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Turkish Olympic wrestler
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25 November 1975(Kahramanmaraş, Turkey)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Şeref Eroğlu (born 25 November 1975, in Kahramanmaraş) is a Turkish wrestler.
Career
He competed in the Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. He is member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K..
He is a world champion and has won four gold and one silver medals at the European Championships. In 1997 he was named Greco-Roman Wrestler of the Year by the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA).
Achievements
- 1991 World Juniors Championships in Spain - bronze
- 1992 World Juniors Championships in Colombia - gold
- 1992 European Espoir Championships in Székesfehérvár,Hungary - 5th (Bantamweight)
- 1993 World Espoir Championships in Greece - bronze
- 1993 Mediterranean Games in Languedoc-Roussillon, France - bronze (Bantamweight)
- 1994 World Championships in Tampere, Finland - 5th (Bantamweight)
- 1994 European Espoir Championships in Istanbul, Turkey - gold (Bantamweight)
- 1994 European Championships in Athens, Greece - gold (Bantamweight)
- 1995 World Espoir Championships in Tehran, Iran - gold (Featherweight)
- 1996 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary - gold (Bantamweight)
- 1997 European Championships in Oulu, Finland - silver (Featherweight)
- 1997 World Championships in Warsaw, Poland - gold (Featherweight)
- 1998 European Championships in Minsk, Belarus - gold (Featherweight)
- 1998 World Championships in Gävle, Sweden - silver (Featherweight)
- 2001 European Championships in Istanbul, Turkey - gold (Featherweight)
- 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece - silver (Lightweight)