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Rabia Kayahan (born 2000) is a Turkish armwrestler competing in the 65 kg category. She is a world and European medalist.


Private life

Rabia Kayahan was born in Torul district of
Gümüşhane Province Gümüşhane Province ( Pontic Greek, Romeika: Αργυρούπολη) is a Provinces of Turkey, province in northern Turkey, bordering Bayburt Province, Bayburt to the east, Trabzon Province, Trabzon to the north, Giresun Province, Giresun and E ...
, Turkey in 2000. She lost her mother in 2019. She finished the İmam Hatip High School in her hometown. She is a student of Physical Education and Sports at Bayburt University.


Sports career

Kayahan started performing
arm wrestling Arm wrestling (also spelled "armwrestling") is a sport in which two participants, facing each other with their bent elbows placed on a flat surface (usually a table) and hands firmly gripped, each attempt to "pin" their opponent's hand by forcing ...
with the encouragement of her teacher of Physical education in the senior year of high school. She was motivated by her father and older sisters for this sport. She is a member of Gümüşhane Kayak S.K. (Ski club). At her first participation at the Turkish Championship in 2017, she placed first on the left arm and third on the right. Admitted to the national team, she debuted at the 2018 European Championship held in
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, Bulgaria. She became European champion on both arms in the Youth 70 kg category. The same year, she took the bronze medal on the right arm at the World Championship in
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, Turkey. In 2019, she took the bronze medal on the left arm and the silver medal on the right in the Youth 70 kg category at the European Championship in
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, Greece. In March 2020, Kayahan won two gold medals in the 70 kg category at the Turkish Untrauniversity Tournament in Antalya. From the 2021 World Armwrestling Championship in
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, Romania, she returned home with two bronze medals won on both arms in the 65 kg category. She confirmed her champion title on both arms in the Turkish Championship in March 2022. At the 2022 World Armwrestling Championship in Antalya, she placed 6th on the left arm.


International individual achievements


References

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