Metehan Yaprak
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| Full name | İbrahim Metehan Yaprak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 January 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 79 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ankara ASKİ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Metehan Yaprak (born 1 January 2003) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 79 kg weight class. He represents Ankara ASKİ Sports Club and the Turkish national team.[1]
Career
[edit]In 2023, Yaprak became the European U20 Champion champion in Santiago, defeating Georgian wrestler Saba Kobakhidze 10–0 in the final.[2] The same year, he won a bronze medal at the 2023 U20 World Wrestling Championships held in Amman, Jordan.[3] He also placed seventh at the 2023 U23 World Wrestling Championships in the 74 kg category.[1]
In 2024, Yaprak competed at both the U20 and U23 European Championships, earning a bronze medal in the 74 kg category at the 2024 European U23 Wrestling Championships in Baku.[4]
In 2025, Yaprak claimed another bronze medal at the 2025 European U23 Wrestling Championships in Tirana in the 79 kg category.[1] In June 2025, he finished third at the 2025 Yaşar Doğu Tournament in Kocaeli.[1] Later that year, at the 2025 U23 World Wrestling Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia, Yaprak advanced to the final and won the silver medal in the 79 kg category. He defeated Serbia’s Andrija Ivanovic 10–0 by technical superiority in just 65 seconds in the first round, then overcame Pan-American champion Geannis Garzon Tamayo of Cuba 10–8 to reach the quarterfinals. He went on to defeat Hayk Papikyan of Armenia 3–1 and Belarusian individual neutral athlete Nikita Dmitriyevs Mayeuski 5–2 in the semifinals, before losing to American Levi Haines, the 2025 World Championships silver medalist, in the final match.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "UWW Athlete Profile – İbrahim Metehan Yaprak". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ^ "İ. Metehan Yaprak European Champion". Turk Spor Ajansı. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ^ "World U20 Championships 2023 Results". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ^ "U23 Men's Freestyle National Team takes second place in Europe". Sporanki. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ^ "İbrahim Metehan Yaprak finishes runner-up at U23 World Championships". Demirören News Agency. 27 October 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
External links
[edit]- Metehan Yaprak at United World Wrestling
- Metehan Yaprak at the International Wrestling Database