Bediha Gün (born 26 October 1994) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 55 kg division.[1][2] She is a member of Ankara Aski Sport Club.[3] She is a student at Kırkpınar Physical Education and Sports College of Trakya University.[4]
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| Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 October 1994 Izmir, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Women's freestyle wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ankara Aski Sport Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wrestling career
Gün lost her chance for a medal in the quarterfinals of the 55 kg event at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[5][6]
She competed in the 55 kg division at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan without succeeding to advance from the quarterfinals.[7]
She won the bronze medal at the 2016 European Wrestling Under-23 Championships in Ruse, Bulgaria.[8] She was not able to advance from the Round of 16 in the 2016 European Wrestling Championships in Riga, Latvia.[9]
Gün earned a quota spot at the 2016 Summer Olympics for her second-place performance at the Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 held in Istanbul, Turkey.[3][4][10]
In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[11] In 2022, she competed in the women's 57 kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[12] She won one of the bronze medals in the 55 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[13][14] A few months later, she won the gold medal in the 57 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[15] She competed in the 57 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
References
External links
- Bediha Gün at United World Wrestling
- Bediha Gün at the International Wrestling Database
- Bediha Gün at Olympics.com
- Bediha Gün at Olympedia
- Bediha Gün at the Turkish National Olympic Committee
