Cenk Ä°ldem (; born January 5, 1986) is a male wrestler from
Turkey
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competing in the 96 kg division of Greco-Roman style. He is a member of the
İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.
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, where he is coached by his father Hüseyin İldem.
Personal life
His father Hüseyin İldem was a wrestler of Greco-Romen style competing in the 74 kg division for the national team in the years 1980–90. Cenk İldem began with wrestling at the age of ten, with his father's encouragement. Hüseyin İldem coaches his son since then. Cenk's younger brother Kansu also competes in wrestling.
Cenk Ä°ldem studied physical education and sports at
NiÄŸde University
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He married in 2011.
Achievements
Cenk Ä°ldem is winner of several medals in junior and senior class at European as well as world level. He won the gold medal at the World Junior Wrestling Championships in
2006
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Events
January
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* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
held in
Guatemala City
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,
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. He became gold medalist at the 2005 European Junior Wrestling Championships held in
Hungary
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and again in 2006 in
Poland
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.
He won the bronze medal at the
2010 European Wrestling Championships
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Because of the ongoing dispute over Karabakh between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Armenia chose not to compete at this event for the safety of ...
in
Baku
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,
Azerbaijan
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and repeated his success in bronze at the
2013 European Wrestling Championships
The 2013 European Wrestling Championships were held in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 19 March to 24 March 2013.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal summary
Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
Women's freestyle
(*) Romanian original silver medallist ...
held in
Tbilisi
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,
Georgia
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.
He became bronze medalist at the
2011 World Wrestling Championships
The 2011 World Wrestling Championships was held at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey. The event took place between September 12 and September 18, 2011.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal summary
Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
Wome ...
in
Istanbul
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, Turkey.
Cenk Ä°ldem represented his country at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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without advancing to the finals.
At
2016 European Wrestling Championships
The 2016 European Wrestling Championships were held in Riga, Latvia, from 8 March to 13 March 2016.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal overview Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
Women's freestyle
Participating nations
434 wrestlers from 38 ...
he won bronze medal.
In 2019, he won the bronze medal in the men's Greco-Roman 97 kg event at the
2019 World Wrestling Championships
The 2019 World Wrestling Championships were held in Astana, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan from 14 September to 22 September 2019.
The tournament served as qualification for the Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Olympics, the top six wres ...
held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
In 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 97 kg event at the
Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021
The Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 was a wrestling event held in Ostia, Rome, Italy between 4 and 7 of March 2021. The first United World Wrestling
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