in the weight class up to 85 kg body weight. In July 2014 he became student world champion in Pecs ahead of Nikolai Bajrakow from Bulgaria. At the 2014 World Cup in Tashkent, however, he disappointed, because he lost to Artur Omarow from the Czech Republic in the first round, was eliminated and only came in 25th.

Metehan Başar then won his first medal at a major international championship at the 2015 European Championships, which were held as part of the European Games in Baku . He defeated Mate Sopadze from Georgia and Rasmus Tjoerstad from Norway, then lost to Dschan Belenjuk from Belarus and then beat Attila Tamas from Romania and Maksim Manukjan from Armenia on points. He won a bronze medal with it. However, there was a setback for him three months later at the 2015 World Cup in Las Vegas , because he lost there against Ramsin Azizsir from Germany, which meant he was eliminated early and only came in 29th place. He also missed direct qualification for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Metehan Başar also missed the qualification for these games at the tournaments in Zrenjanin and Istanbul in April and May 2016, although he finished in 3rd place there. Because of the IOC's very limited number of participants, he should have at least finished 2nd in one of these tournaments.

2017 turned out to be a successful year for Metehan Başar. First he was runner-up in Novi Sad in May of this year, losing to Viktor Lőrincz from Hungary in the final and then even becoming world champion in Paris in August . He defeated Jawid Hamsatow from Belarus, Nikolai Bajrakow , Robert Kobliaschwili from Georgia, the Olympic champion Dawit Chakwetadze from Russia and in the final battle also Denis Kudla (wrestler) from Germany.

At the 2018 European Championships in Kaspijsk, Metehan Başar lost in the qualification against Tadeusz Michalik from Poland. Since this failed in the next round to Denis Kudla from Germany, he was eliminated and only finished 14th. In contrast, Metehan Başar presented himself in excellent form at the world championship this year in Budapest and was again world champion with five victories in the middleweight class, which has been increased to 87 kg body weight.

At the 2019 European Championships in Bucharest, Metehan Başar won in the weight class up to 87 kg over Dimitrios Tsekeridis, Greece, but lost on points in the next round against Mikalai Stadub from Belarus. Since this did not reach the final, he was eliminated and only came in 12th place. In June 2019 he also started in the same weight class at the European Games in Minsk. He lost there in his first fight against Bekchan Osdojew from Russia. Since this did not reach the final, he was eliminated and only came in 13th place. Things went even worse for Metehan Başar at the World Cup in Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan) in September 2019. There he lost his first fight against Rustam Assakalov from Uzbekistan. Since this did not reach the final, Metehan Başar was unable to continue in the consolation round. Since he had also not scored a technical point in the fight against Assakalow, he ended up only in 32nd place.

In October 2019, he competed in the World Military Games in Wuhan (China) in the weight class up to 87 kg. He lost there first to Viktor Lörincz, Hungary, then won over Tadeusz Michalik, Poland and Yao, China and lost in the consolation round in the battle for one of the bronze medals against Denis Kudla (wrestler) from Germany.

At the European Championships in Rome in February 2020, Metehan Başar won qualifying over Erik Int, Estonia. He then lost to Semen Novikov from Ukraine. Since this reached the final, he was able to continue wrestling in the consolation round and won it over Jesus Gasca Fresneda, Spain and was defeated in the fight for one of the bronze medals against Alexander Komarov from Russia.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2007	3.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Warsaw	up to 85 kg	behind Akhmed Bogatirew, Russia and Erik Gobosow, Ukraine
2010	23.	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Budapest	up to 96 kg	after a loss to Efe Coskun, Germany
2011	3.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Zrenjanin	up to 96 kg	behind György Rizmajer, Hungary and Artur Aleksanjan , Armenia
2011	3.	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Bucharest	up to 96 kg	after victories over Dorin Constantin Pirvan, Romania, Artur Aleksanjan and Marthin Hamlet Nielsen , Norway, a defeat against Islam Magomedow, Russia and a victory over György Rizmajer
2014	1.	Universities World Cup in Pécs	up to 85 kg	before Nikolai Bajrakow, Bulgaria, Yauhen Walchanowitsch, Belarus and Tadeusz Michalik, Poland
2014	25th	World Cup in Tashkent	up to 85 kg	after a loss to Artur Omarow, Czech Republic
2015	1.	Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan tournament in Istanbul	up to 85 kg	before Viktor Lőrincz , Hungary, Kansu Ildem, Turkey and Rustam Assakalow, Uzbekistan
2015	3.	EM in Baku	up to 85 kg	after victories over Mate Sopadse, Georgia and Rasmus Tjoerstad, Norway, a defeat against Dschan Belenjuk , Ukraine and victories over Attila Tamas, Romania and Maksim Manukjan , Armenia
2015	29	World Cup in Las Vegas	up to 85 kg	after a loss to Ramsin Azizsir, Germany
2016	3.	Olympic qualification tournament in Zrenjanin	up to 85 kg	behind Alexei Mishin, Russia and Nikolai Bajrakow
2016	3.	Olympic qualification tournament in Istanbul	up to 85 kg	behind Denis Kudla (wrestler) , Germany and Robert Kobiaschwili
2016	3.	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	up to 85 kg	behind Tadeusz Michalik, Poland and Ramsin Azizsir
2016	4th	Universities World Cup in Corum / Turkey	up to 85 kg	behind Erik Szilvassi, Hungary, Nikolai Stadub, Belarus and Roman Yusipow, Russia
2017	1.	Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan tournament in Istanbul	up to 85 kg	before Islam Abbasov , Azerbaijan, Mate Sopadze and Nikolai Bajrakow
2017	2.	EM in Novi Sad	up to 85 kg	after victories over Arif Niftulajew, Azerbaijan, Juri Schriuba, Ukraine and Ramsin Azizsir and a defeat against Viktor Lőrincz
2017	1.	World Cup in Paris	up to 85 kg	after victories over Jawid Hamsatow , Belarus, Asat Beischebekow, Kyrgyzstan, Nikolai Bajrakow, Dawit Chakwetadze and Denis Kudla (wrestler)
2018	14th	EM in Kaspiysk	up to 87 kg	after losing to Tadeusz Michalik, Poland
2018	1.	Mediterranean Games in Tarragone / Spain	up to 87 kg	in front of Bachir Sidarza, Algeria, Wladimir Stancic, Serbia and Dimitrios Tsekeridis, Greece
2018	1.	World Cup in Budapest	up to 87 kg	after victories over Phillip Raweriio Barreiro, Canada, Aden Baudjemline Barreiro, Algeria, Roberti Kobliaschwili , Georgia, Bekchan Osdojew , Russia and Dschan Belenjuk , Ukraine
2019	5.	"Dan-Kolow" & "Nikolaui-Petrow" memorial in Russe	up to 97 kg	behind Musa Jewlojew and Nikolai Melnikow, both Russia, Usur Dschurupbekow, Kyrgyzstan and Micheil Kajaia, Serbia
2019	12.	EM in Bucharest	up to 87 kg	make a win over Dimitrios Tsekeridis, Greece and a loss against Mikalai Stadub, Belarus
2019	13.	European Games in Minsk	up to 87 kg	after losing to Bekchan Osdoyev, Russia
2019	32.	World Cup in Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan)	up to 87 kg	after losing to Rustam Assakalov, Uzbekistan
2019	5.	World Military Games in Wuhan (China)	up to 87 kg	after a defeat against Viktor Lőrincz , Hungary, victories over Tadeusz Michalik, Poland and Yao X, China and a defeat against Denis Kudla (wrestler)
2020	5.	EM in Rome	up to 87 kg	after defeating Erik Int, Estonia, defeating Semen Novikov , Ukraine, defeating Jesus Gasca Fresneda, Spain and defeating Alexander Komarov, Russia

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Metehan Başar at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Metehan Başar World Champion 2017
• Metehan Başar World Champion 2018