Ali Cengiz

Ali Cengiz
Personal information
Born (1996-04-08) 8 April 1996
Manisa, Turkey
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb; 13.7 st)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportAmateur wrestling
EventGreco-Roman
TeamAnkara Aski Sport Club
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
2023 Belgrade 87 kg
2022 Belgrade 87 kg
European Championships
2023 Zagreb 87 kg
2024 Bucharest 87 kg
Mediterranean Games
2022 Oran 87 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
2017 Baku 85 kg
World Military Championships
2024 Yerevan 87 kg
Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament
2019 Istanbul 87 kg
2022 Istanbul 87 kg
Grand Prix
2023 Alexandria 87 kg
2021 Zagreb 87 kg
2018 Dortmund 87 kg
2020 Rome 87 kg
2020 Warsaw 87 kg
World University Championship
2018 Goiana 87 kg
European U23 Championship
2019 Novi Sad 87 kg
World Juniors Championships
2015 Salvador da Bahia 84 kg
2016 Macon 84 kg
European Juniors Championships
2016 Bucharest 84 kg
2015 Istanbul 84 kg

Ali Cengiz (born 8 April 1996) is a Turkish wrestler competing in the 87 kg division of Greco-Roman wrestling. He won one of the bronze medals in the 87 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[1] He is a member of the Ankara Aski Sport Club.[2]

Career

Ali Cengiz won a bronze medal at the 2019 FILA U-23 European Wrestling Championship held in Serbia, Novi Sad.[3]

In 2022, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[4] He won one of the bronze medals in the 87 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[5]

In 2023, he won the silver medal at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, losing 5-2 to Hungarian István Takács in the final match of the 87 kg men's Greco-Roman style. In the second round, he advanced to the quarterfinals after his Dutch opponent Marcel Sterkenburg withdrew from the competition. In the quarterfinals, he drew 1-1 with Azerbaijan's Islam Abbasov and reached the semifinals with the advantage of the last point. In the semifinals, he defeated Georgian Lasha Gobadze 3-1 and reached the final.[6] In June, Cengiz lost to Belorussian Kiryl Maskevich at Poddubny wrestling league 5 held in Vladikavkaz, Russia.[7]

He won the silver medal in the 87 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[8] He competed in the 87 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[9]

Achievements

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Baku, Azerbaijan 2nd Greco-Roman 85 kg
2022 Mediterranean Games Oran, Algeria 3rd Greco-Roman 87 kg
World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd Greco-Roman 87 kg
2023 European Championships Zagreb, Croatia 2nd Greco-Roman 87 kg
World Championships Belgrade, Serbia 1st Greco-Roman 87 kg
2024 European Championships Bucharest, Romania 2nd Greco-Roman 87 kg

References

  1. ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  2. ^ "CENGIZ Ali profile page".
  3. ^ "Ali Cengiz Avrupa üçüncüsü oldu". 6 March 2019.
  4. ^ "2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Üç milli güreşçi finale yükseldi".
  6. ^ "Milli güreşçi Ali Cengiz gümüş madalya kazandı". 22 April 2023.
  7. ^ "15 россиян победили на PWL-5 WS". wrestliga.com. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  8. ^ "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.