Sezar Akgul, aka Sezer Akgül, (born on 27 April 1988 in

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) is a freestyle wrestler from

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. He won a bronze medal at the

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held in

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and again at the

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. He also won silver medal at the

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. Sezar Akgül participated in Men's freestyle 55 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. In 1/8 of final, he lost to Japanese

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. In the repechage round after beating

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from

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, he was eliminated by Dilshod Mansurov (

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). He won the gold medal in the freestyle 55 kg event at the

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held in

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. In 2013, he repeated his European bronze medal title at the

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held in

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. at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships in

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, he won the bronze medal. In June 2015, he competed in the inaugural European Games, for

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, more specifically, Men's freestyle in the 57 kilogram range. He earned a bronze medal.

References

External links

Athlete bio on beijing2008.com
Living people 1988 births Olympic wrestlers of Turkey Turkish male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Amasya European Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Turkey World Wrestling Championships medalists {{Turkey-wrestling-bio-stub Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling European Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century Turkish people 21st-century Turkish people