Elif Jale Yeşilırmak, née Yulia Guramievna Rekvava (Russian: Юлия Гурамиевна Реквава), (born July 30, 1986, in Smolensk, Russia)[1][2][3] is a former Russian-Turkish female wrestler.[4] She is the first woman wrestler to represent Turkey at the Olympics. She is a member of Trakya Birlikspor.[5]
Yeşilırmak became silver medalist in the 67 kg division at the Golden Grand Prix held in February 2012 at Klippan, Sweden.[10] She won the bronze medal in the 63 kg division at the 2012 European Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She became so the second woman wrestler from Turkey to win a medal at the European level after twelve years.[11] She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics after winning her matches with rivals from India, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan and France in the 65 kg division at the World Qualification Tournament held in Taiyuan, China.[12][13]
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External linksedit
Elif Jale Yeşilırmak at the International Wrestling Database
Elif Jale Yeşilırmak at the International Wrestling Database
elif, jale, yeşilırmak, née, yulia, guramievna, rekvava, russian, Юлия, Гурамиевна, Реквава, born, july, 1986, smolensk, russia, former, russian, turkish, female, wrestler, first, woman, wrestler, represent, turkey, olympics, member, trakya, birlikspor, person. Elif Jale Yesilirmak nee Yulia Guramievna Rekvava Russian Yuliya Guramievna Rekvava born July 30 1986 in Smolensk Russia 1 2 3 is a former Russian Turkish female wrestler 4 She is the first woman wrestler to represent Turkey at the Olympics She is a member of Trakya Birlikspor 5 Elif Jale YesilirmakPersonal informationBirth nameYulia Guramievna RekvavaNationalityTurkish RussianBorn 1986 07 30 July 30 1986 age 37 Smolensk RussiaHeight164 cm 5 ft 5 in Weight58 kg 128 lb SportSportWomen s freestyle wrestlingEvent63 kgClubTrakya Birlik SK EdirneTurned pro2009Retired2021Medal record Women s freestyle wrestlingRepresenting TurkeyWorld Championships2018 Budapest 59 kg2014 Tashkent 58 kg2015 Las Vegas 58 kgEuropean Championships2018 Kaspiysk 59 kg2012 Belgrade 63 kg2019 Bucharest 62 kgEuropean Games2015 Baku 58 kgMediterranean Games2013 Mersin 63 kg2018 Tarragona 62 kgYasar Dogu Tournament2020 Istanbul 62 kgDan Kolov Nikola Petrov Tournament2014 Sofia 58 kg2015 Sofia 60 kg2018 Sofia 59 kgKlippan Lady Open2009 Klippan 59 kg2012 Klippan 67 kg2013 Klippan 63 kg2018 Klippan 59 kgGrand Prix of Germany2013 Dormagen 63 kgRepresenting RussiaEuropean Championships2009 Vilnius 59 kgBorn on July 30 1986 in Russia Yulia Rekvava won the bronze medal for her native country in the 59 kg division at the 2009 European Wrestling Championships held in Vilnius Lithuania 6 She later moved from Sweden 7 to Turkey and was naturalized shortly before the 2011 World Wrestling Championships in Istanbul converting to Islam 8 and taking the Turkish name Elif Jale Yesilirmak 4 6 9 Yesilirmak became silver medalist in the 67 kg division at the Golden Grand Prix held in February 2012 at Klippan Sweden 10 She won the bronze medal in the 63 kg division at the 2012 European Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade Serbia She became so the second woman wrestler from Turkey to win a medal at the European level after twelve years 11 She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics after winning her matches with rivals from India Bulgaria Azerbaijan and France in the 65 kg division at the World Qualification Tournament held in Taiyuan China 12 13 She won the gold medal in the 67 kg division at the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin Turkey In March 2021 she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Japan 14 References edit Rekvava Yuliya Guramievna in Russian Federaciya sportivnoj borby Rossii Archived from the original on 2010 12 22 Retrieved 2012 05 01 Turkiye Gures Federasyonu 2012 Olimpiyat Oyunlari Hazirlik Harcligi Alan Sporcularin Listesi Dnem 11 Subat Mart Nisan in Turkish Spor Genel Mudurlugu Retrieved 2012 05 01 permanent dead link London 2012 Elif Jale Yesilirmak Archived from the original on 2012 07 31 Retrieved 2012 07 31 a b Elif Jale Yesilirmak bir ilki istiyor Hurriyet Spor in Turkish 2012 09 10 Retrieved 2012 05 01 Trakya Birlik e dunya sampiyonu guresci 3 December 2014 a b Russian wrestler Rekvava now a Turk Today s Zaman 2011 06 08 Archived from the original on 2016 09 11 Retrieved 2012 05 01 Ithal Gurescilere Bir Yenisi Rus Bayan Guresci Rekvava Yulya Turk vatandasi oluyor in Turkish Turkey Wrestling 2011 06 07 Retrieved 2012 05 01 Predstavlyaem sopernic Lyubovi Volosovoj na olimpijskom turnire Archived from the original on 2018 08 20 Retrieved 2018 08 19 Russian wrestling champion embraced Islam Returning to Faith 2011 07 07 Archived from the original on 2016 03 04 Retrieved 2012 05 01 Golden Grand Prix Female wrestling Seniors 2012 02 17 Klippan SWE 67 0kg FILA Archived from the original on 2011 10 09 Retrieved 2012 05 01 Gureste Elif Jale Yesilirmak bronz madalya kazandi EuroNews in Turkish 2012 03 09 Archived from the original on 2012 03 11 Retrieved 2012 05 01 Elif Jale Yesilirmak Londra vizesi aldi Haber7 in Turkish 2012 04 29 Retrieved 2012 05 01 Turk Gures Tarihinde bir ilk Elif Jale Yesilirmak Olimpiyat Vizesi aldi in Turkish Turkisye Gures Federasyonu Archived from the original on 2012 04 30 Retrieved 2012 05 01 2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book PDF United World Wrestling Archived PDF from the original on 24 March 2021 Retrieved 24 March 2021 External links editElif Jale Yesilirmak at the International Wrestling Database nbsp Elif Jale Yesilirmak at the International Wrestling Database nbsp Elif Jale Yesilirmak at Olympics com nbsp Elif Jale Yesilirmak at Olympedia nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Elif Jale Yesilirmak amp oldid 1211570432, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
