Osman Göçen

Turkish freestyle wrestler

Osman Göçen
Osman Göçen at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
Personal information
Born (1997-01-05) 5 January 1997 (age 27)
Mersin, Turkey
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class86 kg
EventFreestyle
ClubIstanbul BB SK
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Turkey
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest 86 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Bucharest 86 kg
Individual World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Belgrade 86 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Konya 86 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2022 Istanbul 86 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Istanbul 86 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Istanbul 86 kg
Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Sofia 86 kg
Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tunisia 86 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Budapest 86 kg
World U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest 86 kg
World Juniors Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Macon 84 kg
European Juniors Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Dortmund 84 kg
World University Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Goiana 86 kg

Osman Göçen (born 5 January 1997) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler.[1] He is a member of Istanbul BB SK.[2] He is a two-time bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. He also won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.

Career

In 2019, Göçen won one of the bronze medals in the men's 86 kg event at the World U23 Wrestling Championship in Budapest, Hungary.[3] In 2020, he also won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[4][5]

In March 2021, Göçen qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6] He competed in the men's 86 kg event where he was eliminated in his second match.[7]

In 2022, Göçen won the gold medal in his event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[8] He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's 86 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[9][10] He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's 86 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[11]

Göçen won one of the bronze medals in the men's 86 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[12] He defeated Vasyl Mykhailov of Ukraine in his bronze medal match.[12]

Achievements

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2020 Individual World Cup Budapest, Hungary 3rd Freestyle 86 kg
2022 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd Freestyle 86 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games Konya, Turkey 3rd Freestyle 86 kg
2024 European Championships Bucharest, Romania 3rd Freestyle 86 kg

References

  1. ^ "International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  2. ^ "TURKSPORU - Türk sporunu her şeyimizle destekliyoruz".
  3. ^ "2019 World U23 Wrestling Championship" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. ^ Shefferd, Neil (18 December 2020). "Russia close UWW Individual Championships in style with four more golds on final day". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  6. ^ "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  8. ^ "2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Freestyle - Seniors - 86 kg - Results" (PDF). uww.org. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  10. ^ "2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  11. ^ "2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  12. ^ a b "2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

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