Yasemin Adar
![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Balıkesir, Turkey | 6 December 1991|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Balıkesir University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Women's Freestyle Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 76 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Balıkesir BB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Yasemin Adar (born 6 December 1991) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 76 kg division.[1][2] She is a World champion and four-time European champion. She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3][4]
Private life[]
Yasemin Adar was born to Naim Adar, a baker, and Ayşegül in Balıkesir, Turkey on 6 December 1991. She has an elder sister, Yıldız. Her mother died in 2013. After finishing Gaziosmanpaşa High School, she studied physical education and sports in Balıkesir University. Currently, she works as a teacher in Niğde.[5][6]
Sports career[]
Adar was discovered by former Turkish champion sport wrestler Aslan Seyhanlı while she was performing shot put during her high school and university years.[5][6] She then switched over to wrestling in her hometown. She competes for Trakya Birlik SK.[7][8]
Adar took part in the freestyle −72 kg event at the 2012 World Championships in Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada, gaining no success.[9]
She participated at the 2013 European Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia, without having success.[10] At the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey, she became gold medalist in the −72 kg division.[5][6][11] She placed fifth at the 2013 World Championships held in Budapest, Hungary, after losing to Chinese Zhang Fengliu in the semifinals and to American Adeline Gray in the third place match.[7][12]
Adar reached the round of 16 at the 2014 World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[13]
She failed to advance to the finals after losing to Russian Ekaterina Bukina in the −75 kg event at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. She then lost to Moldavian Svetlana Saenko in the bronze medal match.[14] At the 2015 World Championships in Las Vegas, United States, Adar lost in the quarter finals to Colombian Andrea Olaya by fall.[15]
Competing in the −75 kg event at the 2016 European Championships held in Riga, Latvia, she won her country's first-ever women's wrestling gold medal at this championship, defeating Russian .[6][8][16][17]
In 2020, she won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[18][19] In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[20] She was eliminated in her second match by Martina Kuenz of Austria.[20] In May 2021, she qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[21][22]
Major results[]
References[]
- ^ https://www.turksporu.com.tr/sporcu-detay/yasemin-adar-1268
- ^ https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrestling/daten.php?spid=0499AA00EB8E47668A6883590C0C9E16
- ^ Morgan, Liam (2 August 2021). "López etches name into history books by clinching fourth Olympic wrestling title at Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
{{cite news}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Yasemin Adar'dan Tarihi Madalya". Balıkesit Spor (in Turkish). 10 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Balıkesir'in gururu oldu". Doğan News Agency (in Turkish). 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Branş değiştirdi dünya beşincisi oldu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 21 September 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Altın Madalyalı İşk Kadın Güreşçi". Spor Extra (in Turkish). 10 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ "Championnat du Monde Senior" (PDF). FILA. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ "Avrupa Güreş Şampiyonası'nda bayanlar 63 kiloda Buse Tosun çeyrek finale yükseldi". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 22 March 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ "3 oyunlar rekoru kırıldı birden". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 24 June 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ "Yasemin Adar dünya beşincisi oldu" (in Turkish). 20 September 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ "Yasemin Adar veda etti". Spor X (in Turkish). 11 September 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ "Avrupa Oyunları: Güreşte 3 sporcumuz repesaj maçına çıkacak". Euro Sport (in Turkish). 16 June 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ "Kadınlar serbest güreşte 4 sporcumuz da yenildi". Cihan News Agency (in Turkish). 11 September 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ "Güreşte 2 Avrupa Şampiyonluğu birden". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 10 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ "Turkish wrestlers Adar and Demirtaş win gold medals at European Wrestling Championship". Daily Sabah. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ Shefferd, Neil (16 December 2020). "Russia claim team title on final day of women's action at UWW Individual World Cup". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
{{cite news}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Shefferd, Neil (7 May 2021). "Chumikova secures emotional win at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
External links[]
![]() |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yasemin Adar. |
- Yasemin Adar at United World Wrestling
- Yasemin Adar at Olympics.com
- Yasemin Adar at Olympedia
- 1991 births
- Sportspeople from Balıkesir
- Balıkesir University alumni
- Turkish schoolteachers
- Turkish female sport wrestlers
- European Games competitors for Turkey
- Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games
- European champions for Turkey
- Living people
- Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic wrestlers of Turkey
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey
- Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling
- European Wrestling Championships medalists
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in wrestling
- Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Turkey
- Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Turkey
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in wrestling