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Gülendam Sarıbal

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Gülendam Sarıbal (born 1972) is a Turkish armwrestler. She won medals on both arms in the 80 kg Senior, Master and Grand Master categories at the world and European championships.

Private life

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Gülendam Sarıbal was born in 1972. She is the mother of four children.[1] She lives in Güngören district of Istanbul Province.[2]

Sports career

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Sarıbal became interested in arm wrestlingwhile watching her husband in competition.[3] In 2011 at age 39, she entered Güngören Yeni Akıncılar Sports Club in Istanbul, and started performing arm wrestling.[2][3] Following trainings coached by Emin Kaska, she became champion at the Istanbul Provincial Tournament. She then won the Turkish Championship in the Senior 80 kg category.[1] In 2018, she became Turkish champion in the 80 kg, and was admitted to the national team to participate at the European Championship in Bulgaria.[3] She returned from Sofia, Bulgaria with a 5th place on the left arm.[4]

International individual achievements

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Year Date Location Competition Event
(kg)
Left
rm
Right
arm
Ref.
2016 21–29 May Romania Bucharest 26th European Champ. Master 80 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) [1]
1–10 Oct Bulgaria Blagoevgrad 38th World Champ. 80 - 9th [2]
Master 80 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2018 25 May – 3 Jun Bulgaria Sofia 28th European Champ. 80 5th 7th [3]
12–21 Oct Turkey Antalya 40th World Champ. 80 8th 7th [4]
2019 26 Oct – 4 Nov Romania, Constanta 41st World Champ. 80 8th 4th [5]
2021 23 Nov-3 Dec Romania Bucharest 42nd World Champi. 80 4th 5th [6]
Master 80 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2022 7–14 May Romania Bucharest 31st European Champ. 80 4th 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [7]
14–23 Oct Turkey Antalya 43rd World Champ. 80 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) [8]
Grand Master 80 X 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Madalyalara Sarıbal Ambargosu". Maltepe Ekspres (in Turkish). 26 June 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Güngören, Yenilmez Bilek Gülendam Sarıbal'la gurur duyuyor". Akbaba Haber Ajansı (in Turkish). 5 September 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Türkiye Bilek". Bursa Hakimiyet (in Turkish). 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Gülendem Sarıbal Türkiye ve Avrupa şampiyonluğunu Güngören'e getirdi". Akbaba Haber Ajansı (in Turkish). 15 August 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2022.ü