Soner Demirtaş
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Born | Çat village, Tokat, Turkey | 25 June 1991|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Soner Demirtaş (born 25 June 1991) is a Turkish retired freestyle wrestler who competes in the 74 kg division. He won the European title in 2016,[2] 2017[3] and 2018. He was bronze medalist at the Rio Olympics.[4]
Personal life[]
Soner Demirtaş was born to a butcher father as the third son of five in Çat village of Tokat on 25 June 1991. He is a student of physical education and sports at Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University in Karaman.[1][5][6] His three brothers are also sport wrestlers. He was inspired to take up wrestling by his eldest brother Bekir Demirtaş.[5]
Sports career[]
Demirtaş internationally debuted at the Freestyle Wrestling – Junior World Championships 2010 held in Budapest, Hungary, where he captured the silver medal.[7]
He took part at the 2012 European Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[5]
He participated at the 2013 European Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia.[5] He won the gold medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey. He lost to Belarusian Ali Shabanau in the round of 16 at the 2013 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
He won the bronze medal at the 2014 European Championships in Vantaa, Finland.[8] Demirtaş lost to of Georgia in the round of 32 at the 2014 World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
He became silver medalist at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.[9] He lost to Narsingh Pancham Yadav from India in the round of 16 at the 2015 World Championships in Las Vegas, United States. Demirtaş became a second time European champion in 2017 at Novi Sad, Serbia.[3]
In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[10]
References[]
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- ^ a b "Milli Takım Kamp Listesi" (PDF) (in Turkish). Türkiye Güreş federasyonu. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ "Soner Demirtaş: Aklımın ucundan şampiyonluk geçmiyordu". Fanatik (in Turkish). 12 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Avrupa Güreş Şampiyonası'nda erkekler serbest stil 74 kilpda Soner Demirtaş altın madalya kazandı". Milliyet (in Turkish). 4 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ Soner Demirtaş. rio2016.com
- ^ a b c d "Aynı aileden 4 güreşçi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 17 March 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ Soner Demirtaş. nbcolympics.com
- ^ "Soner Demirtaş Dünya 2.'si..." (in Turkish). İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi SJ. 25 July 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ "Soner Demirtaş Bronz madalya kazandı". TRT Spor (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ "Soner Demirtaş'tan gümüş madalya". Fanatik (in Turkish). 17 June 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ "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[]
- Soner Demirtaş at United World Wrestling
- Soner Demirtaş at Olympics.com
- Soner Demirtaş at Olympedia
- 1991 births
- Sportspeople from Tokat
- Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University alumni
- Turkish male sport wrestlers
- Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor athletes
- Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games
- European champions for Turkey
- Living people
- European Games silver medalists for Turkey
- Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic wrestlers of Turkey
- Olympic bronze medalists for Turkey
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey
- Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling
- Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games
- European Games medalists in wrestling
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- European Wrestling Championships medalists
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling
- Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Turkey