Elvira Kamaloğlu

Elvira Kamaloğlu (born 24 September 2001) is a Ukrainian-born Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 57 kg division. She is a member of Istanbul BB SK[1][2]

Elvira Kamaloğlu
Personal information
Born (2001-09-24) 24 September 2001
Ukraine
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportWomen's freestyle wrestling
Event(s)57 kg
ClubIstanbul BB SK
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Turkey
Islamic Solidarity Games
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Konya57 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Gold medal – first place2023 Istanbul57 kg
Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place2022 Tunis57 kg
Silver medal – second place2022 Rome57 kg
World U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Pontevedra 55 kg
European U23 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2022 Plovdiv57 kg
World Juniors Championships
Bronze medal – third place2021 Ufa57 kg

Career

In 2021, Elvira Kamaloğlu won a bronze medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2021 World Junior Wrestling Championships in Russia.[3]

Elvira Kamaloğlu won the gold medal in the women's 57kg at the European Under-23 Wrestling Championships in Bulgaria. Elvira beat Spain's Maria Victoria Baez Dilone, Poland's Patrycja Gil, Bulgaria's Sezen Behcetova Belberova, and finally, Hungary's Tamara Dollak to win gold the women's 57kg at the European Under-23 Wrestling Championships in Plovdiv.[4]

She lost her bronze medal match in the 57 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[5] A few months later, she won the silver medal in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[6] She also won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Tunis Ranking Series event held in Tunis, Tunisia.[7] She competed in the 55 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[8] She won one of the bronze medals in the 55 kg event at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Pontevedra, Spain.[9]

Personal life

Kamaloğlu is of Turkish Meskhetian origin.[10]

References
  1. "International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de.
  2. "KAMALOGLU Elvira profile page". uww.org.
  3. "Emine Çakmak ve Elvira Kamaloğlundan Rusyada bronz madalya!". Fanatik.
  4. "Female Turkish wrestler Elvira Kamaloğlu wins gold medal". Daily Sabah. 11 March 2022.
  5. "2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  6. "Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  7. "2022 Zouhaier Sghaier Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  8. "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  9. "2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  10. Bakar, Yakup (2017), Ahıskalı Elvira'dan ay-yıldızlı mayoyla Balkan şampiyonluğu, Anadolu Agency, retrieved 20 June 2021, Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan'ın talimatı, Başbakanlık koordinasyonuyla Ukrayna'dan Türkiye'ye getirilerek Erzincan'ın Üzümlü ilçesine yerleştirilen Ahıska Türklerinden 16 yaşındaki Elvira, Slovenya'da 3-5 Kasım'da düzenlenen Yıldızlar Balkan Şampiyonası'nda kızlar 46 kiloda şampiyonluğa ulaştı.
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