2023 Yasar Dogu Tournament

Yasar Dogu 2023
Host city	Istanbul, Turkey
Dates	23–25 June
Stadium	Başakşehir Youth and Sports Facility
Champions
Freestyle	Turkey
Women	Turkey
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The 51st Yasar Dogu Tournament 2023 (Turkish: 2023 Yaşar Doğu Turnuvası) was a wrestling event that was held in Istanbul, Turkey between 23 and 25 June 2023 together with the 2023 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament.^[1][2][3]

The international tournament included competition in both men's and women's freestyle wrestling. The tournament was held in honor of the two time Olympic Champion, Yaşar Doğu.

Competition schedule

All times are (UTC+3)

Date	Time	Event
21 June	11.00-14.30	Qualification rounds & repechage GR – 55-63-72-82-97 kg
	17.30-19.30	Final matches and awarding ceremony: GR – 55-63-72-82-97 kg
22 June	11.00-14.30	Qualification rounds & repechage GR – 60-67-77-87-130 kg
	17.30-19.30	Final matches and awarding ceremony: Finals GR – 60-67-77-87-130 kg
23 June	11.00-14.30	Qualification rounds & repechage FS – 57-65-70-86 kg & WW – 50–55-59-62 kg
	17.30-19.30	Final matches and awarding ceremony: Finals FS – 57-65-70-86 kg & WW – 50–55-59-62 kg
24 June	11.00-14.30	Qualification rounds & repechage FS – 74-79-92 kg & WW – 57–65–72 kg
	17.30-19.30	Final matches and awarding ceremony: Finals FS – 74-79-92 kg & WW – 57–65–72 kg
25 June	11.00-14.30	Qualification rounds & repechage FS – 61-97-125 kg & WW – 53–68–76 kg
	17.30-19.30	Final matches and awarding ceremony: Finals FS – 61-97-125 kg & WW – 53–68–76 kg

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Turkey)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Turkey*	8	14	12	34
2	Iran	4	2	2	8
3	Kazakhstan	3	3	2	8
4	Azerbaijan	3	0	6	9
5	North Macedonia	1	0	1	2
6	Romania	1	0	0	1
7	Germany	0	1	4	5
Totals (7 entries)		20	20	27	67

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Women's freestyle
	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Turkey	210	Turkey	215
2	Iran	178	Kazakhstan	174
3	Germany	93	Azerbaijan	73
4	Azerbaijan	70	North Macedonia	25
5	North Macedonia	51	—	—

Medal overview

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
57 kg details	Ebrahim Khari  Iran	Horst Lehr  Germany	Niklas Stechele  Germany
			Yusuf Demir  Turkey
61 kg details	Emrah Ormanoğlu  Turkey	Ali Mahmoud Khorramdel  Iran	Ahmet Duman  Turkey
			Intigam Valizada  Azerbaijan
65 kg details	Mohammad Shakeri  Iran	Cavit Acar  Turkey	Ziraddin Bayramov  Azerbaijan
			Rashid Babazade  Azerbaijan
70 kg details	Magomed Khaniev  Azerbaijan	Ali Rezaei  Iran	Haydar Yavuz  Turkey
			Kevin Henkel  Germany
74 kg details	Iakub Shikhdzamalov  Romania	Mevlüt Özdemir  Turkey	Hossein Mohammad Aghaei  Iran
			Rasul Shapiev  North Macedonia
79 kg details	Muhammet Akdeniz  Turkey	İsa Demir  Turkey	Orkhan Abasov  Azerbaijan
			Ashraf Ashirov  Azerbaijan
86 kg details	Fatih Erdin  Turkey	İsmail Küçüksolak  Turkey	Osman Göçen  Turkey
			Lars Schäfle  Germany
92 kg details	Mohammad Azimi  Iran	Atilla Kaan Aydın  Turkey	Yunus Emre Yıldız  Turkey
97 kg details	İbrahim Çiftçi  Turkey	Mustafa Sessiz  Turkey	Erik Thiele  Germany
			Abolfazl Babaloo  Iran
125 kg details	Mostafa Tagani  Iran	Adil Mısırcı  Turkey	Fatih Yaşarlı  Turkey

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 kg details	Veronika Ryabovolova  North Macedonia	Emine Çataloğlu  Turkey	Zehra Demirhan  Turkey
53 kg details	Elnura Mammadova  Azerbaijan	Laura Almaganbetova  Kazakhstan	Sıla Aykul  Turkey
55 kg details	Ainur Ashimova  Kazakhstan	Esra Pul  Turkey	Sinem Köroğlu  Turkey
57 kg details	Elvira Kamaloğlu  Turkey	Bediha Gün  Turkey	Emma Tissina  Kazakhstan
59 kg details	Mehlika Öztürk  Turkey	Diana Kayumova  Kazakhstan	Ebru Dağbaşı  Turkey
62 kg details	Birgul Soltanova  Azerbaijan	Merve Karadeniz  Turkey	Dilan Tan  Turkey
65 kg details	Kadriye Aksoy  Turkey	Irina Kazyulina  Kazakhstan	Nigar Mirzazada  Azerbaijan
68 kg details	Yelena Shalygina  Kazakhstan	Nesrin Baş  Turkey	Meruyert Imanbekova  Kazakhstan
72 kg details	Bukrenaz Sert  Turkey	Merve Pul  Turkey	None awarded
76 kg details	Gulmaral Yerkebayeva  Kazakhstan	Mehtap Gültekin  Turkey	Melisa Sarıtaç  Turkey

Participating nations

131 competitors from 12 nations participated:

Results

• F — Won by fall
• R — Retired
• WO — Won by walkover

Men's freestyle

Men's freestyle 57 kg

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						Emre Şahin (TUR)		5
	Aid Salihasi (MKD)		4			Mehmet Yüce (TUR)		4
	Mehmet Yüce (TUR)		6								Emre Şahin (TUR)		2
											Horst Lehr (GER)		3
						Horst Lehr (GER)		10
						Yusuf Demir (TUR)		0
																Horst Lehr (GER)
																Ebrahim Khari (IRI)		WO
						Niklas Stechele (GER)		0
						Ebrahim Khari (IRI)		11
											Ebrahim Khari (IRI)		10
											Daulet Temirzhanov (KAZ)		1
						Daulet Temirzhanov (KAZ)		12
						Simone Piroddu (ITA)		10

Men's freestyle 61 kg

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						Ramzan Awtaew (GER)		5
	Vladimir Egorov (MKD)		1			Recep Topal (TUR)		5
	Recep Topal (TUR)		2								Recep Topal (TUR)		0
											Emrah Ormanoğlu (TUR)		4
						Emrah Ormanoğlu (TUR)		10
						Ahmet Duman (TUR)		2
																Emrah Ormanoğlu (TUR)		2
																Ali Khorramdel (IRI)		1
						Şair Hüseyin (TUR)		12
						Bayram İlhan (TUR)		2
											Şair Hüseyin (TUR)		0
											Ali Khorramdel (IRI)		10
						Intigam Valizada (AZE)		0
						Ali Khorramdel (IRI)		11

Men's freestyle 65 kg

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						Hamza Alaca (TUR)		4
	Ferhat Kılıç (TUR)		4			Ferhat Kılıç (TUR)		8
	Mustafa Zopalı (TUR)		0								Ferhat Kılıç (TUR)		2
											Cavit Acar (TUR)		4
						Cavit Acar (TUR)		7
						Ziraddin Bayramov (AZE)		5
																Cavit Acar (TUR)		2
																Mohammad Shakeri (IRI)		10
						Mohammad Shakeri (IRI)		10
						Ahmet Salim Yiğit (TUR)		0
											Mohammad Shakeri (IRI)		6
											Rashid Babazade (AZE)		1
						Rashid Babazade (AZE)		10
						Adam Al Kandoussi (NED)		0

Men's freestyle 70 kg

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						Faruk Kırtepe (TUR)		2
	Burak Sinin (TUR)		3			Bilal Akbıyık (TUR)		5
	Bilal Akbıyık (TUR)		3								Bilal Akbıyık (TUR)		1
											Ali Rezaei (IRI)		11
						Haydar Yavuz (TUR)		8
						Ali Rezaei (IRI)		10
																Ali Rezaei (IRI)		6
																Magomed Khaniev (AZE)		11
						Fati Vejseli (MKD)		1
						Kanan Heybatov (AZE)		1
											Fati Vejseli (MKD)		0
											Magomed Khaniev (AZE)		10
						Magomed Khaniev (AZE)		10
						Kevin Henkel (GER)		0

Men's freestyle 74 kg

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						Hossein Mohammad Aghaei (IRI)		10
	İsmet Çiftçi (TUR)		10			İsmet Çiftçi (TUR)		0
	Cole Hawkins (NZL)		0								Hossein Mohammad Aghaei (IRI)		7
											Iakub Shikhdzamalov (ROU)		8
						Iakub Shikhdzamalov (ROU)		8
						Coşkun Keleş (TUR)		2
																Iakub Shikhdzamalov (ROU)		4
																Mevlüt Özdemir (TUR)		0
						Jasmit Phulka (CAN)		0
						Mevlüt Özdemir (TUR)		11
											Mevlüt Özdemir (TUR)		3
											Rasul Shapiev (MKD)		2
						Cengizhan Doğan (TUR)		3
						Rasul Shapiev (MKD)		9

Men's freestyle 79 kg

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Jakub Sýkora (SVK)

0

Hakan Satılmış (TUR)

WO

Hakan Satılmış (TUR)

2

Okan Tahtacı (TUR)

Hakan Satılmış (TUR)

3

İsa Demir (TUR)

4

İsa Demir (TUR)

2

Orkhan Abasov (AZE)

2

İsa Demir (TUR)

5

Muhammet Akdeniz (TUR)

6

Muhammet Akdeniz (TUR)

10

Soslan Tigiyev (AZE)

4

Soslan Tigiyev (AZE)

0

Sobhan Rahmani (IRI)

4

Muhammet Akdeniz (TUR)

11

Fatih Çelik (TUR)

0

Ashraf Ashirov (AZE)

0

Ashraf Ashirov (AZE)

10F

Ashraf Ashirov (AZE)

10

Farzad Jahanshahi (IRI)

6

Men's freestyle 86 kg

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Andrew Terry Johnson (CAN)		0
	Joshua Morodion (GER)		10			Joshua Morodion (GER)		7
	Lars Schäfle (GER)		2			İsmail Küçüksolak (TUR)		8
	İsmail Küçüksolak (TUR)		2								İsmail Küçüksolak (TUR)		0
	Fatih Erdin (TUR)		7								Fatih Erdin (TUR)		7
	Alperen Sezer (TUR)		2			Fatih Erdin (TUR)		4
	Adam Modosjan (MKD)		0			Osman Göçen (TUR)		3
	Osman Göçen (TUR)		10

Men's freestyle 92 kg

24 June^[4]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		IRI	TUR	TUR	MKD
1	Mohammad Azimi (IRI)	3	3	0	12	34		—	13–2	11–0	10–0
2	Atilla Kaan Aydın (TUR)	3	2	1	8	19		1–4 VSU1	—	6–2	11–0
3	Yunus Emre Yıldız (TUR)	3	1	2	5	16		0–4 VSU	1–3 VPO1	—	14–4
4	Stole Eftimov (MKD)	3	0	3	1	4		0–4 VSU	0–4 VSU	1–4 VSU1	—

Men's freestyle 97 kg

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						Ertuğrul Ağca (GER)		0
	İbrahim Çiftçi (TUR)		5			İbrahim Çiftçi (TUR)		11
	Erik Thiele (GER)		0								İbrahim Çiftçi (TUR)		10
											Mehmet Çelebi (TUR)		0
						Johannes Mayer (GER)		1
						Mehmet Çelebi (TUR)		3
																İbrahim Çiftçi (TUR)		4
																Mustafa Sessiz (TUR)		4
						Müren Mutlu (TUR)		0
						Mustafa Sessiz (TUR)		4
											Mustafa Sessiz (TUR)		8
											Abolfazl Babaloo (IRI)		3
						Abolfazl Babaloo (IRI)		5
						Oktay Çiftçi (TUR)		2

Men's freestyle 125 kg

24 June^[5]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		IRI	TUR	TUR	TUR
1	Mostafa Tagani (IRI)	3	3	0	12	19		—	13–2	6–1	WO
2	Adil Mısırcı (TUR)	3	2	1	9	4		1–4 VSU1	—	2–2	WO
3	Fatih Yaşarlı (TUR)	3	1	2	7	5		1–3 VPO1	1–3 VPO1	—	WO
4	Oktay Güngör (TUR)	3	0	3	0	0		0–5 VIN	0–5 VIN	0–5 VIN	—

Women's freestyle

Women's freestyle 50 kg

23 June

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		MKD	KAZ	TUR	AZE
1	Veronika Ryabovolova (MKD)	3	3	0	13	18		—	6–1 Fall	4–0	8–0 Fall
2	Madina Zheniskyzy (KAZ)	3	2	1	8	9		0–5 VFA	—	5–3	3–1 Fall
3	Fatma Kızmaz (TUR)	3	1	2	4	6		0–3 VPO	1–3 VPO1	—	3–3
4	Shahana Nazarova (AZE)	3	0	3	1	4		0–5 VFA	0–5 VFA	1–3 VPO1	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		TUR	TUR	KAZ
1	Emine Çataloğlu (TUR)	2	2	0	6	7		—	5–0	2–0
2	Zehra Demirhan (TUR)	2	1	1	3	4		0–3 VPO	—	4–2
3	Maral Tangirbergenova (KAZ)	2	0	2	1	2		0–3 VPO	1–3 VPO1	—

	Semifinals				Final
	Veronika Ryabovolova (MKD)	2F
	Zehra Demirhan (TUR)	0			Veronika Ryabovolova (MKD)	5F
	Emine Çataloğlu (TUR)	9			Emine Çataloğlu (TUR)	0
	Madina Zheniskyzy (KAZ)	0
					Bronze medal
					Zehra Demirhan (TUR)	2F
					Madina Zheniskyzy (KAZ)	0

Women's freestyle 53 kg

25 June

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		KAZ	TUR	TUR
1	Laura Almaganbetova (KAZ)	2	2	0	8	22		—	11–0	11–1
2	Sıla Aykul (TUR)	2	1	1	3	12		0–4 VSU	—	12–6
3	Şeyma Kızmaz (TUR)	2	0	2	2	7		1–4 VSU1	1–3 VPO1	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		AZE	KAZ	TUR
1	Elnura Mammadova (AZE)	2	2	0	10	7		—	7–0 Fall	WO
2	Madina Assan (KAZ)	2	1	1	5	0		0–5 VFA	—	WO
3	Zeynep Yetgil (TUR)	2	0	2	0	0		0–5 VIN	0–5 VIN	—

	Semifinals				Final
	Laura Almaganbetova (KAZ)	4F
	Madina Assan (KAZ)	0			Laura Almaganbetova (KAZ)	2
	Elnura Mammadova (AZE)	10			Elnura Mammadova (AZE)	2F
	Sıla Aykul (TUR)	0
					Bronze medal
					Madina Assan (KAZ)	4
					Sıla Aykul (TUR)	6

Women's freestyle 55 kg

23 June^[8]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		KAZ	TUR	TUR	TUR
1	Ainur Ashimova (KAZ)	3	3	0	10	31		—	12–2	10–1	9–4
2	Esra Pul (TUR)	3	2	1	8	14		1–4 VSU1	—	10–0	2–2
3	Sinem Köroğlu (TUR)	3	1	2	6	1		1–3 VPO1	0–4 VSU	—	WO
4	Melda Dernekçi (TUR)	3	0	3	2	6		1–3 VPO1	1–3 VPO1	0–5 VIN	—

Women's freestyle 57 kg

24 June

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		TUR	KAZ	KAZ
1	Elvira Kamaloğlu (TUR)	2	2	0	8	8		—	1–0	7–2 Fall
2	Emma Tissina (KAZ)	2	1	1	4	13		0–3 VPO	—	13–0
3	Assylzat Sagymbay (KAZ)	2	0	2	0	2		0–5 VFA	0–4 VSU	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		TUR	TUR	TUR
1	Bediha Gün (TUR)	2	2	0	9	14		—	10–0	4–0 Fall
2	Özge Fındıkçı (TUR)	2	1	1	4	10		0–4 VSU	—	10–0
3	İlklim Kiraz (TUR)	2	0	2	0	0		0–5 VFA	0–4 VSU	—

	Semifinals				Final
	Elvira Kamaloğlu (TUR)	10
	Özge Fındıkçı (TUR)	0			Elvira Kamaloğlu (TUR)	4
	Bediha Gün (TUR)	10			Bediha Gün (TUR)	1
	Emma Tissina (KAZ)	0
					Bronze medal
					Özge Fındıkçı (TUR)	2
					Emma Tissina (KAZ)	4F

Women's freestyle 59 kg

23 June^[10]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		TUR	KAZ	TUR	TUR	KAZ
1	Mehlika Öztürk (TUR)	4	3	1	10	26		—	5–4	13–4	3–4	5–1
2	Diana Kayumova (KAZ)	4	3	1	10	17		1–3 VPO1	—	5–2	5–2	3–0
3	Ebru Dağbaşı (TUR)	4	2	2	8	13		1–3 VPO1	1–3 VPO1	—	1–1	6–1
4	Eda Tekin (TUR)	4	2	2	8	15		3–1 VPO1	1–3 VPO1	1–3 VPO1	—	8–5
5	Guldana Bekesh (KAZ)	4	0	4	3	7		1–3 VPO1	0–3 VPO	1–3 VPO1	1–3 VPO1	—

Women's freestyle 62 kg

23 June^[11]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		AZE	TUR	TUR	KAZ	TUR
1	Birgül Soltanova (AZE)	4	4	0	15	32		—	4–2	8–0	10–0	WO
2	Merve Karadeniz (TUR)	4	3	1	13	19		1–3 VPO1	—	7–0	10–0	WO
3	Dilan Tan (TUR)	4	2	2	9	18		0–3 VPO	0–3 VPO	—	10–0	8–0 Fall
4	Zhangul Bold (KAZ)	4	1	3	4	8		0–4 VSU	0–4 VSU	0–4 VSU	—	10–0
5	Kısmet Özmert (TUR)	4	0	4	0	0		0–5 VIN	0–5 VIN	0–5 VFA	0–4 VSU	—

Women's freestyle 65 kg

23 June^[12]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		TUR	KAZ	AZE	TUR	KAZ
1	Kadriye Aksoy (TUR)	4	4	0	20	18		—	6–0 Fall	6–0 Fall	4–0 Fall	5–0 Fall
2	Irina Kazyulina (KAZ)	4	3	1	15	17		0–5 VFA	—	9–0 Fall	6–0 Fall	2–0 Fall
3	Nigar Mirzazada (AZE)	4	2	2	7	16		0–5 VFA	0–5 VFA	—	12–1	4–3
4	Derya Nur Karaduman (TUR)	4	1	3	6	5		0–5 VFA	0–5 VFA	1–4 VSU1	—	4–0 Fall
5	Gaukhar Mukatay (KAZ)	4	0	4	1	3		0–5 VFA	0–5 VFA	1–3 VPO1	0–5 VFA	—

Women's freestyle 68 kg

25 June^[13]

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		KAZ	TUR	KAZ	KAZ
1	Yelena Shalygina (KAZ)	3	3	0	12	19		—	5–3	14–4	WO
2	Nesrin Baş (TUR)	3	2	1	11	11		1–3 VPO1	—	8–0 Fall	WO
3	Meruyert Imanbekova (KAZ)	3	1	2	6	4		1–4 VSU1	0–5 VFA	—	WO
4	Madina Bakbergenova (KAZ)	3	0	3	0	0		0–5 VIN	0–5 VIN	0–5 VIN	—

Women's freestyle 72 kg

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		TUR	TUR
1	Bükrenaz Sert (TUR)	1	1	0	4	11		—	11–0
2	Merve Pul (TUR)	1	0	1	0	0		0–4 VSU	—

Women's freestyle 76 kg

24 June

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		KAZ	TUR	TUR
1	Gulmaral Yerkebayeva (KAZ)	2	2	0	7	18		—	8–0	10–0
2	Melisa Sarıtaç (TUR)	2	1	1	4	12		0–3 VPO	—	12–2
3	Nazar Bektaş (TUR)	2	0	2	1	2		0–4 VSU	1–4 VSU1	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		TUR	TUR	KAZ
1	Mehtap Gültekin (TUR)	2	2	0	10	6		—	6–0 Fall	WO
2	Cansu Saltık (TUR)	2	1	1	5	10		0–5 VFA	—	WO
3	Zhamila Bakbergenova (KAZ)	2	0	2	0	0		0–5 VIN	0–5 VIN	—

	Semifinals				Final
	Gulmaral Yerkebayeva (KAZ)	6F
	Cansu Saltık (TUR)	0			Gulmaral Yerkebayeva (KAZ)	3
	Mehtap Gültekin (TUR)	3			Mehtap Gültekin (TUR)	2
	Melisa Sarıtaç (TUR)	2
					Bronze medal
					Cansu Saltık (TUR)	0
					Melisa Sarıtaç (TUR)	4F

References

External links

• UWW Database
• Turkish Wrestling Federation
• Results Book