Ahmet Peker (born November 4, 1989) is a Turkish sport wrestler in 55 kg division of Freestyle. The tall athlete is a member of Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor Club in Bursa, where he is coached by İsmail Faikoğlu. In 2009, he was named by

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the best junior wrestler having won the most world championships. He was born on November 4, 1989, in Harun village of Iskilip district in Çorum Province to Sadullah and his wife Hatice, a farmer family with five children. He began with wrestling at the Adil Candemir Wrestling Training Center in

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, and became a member of Amasya Şekerspor Club in

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after completing his education. Peker transferred to Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor when his club in Amasya closed. Ahmet Peker is winner of several medals in cadets and juniors class at European and world level. He won the gold medal at the World Junior Wrestling Championships in 2006 held in

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, Guatemala, in 2008 held in

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and in 2009

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, Turkey. He became the gold medalist at the European Juniors Wrestling Championships in 2007 held at Belgrade,

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and in 2009 at

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. He won the bronze medal at the 2012 European Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade,

. Peker competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2016, he won the silver medal in the men's 57 kg event at the 2016 World University Wrestling Championships held in Çorum, Turkey.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peker, Ahmet 1989 births People from İskilip Living people Olympic wrestlers of Turkey Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Turkish male sport wrestlers Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games 20th-century Turkish people 21st-century Turkish people