Evin Demirhan Yavuz (born 2 July 1995) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 50 kg division. She is a member of Ankara Aski Spor Club. She won the gold medal at the

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Early life

Demirhan was born into a crowded

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family in poverty in

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, southeastern

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on 2 July 1995. During her secondary education at Şehit Zafer Kılıç Sports High School in her hometown, she benefited from a scholarship of the Turkish Wrestling Foundation as one of the twenty successful students and talented wrestlers. She supported her family of 13 financially by wrestling. In the 89-minute documentary movie titled ''Siirt'in Sırrı'', English : "Know My Name", Demirhan plays the leading role as a 16-year-old girl which features her life and struggle to financially support her family and to build a future for herself. The movie was awarded the "Best National Documentary Film Prize" at the 49th

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("Golden Orange Award") and the "Special Jury Prize for Documentary Film" at the 19th

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("Golden Boll Award") both in 2012.

Sports career

Demirhan began sport wrestling as she was 15 years of age. She trains twelve hours a day, six day a week. She was four times Turkish champion in her weight class. She won the silver medal in the 44 kg event at the 2012 European Junior Wrestling Championships held in

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, Croatia, a bronze medal in the 44 kg event at the 2013 European Junior Wrestling Championships in

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, Macedonia, a bronze medal in the 44 kg event at the 2013 World Junior Wrestling Championships in

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, Bulgaria, the silver medal at the 2013 European Junior Wrestling Championships, the silver medal at the 2014 European Junior Wrestling Championships, and a bronze medal in the 48 kg event at the same championships of 2015 in

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, Turkey. She took part at the

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, Azerbaijan competing in the 48 kg event without gaining a medal. In 2017, Demirhan captured the silver medal at the

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. She was also the bronze medalist in the 48 kg event at the

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held in

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, France. In 2019, she captured bronze medals at the

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and at the

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. In January 2021, she won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event at the

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held in Nice, France. In March 2021, she qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the

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in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's 50 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In October 2021, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 50 kg event at the

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held in Oslo, Norway. In 2022, she competed in the 50 kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. In March 2022, she won the gold medal in the 50 kg event at the

held in Budapest, Hungary. A few months later, she won the gold medal in the 50 kg event at the

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held in Oran, Algeria. She won the silver medal in the women's 50kg event at the

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held in Bucharest, Romania. She competed in the women's 50kg event at the

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in Paris, France. Evin Demirhan Yavuz competed in the women's freestyle 50 kg event at the

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. She defeated

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(UWW) 7–0 in the quarterfinals and Romania's

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7–5 in the semifinals to reach the final. In the gold medal match, she lost 8–0 to Ukraine's

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, taking the silver medal.

References

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