Cenk İldem
Cenk İldem (pronounced [ˈdʒeɲc ˈiːldem]; born January 5, 1986, in Şişli, Istanbul) is a male wrestler from Turkey competing in the 96 kg division of Greco-Roman style.[1][2] He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K., where he is coached by his father Hüseyin İldem.[3][4]
Personal life
[edit]His father Hüseyin İldem was a wrestler of Greco-Romen style competing in the 74 kg division for the national team in the years 1980–90. Cenk İldem began with wrestling at the age of ten, with his father's encouragement. Hüseyin İldem coaches his son since then. Cenk's younger brother Kansu also competes in wrestling.[4]
Cenk İldem studied physical education and sports at Niğde University. Since 2007, he serves as a teacher at Şişli Industrial Vocational High School in Istanbul.[4]
He married in 2011.[4]
Achievements
[edit]Cenk İldem is winner of several medals in junior and senior class at European as well as world level. He won the gold medal at the World Junior Wrestling Championships in 2006 held in Guatemala City, Guatemala. He became gold medalist at the 2005 European Junior Wrestling Championships held in Hungary and again in 2006 in Poland.[3]
He won the bronze medal at the 2010 European Wrestling Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan[3] and repeated his success in bronze at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia.[5]
He became bronze medalist at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.
Cenk İldem represented his country at the 2012 Summer Olympics without advancing to the finals.
At 2016 European Wrestling Championships he won bronze medal.
In 2019, he won the bronze medal in the men's Greco-Roman 97 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[6]
In 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 97 kg event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 held in Rome, Italy.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "International Wrestling Database". Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "TURKSPORU - Türk sporunu her şeyimizle destekliyoruz". Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Sporcular/Güreş-Cenk İldem" (in Turkish). GSB-Olimpiyat ve Türkiye. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Hem babası, hem hocası". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 13 September 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- ^ "Bir bronz da Cenk İldem'den". Sabah (in Turkish). 23 March 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- ^ "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
External links
[edit]- Cenk Ildem at United World Wrestling
- Cenk Ildem at the International Wrestling Database
- Cenk Ildem at Olympics.com
- Cenk İldem at Olympedia (archive)
- Cenk İldem at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Cenk İldem at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)
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- Living people
- 1986 births
- Turkish male sport wrestlers
- Sportspeople from Istanbul
- Olympic wrestlers for Turkey
- Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- People from Şişli
- Niğde University alumni
- Turkish schoolteachers
- European Games medalists in wrestling
- European Games bronze medalists for Turkey
- Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Turkey
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey
- Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling
- Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games
- European Wrestling Championships medalists
- Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Turkish sportsmen