Taha Akgul

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Taha Akgul
Taha Akgül medal table

Wrestler

Turkey
Olympic games
gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro up to 125 kg
World Championship
bronze 2013 Budapest Heavy
gold 2014 Tashkent up to 125 kg
gold 2015 Las Vegas up to 125 kg
gold 2017 Paris up to 125 kg
European Games
gold 2015 Baku up to 125 kg
European Championship
gold 2012 Belgrade Heavy
gold 2013 Tbilisi Heavy
gold 2014 Vantaa up to 125 kg
gold 2017 Novi Sad up to 125 kg
gold 2018 Kaspiisk up to 125 kg
gold 2019 Bucharest up to 125 kg
Universiade
gold 2013 Kazan Heavy
Universities World Championship
gold 2012 Kuortane Heavy
Mediterranean Games
silver 2010 Istanbul Heavy
gold 2013 Mersin Heavy
Junior World Championship
silver 2010 Heavy

Taha Akgül (born November 22, 1990 in Sivas ) is a Turkish wrestler . He became European champion in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019 , and also world champion in 2014 and 2015, and won the heavyweight free style gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics .

Career

Taha Akgül started wrestling as a teenager, focusing on the free style. He starts for the Izmir BB club and since the 2011/12 season in the German Bundesliga for SV Germania Weingarten . He has been under contract with ASV Nendingen since the 2013/2014 season. At a height of 1.92 meters, he is in the heavyweight division, where he does not fully exhaust the maximum permissible weight of 120 kg with a weight of 110 kg. He's a student.

His international career began in 2010. This year he finished second at the Mediterranean Games in Istanbul behind his compatriot Fatih Çakıroğlu . He also came in 5th at the European Junior Championships in Samokow / Bulgaria and came 2nd at the World Junior Championships behind Muradin Kuschchow from Ukraine .

At the Turkish Championships in 2011 he came in second behind Recep Kara , but before Fatih Çakıroğlu. In 2011 it was not used in international championships. In March 2012 he was used by the Turkish Wrestling Association at the European Championships in Belgrade . He was able to convince there completely and win the European title with victories over Predrag Budic from Serbia , Nick Matuhin from Germany , Bachtijar Schachabutdinowitsch Akhmedov from Russia , Ihor Dsjatko from Belarus and Dániel Ligeti from Hungary .

He then won the ticket to the 2012 Olympic Games in London by finishing second behind Dániel Ligeti at the tournament in Sofia. At the Olympic Games himself he first won over Oleksandr Chozjaniwskyj from Ukraine, but lost in his second fight against Biljal Machow from Russia. Since this did not reach the final, he was eliminated and came in 8th place. He then closed the 2012 season with another championship title. In Kuortane / Finland he was world champion at universities ahead of Parvis Hadi from Iran.

In 2013 Taha Akgül was again European heavyweight champion in Tbilisi with victories over Jamaladdin Magomedow , Azerbaijan, Dimitar Kumchev , Bulgaria, Dániel Ligeti and Alen Sassejew , Ukraine. At the World Championships this year in Budapest he defeated Christos Nyfadopoulos from Greece, but then lost quite significantly to Alen Sassejew, but then secured a World Cup bronze medal with victories over Florian Temengil, PLW, Jamaladdin Magomedow, Azerbaijan and Tervel Dlagnev , USA .

At the European Championships in 2014, which took place in Vantaa / Finland, he dominated his weight class with ease. With victories over Andranik Galstjan, Armenia, Wadim Schwedow, Belarus, Oleksandr Chozjaniwskyj, Ukraine and Alan Lavrentjewitsch Chugajew , Russia, he won his third European title in a row. On September 8, 2014, Taha Akgül became world heavyweight champion for the first time in Tashkent. On the way to this success he defeated Richard Csercsics, Hungary, Aslan Dschebisow, Azerbaijan, Tervel Dlagnev , USA, Alexei Schemarov , Belarus and Komeil Ghasemi , Iran.

In June 2015 Taha Akgül won the 1st European Games in Baku in the weight class up to 125 kg body weight. He defeated it Jamaladdin Magomedow, Robert Baran from Poland. Soslan Gagojew from Slovakia and Alexei Schemarow. He was also unbeatable at the World Championships that year in Las Vegas in September. He won successively over Jose Cuba Vazquez from Spain, Levan Berianidze from Armenia, Daulet Schabanbay from Kazakhstan, Biljal Machow from Russia, the 2012 Olympic champion and Jamaladdin Magomedow. He won his second world title with it.

Taha Akgül won the heavyweight gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He defeated Chuluunbat Jargalsaichan from Mongolia, Ibrahim Saidau, Belarus, Levan Berianidze and in the final also Komeil Ghasemi from Iran in a convincing style . His victory over Ghasemi was narrow with 3-1 points, but was never in danger.

In May 2017, Taha Akgül continued his winning streak with a victory at the European Championships in Novi Sad. In doing so he defeated u. a. Geno Petriaschwili from Georgia and Jamaladdin Magomedov in the final. He was also a high favorite at the 2017 World Cup in Paris. He initially lived up to this role, because his victories over Zolboo Natsagsuren, Mongolia, Nam Koungjin, South Korea and Nicholas Edward Gwiazdowski from the United States were safe. In the final, he met Geno Petriaschwili, who had increased tremendously in his performance. Taha Akgül felt that too, because in a high-class duel in which the lead changed several times, Geno Petriaschwili ultimately won with 10: 8 points and dethroned Taha Akgül.

At the 2018 European Championships in Kaspiysk, Taha Akgul took revenge against Geno Petriaschwili. In the final battle of this championship he defeated Petriaschwili narrowly but deserved with 2-1 techn. Points and became European champion for the sixth time. Things went less well for him at this year's World Cup, which took place in Budapest in October. Although he won his first two fights on points over Nick Matuhin, Germany and Alexander Chozianiwski, Ukraine, he surprisingly lost in the quarterfinals against Parviz Chodavirdi Hadibasmanj from Iran just 2: 3 techn. Points. Since Hadibasjamj then did not reach the final, Taha Akgül was eliminated and only finished 7th.

At the European Championship 2019 in Bucharest in April this year, Taha Akgül won the title again in a convincing way. In the semifinals he made Ansor Chiriyev from Russia, against whom he had lost in January in the final of the "Ivan Yarigin" Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk, with 8: 0 techn. Points from and in the final, the reigning world champion Geno Petriaschwili had no chance against him. Taha Akgül won with 7: 0 tehcn. Points.

International success

year space competition Weight class Results
2010 2. Mediterranean Games in Istanbul Heavy behind Fatih Çakıroğlu , Turkey and in front of Efstathios Topalidis, Greece
2010 5. Junior European Championship in Samokow / Bulgaria Heavy behind Giorgi Sakandelidze , Georgia , Aslan Dschebischow, Azerbaijan , Ihor Dzjatko, Belarus and Muradin Kuschchow, Ukraine
2010 2. Junior World Championship Heavy behind Muradin Kuschchow, in front of Richard Csercsics, Hungary and Giorgi Sakandelidse
2011 3. "Yasar Dogu" Memorial in Istanbul Heavy behind Fatih Çakıroğlu and Ruslan Basijew , Armenia , together with Ali Reza Kaya, Turkey
2011 3. "Alexander Medved" International in Minsk Heavy behind Alexei Schemarow , Belarus and Murad Mutalimow , Kazakhstan , together with Tervel Dlagnev , USA , in front of Rasul Chadyrow, Russia and Fatih Çakıroğlu
2011 1. FILA Golden Grand Prix in Baku Heavy before Fatih Çakıroğlu, Jamaladdin Magomedow , Azerbaijan and Dawit Modsmanashvili , Georgia
2011 3. FILA test tournament in London Heavy behind Dániel Ligeti , Hungary and Edgars Lopez Morell, Puerto Rico, together with Deng Zhiwei, China
2012 1. "Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara Heavy in front of Fardin Masoumi Valadi , Iran , Ali Gurbuz, Turkey a. Jabar Sadeghzadenhnoukoulaei, Iran
2012 1. EM in Belgrade Heavy after beating Predrag Budic, Serbia , Nick Matuhin , Germany , Bakhtiyar Akhmedov , Russia , Ihor Dsjatko , Belarus and Dániel Ligeti
2012 2. Olympic qualification tournament in Sofia Heavy behind Dániel Ligeti, in front of Rares Daniel Chintojan , Romania and Bartłomiej Bartnicki , Poland
2012 2. "Wacław-Ziółkowski" Memorial in Siedlce / Poland Heavy behind Tervel Dlagnev, in front of Daulet Schabangay, Kazakhstan and Jarod Trice, USA
2012 8th. OS in London Heavy after a victory over Alexander Khozianiwski, Ukraine and a defeat against Biljal Machow, Russia
2012 1. Universities World Cup in Kuortane / Finland Heavy before Parviz Chodavirdi Hadibasmanj, Iran, Vitali Gagijew, Russia and Alexander Chozianiwski
2012 3. "Moscow-Lights" in Moscow Heavy behind Bachan Dukayev and Alan Dschampajew, both Russia
2013 1. "Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara Heavy in front of Kurban Kurbanow, Uzbekistan, Jamaladdin Magomedow, Azerbaijan and Yalcin Sözen, Turkey
2013 1. World Cup in Tehran Heavy in front of Tervel Dlagnev, Tornike Chedescheli, Georgia and Komeil Ghasemi , Iran
2013 1. EM in Tbilisi Heavy after victories over Jamaladdin Magomedow, Dimitar Kumchev, Bulgaria, Dániel Ligeti and Alen Sassejew, Ukraine
2013 1. Mediterranean Games in Mersin Heavy in front of Slim Trabelsi, Lebanon, Boban Danow, Macedonia and Christos Nyfadopoulos, Greece
2013 1. Universiade in Kazan Heavy before Alexander Chozianiwski, Ukraine, Parviz Hadi, Iran and Tyrell Marcell Fortune, USA
2013 3. World Cup in Budapest Heavy after a victory over Christos Nyfadopoulos, Greece, a defeat against Alen Sassejew, Ukraine and victories over Florian Temengil, PLW, Jamaladdin Magomedow, Azerbaijan and Tervel Dlagnev, USA
2014 1. "Yasar Dogu" Memorial in Istanbul up to 125 kg before Komeil Ghasemi , Iran, Dominique Bradley, USA and Yunus Emre Dede, Turkey
2014 1. EM in Vantaa / Finland up to 125 kg after victories over Andranik Galstjan, Armenia, Vadim Schwedow, Belarus, Alexander Chozianiwski and Alan Lavrentjewitsch Chugajew, Russia
2014 1. World Cup in Tashkent up to 125 kg after victories over Richard Csercsics, Hungary, Arslan Dschebisow, Azerbaijan, Tervel Dlagnev, USA, Alexei Schemarow, Belarus and Komeil Ghasemi, Iran
2015 1. "Yasar Dogu" Memorial in Istanbul up to 125 kg in front of Aiaal Lasarew, Kyrgyzstan, Daulet Schabanbay, Kazakhstan and Tanju Gemici, Turkey
2015 1. European Games in Baku up to 125 kg after victories over Jamaladdin Magomedow, Robert Baran, Poland, Soslan Gagojew, Slovakia and Alexei Schemarow
2015 1. World Cup in Las Vegas up to 125 kg after victories over Jose Vazquez, Spain, Levan Berianidze, Armenia, Daulet Schabanbay, Biljal Machow, Russia and Jamaladdin Magomedow
2016 gold OS in Rio de Janeiro up to 125 kg after victories over Chuluunbat Jargalsaichan, Mongolia, Ibrahim Saidau, Belarus, Levan Berianidze and Komeil Ghasemi, Iran
2017 1. EM in Novi Sad up to 125 kg after victories over Danilo Kartawii, Ukraine, Geno Petriaschwili, Georgia, Dániel Ligeti and Jamaladdin Magomedow
2017 2. World Cup in Paris up to 125 kg after victories over Zolboo Natsagsuren, Mongolia, Nam Koungjin, South Korea and Nicholas Edward Gwiazdowski, USA and a defeat against Geno Petriaschwili
2018 1. Cerro-Pelado Intern. in Havana up to 125 kg before Benjamin Durbin, USA, Sean Molle, Canada and Yudeny Alpajan Esteves, Cuba
2018 1. EM in Kaspiysk up to 125 kg after victories over Ibrahims Saidow, Belarus, Jamaladdin Magomedow, Muradin Kuschchow, Russia and Geno Petriaschwili
2018 7th World Cup in Budapest up to 125 kg after victories over Nick Matuhin, Germany and Alexander Chozianiwski, Ukraine and a point defeat against Parviz Chodavirdi Hadibasmanj, Iran
2019 2. "Ivan Yarigin" Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk up to 125 kg behind Ansor Chisrijew and in front of Selimchan Chisrijew, both Russia and Deng Zhiwei, China
2019 1. EM in Bucharest up to 125 kg after victories over Rares Daniel Chintojan, Romania, Andranik Galstjan, Armenia, Ansor Chisrijew and Geno Petriaschwili

Turkish championships

(as far as known)

year space Weight class Result
2011 2. Heavy behind Recep Kara, in front of Fatih Çakıroğlu and Ali Reza Kaya
Explanations
  • all free style competitions
  • OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, EM = European Championships
  • Heavyweight, weight class up to 120 kg body weight (until December 31, 2013); since January 1, 2014 up to 125 kg body weight

swell

  • Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Akgul, Taha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Sivas