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Hamza Yerlikaya's first international competition was in 1991 World Cadets Wrestling Championships (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1991_World_Cadets_Wrestling_Champi onships&action=edit) in Québec (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qu%C3%A9bec), Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada), in which he got the fourth place. His first senior international event was the 1993 European Wrestling Championships (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1993_European_Wrestling_Championsh ips&action=edit) in Istanbul where he got the second place, losing to Thomas Zander (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Zander&action=edit) in the finals. He surprised some of the spectators who thought this was a coincidence by winning the gold medal in 1993 World Wrestling Championship (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1993_World_Wrestling_Championship&action=edit) in Stockholm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm), Sweden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden) at the age of 17, and hence becoming the youngest ever World Champion in wrestling.
As his age allowed, in some years he participated in seniors, juniors as well as cadets events. He won the World Championship again in 1995 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995) and went on to win his first Olympic gold medal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_medal) in Atlanta 1996 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics) at the age of 20. He repeated his success four years later in Sydney 2000 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics). He won the European Seniors Championship six times (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002).
He competed in 84 kg Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics) for Turkey in 2004 Summer Olympic Games (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics) in Athens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens), Greece (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece) and got 4th place.
Major international achievements
In reverse chronological order:
2006 European Championship,Seniors 96 kg,1st
2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006) World Cup (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_Cup_%28wrestling%29&action=edit), Seniors 96 kg, 1st
2004 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004) Olympic Games (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics), Seniors 84 kg, 4th
2002 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002) World Cup (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_Cup_%28wrestling%29&action=edit), Seniors 96 kg, 2nd
2002 European Championship (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=European_Championship_%28wrestling %29&action=edit), Seniors 84 kg, 1st
2001 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001) European Championship, Seniors 85 kg, 1st
2000 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000) Olympic Games (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics), Seniors 85 kg, 1st
1999 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999) European Championship, Seniors 85 kg, 1st
1998 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998) World Championship, Seniors 85 kg, 5th
1998 European Championship, Seniors 85 kg, 1st
1997 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997) World Cup, Seniors 85 kg, 1st
1997 World Championship, Seniors 85 kg, 2nd
1997 Mediterranean Games (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Games), Seniors 85 kg, 1st
1997 European Championship, Seniors 85 kg, 1st
1996 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996) Olympic Games (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics), Seniors 82 kg, 1st
1996 European Championship, Seniors 82 kg, 1st
1995 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995) World Championship, Seniors 82 kg, 1st
1995 European Championship, Seniors 82 kg, 7th
1995 World Championship, Espoir 82 kg, 3rd
1994 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994) World Championship, Juniors 88 kg, 1st
1994 European Championship, Espoir 82 kg, 1st
1994 European Championship, Seniors 82 kg, 5th
1993 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993) World Championship, Seniors 82 kg, 1st
1993 European Championship, Juniors 81 kg, 1st
1993 European Championship, Seniors 82 kg, 2nd
1993 Mediterranean Games, Seniors 82 kg, 3rd
1992 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992) World Championship, Juniors 74 kg, 2nd
1992 World Championship, Cadets 76 kg, 1st
1991 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991) World Championship, Cadets 65 kg, 4thAll listed events are Greco-Roman style wrestling.
During the 1993 Stockholm games, when he won the world championship barely aged 17, Hamza Yerlikaya (96kg) was given the nickname ‘The Wrestler of the Century’.
Hamza Yerlikaya's first international competition was in 1991 World Cadets Wrestling Championships (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1991_World_Cadets_Wrestling_Champi onships&action=edit) in Québec (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qu%C3%A9bec), Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada), in which he got the fourth place. His first senior international event was the 1993 European Wrestling Championships (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1993_European_Wrestling_Championsh ips&action=edit) in Istanbul where he got the second place, losing to Thomas Zander (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Zander&action=edit) in the finals. He surprised some of the spectators who thought this was a coincidence by winning the gold medal in 1993 World Wrestling Championship (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1993_World_Wrestling_Championship&action=edit) in Stockholm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm), Sweden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden) at the age of 17, and hence becoming the youngest ever World Champion in wrestling.
As his age allowed, in some years he participated in seniors, juniors as well as cadets events. He won the World Championship again in 1995 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995) and went on to win his first Olympic gold medal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_medal) in Atlanta 1996 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics) at the age of 20. He repeated his success four years later in Sydney 2000 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics). He won the European Seniors Championship six times (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002).
He competed in 84 kg Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics) for Turkey in 2004 Summer Olympic Games (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics) in Athens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens), Greece (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece) and got 4th place.
Major international achievements
In reverse chronological order:
2006 European Championship,Seniors 96 kg,1st
2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006) World Cup (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_Cup_%28wrestling%29&action=edit), Seniors 96 kg, 1st
2004 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004) Olympic Games (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics), Seniors 84 kg, 4th
2002 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002) World Cup (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_Cup_%28wrestling%29&action=edit), Seniors 96 kg, 2nd
2002 European Championship (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=European_Championship_%28wrestling %29&action=edit), Seniors 84 kg, 1st
2001 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001) European Championship, Seniors 85 kg, 1st
2000 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000) Olympic Games (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics), Seniors 85 kg, 1st
1999 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999) European Championship, Seniors 85 kg, 1st
1998 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998) World Championship, Seniors 85 kg, 5th
1998 European Championship, Seniors 85 kg, 1st
1997 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997) World Cup, Seniors 85 kg, 1st
1997 World Championship, Seniors 85 kg, 2nd
1997 Mediterranean Games (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Games), Seniors 85 kg, 1st
1997 European Championship, Seniors 85 kg, 1st
1996 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996) Olympic Games (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics), Seniors 82 kg, 1st
1996 European Championship, Seniors 82 kg, 1st
1995 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995) World Championship, Seniors 82 kg, 1st
1995 European Championship, Seniors 82 kg, 7th
1995 World Championship, Espoir 82 kg, 3rd
1994 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994) World Championship, Juniors 88 kg, 1st
1994 European Championship, Espoir 82 kg, 1st
1994 European Championship, Seniors 82 kg, 5th
1993 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993) World Championship, Seniors 82 kg, 1st
1993 European Championship, Juniors 81 kg, 1st
1993 European Championship, Seniors 82 kg, 2nd
1993 Mediterranean Games, Seniors 82 kg, 3rd
1992 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992) World Championship, Juniors 74 kg, 2nd
1992 World Championship, Cadets 76 kg, 1st
1991 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991) World Championship, Cadets 65 kg, 4thAll listed events are Greco-Roman style wrestling.
During the 1993 Stockholm games, when he won the world championship barely aged 17, Hamza Yerlikaya (96kg) was given the nickname ‘The Wrestler of the Century’.