Turkey’s first Olympic medal came from Mersinli Ahmet in wrestling in 1936. Yasemin Adar, who won bronze in Tokyo 2020, was our first female wrestler to take the podium in wrestling. If you don’t count weightlifters Naim Süleymanoğlu and Halil Mutlu, who became the most successful Olympic athletes in the country’s history by winning three golds each, Mithat Bayrak, Mustafa Dağstanlı and Hamza Yerlikaya, who reached gold twice each, were also wrestlers. Now, our female wrestler Evin Demirhan, who came to the world from Siirt in 2024, is on her way to cheer us on in Paris. So, how many medals did Türkiye win in wrestling at the Olympics? Our ancestral sport, wrestling, is in the new episode of the ‘Olympics in 60 Seconds’ video series, where the Olympic history is told from past to present, with the presentation of Berna Abik and the texts of Ali Murat Hamarat.
JP2021.COM - Tokyo Olympics 2020.