Ali Cengiz
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Born | Manisa, Turkey | 8 April 1996|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb; 13.7 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | Ankara Aski Sport Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ali Cengiz (born 8 April 1996) is a Turkish wrestler competing in the 87 kg division of Greco-Roman wrestling. He won one of the bronze medals in the 87 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[1] He is a member of the Ankara Aski Sport Club.[2]
Career
[edit]Ali Cengiz won a bronze medal at the 2019 FILA U-23 European Wrestling Championship held in Serbia, Novi Sad.[3]
In 2022, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[4] He won one of the bronze medals in the 87 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[5]
In 2023, he won the silver medal at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, losing 5-2 to Hungarian István Takács in the final match of the 87 kg men's Greco-Roman style. In the second round, he advanced to the quarterfinals after his Dutch opponent Marcel Sterkenburg withdrew from the competition. In the quarterfinals, he drew 1-1 with Azerbaijan's Islam Abbasov and reached the semifinals with the advantage of the last point. In the semifinals, he defeated Georgian Lasha Gobadze 3-1 and reached the final.[6] In June, Cengiz lost to Belorussian Kiryl Maskevich at Poddubny wrestling league 5 held in Vladikavkaz, Russia.[7]
He won the silver medal in the 87 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[8] He competed in the 87 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[9]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2017 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 2nd | Greco-Roman 85 kg |
2022 | Mediterranean Games | Oran, Algeria | 3rd | Greco-Roman 87 kg |
World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 3rd | Greco-Roman 87 kg | |
2023 | European Championships | Zagreb, Croatia | 2nd | Greco-Roman 87 kg |
World Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 1st | Greco-Roman 87 kg | |
2024 | European Championships | Bucharest, Romania | 2nd | Greco-Roman 87 kg |
References
[edit]- ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "CENGIZ Ali profile page".
- ^ "Ali Cengiz Avrupa üçüncüsü oldu". 6 March 2019.
- ^ "2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Üç milli güreşçi finale yükseldi".
- ^ "Milli güreşçi Ali Cengiz gümüş madalya kazandı". 22 April 2023.
- ^ "15 россиян победили на PWL-5 WS". wrestliga.com. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Ali Cengiz at United World Wrestling
- Ali Cengiz at the International Wrestling Database
- Ali Cengiz at Olympics.com
- Ali Cengiz at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Ali Cengiz at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Ali Cengiz at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)
- Living people
- 1996 births
- Turkish male sport wrestlers
- European Wrestling Championships medalists
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- World Wrestling Champions
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling
- Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey
- Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling
- 21st-century Turkish sportsmen
- Sportspeople from Manisa
- Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Turkey
- Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic wrestlers for Turkey