Şeref Tüfenk (born September 22, 1983, in

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) is a Turkish amateur Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed for the men's middleweight category. He is a two-time Olympian and a silver medalist for the 74 kg division at the

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. He studied at

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. Tufenk made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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, where he placed second in the preliminary pool of the men's lightweight class (60 kg), against Cuba's Roberto Monzón, Iran's Ali Ashkani, and Greece's Christos Gikas. In 2005, he won the gold medal at the

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, Turkey. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, Tufenk switched to a heavier class by competing in the men's 74 kg division. Unfortunately, he lost the qualifying round match to Azerbaijan's

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, with a two-set technical score (1–2, 1–1), and a classification point score of 1–3. He also defeated France's Christophe Guénot for the gold medal in the same division at the

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