Yekta Yılmaz Gül, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Yekta Yılmaz Gül

Olympic wrestler

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1978

Place of Birth: Tirebolu, Turkey

Profession: amateur wrestler

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Yekta Yılmaz Gül

  • Yekta Yilmaz Gül (born December 1, 1978 in Tirebolu, Giresun Province) is a Turkish amateur Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed for the men's 120 kg division.
  • He is a member of the Istanbul Büyüksehir Belediyesi S.K..
  • Gül studied at Nigde University.Gül competed in the Greco-Roman 120 kg event at the 2004 Summer Olympics placing 13th.
  • He won the silver medal at the 2005 European Wrestling Championships in Varna, Bulgaria and at the 2005 Summer Universiade in Izmir, Turkey, and another silver at the Mediterranean Games in Almeria, Spain the same year.
  • At the 2005 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary, he won the bronze medal.He won the gold medal at the International Grand Prix Greco-Roman Wrestling Tournament held in Székesfehérvár, Hungary in 2006. Gül won the bronze medal at the 28th International Vehbi Emre Memorial Greco-Roman Tournament held in Istanbul in 2010.

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