Recep Topal

Turkish freestyle wrestler

Recep Topal

Personal information

Nationality

Born

(1992年01月29日) 29 January 1992 (age 33)
Turkey

Height

169 cm (5 ft 7 in)

Sport

Country

Sport

Weight class

61 kg

Event

Achievements and titles

Regional finals

Bronze (2018) Bronze (2019)

Medal record

Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing Turkey
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place	2019 Bucharest	61 kg
Bronze medal – third place	2018 Kaspiysk	61 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Bronze medal – third place	2021 Konya	61 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Bronze medal – third place	2020 Istanbul	61 kg
Bronze medal – third place	2016 Istanbul	61 kg
Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament
Gold medal – first place	2023 Sofia	61 kg
Bronze medal – third place	2018 Sofia	61 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place	2022 Rome	61 kg
Silver medal – second place	2020 Warsaw	61 kg
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place	2015 Wlabrzych	61 kg
European Cadets Championships
Silver medal – second place	2009 Zrenjanin	50 kg

Recep Topal (born 29 january 1992) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the 61 kg event at the 2019 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.^[1]^[2] In 2018, he also won one of the bronze medals in this event.^[3]^[4]

Career

In 2020, he competed in the men's 62 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.^[5]

In 2022, he lost his bronze medal match in his event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.^[6] A few months later, he won the gold medal in his event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.^[7] He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 61 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.^[8]^[9]

Year	Tournament	Location	Result	Event
2018	European Championships	Kaspiysk, Russia	3rd	Freestyle 61 kg
2019	European Championships	Bucharest, Romania	3rd	Freestyle 61 kg
2022	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	3rd	Freestyle 61 kg

^ "2019 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
^ Etchells, Daniel (10 April 2019). "Russia secure freestyle team title at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
^ "2018 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
^ Giles, Thomas (6 May 2018). "Sadulaev wins battle of Olympic champions at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
^ "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.
^ "Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
^ "Iran win hat-trick of wrestling golds at Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya". InsideTheGames.biz. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
^ "2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.