Esma Nur Çakmak

Esma Nur Çakmak (born 2004) is a Turkish arm wrestler competing in the 60 kg category.

Esma Nur Çakmak
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born2004 (age 18–19)
Ankara, Turkey
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportArmwrestling
Event(s)60 kg
Coached byHüseyin Tuncel

Private life

Esma Nur Çakmak was born to Arif and Satı Çakmak in Ankara, Turkey in 2004.[1][2] She has three siblings.[2]

Sports career

Aspiring her father, a former sport wrestler, Çakmak initially started with boxing. She then settled on performing arm wrestling in January 2020.[1]

In August 2021, she won the Turkish Championship in the Senior 60 kg category. She is coached by Hüseyin Tuncel.[2]

She won two gold medals in the 60 kg Junior 18 category at the 2021 World Championship held in Bucharest, Romania.[1][3]

She again became champion on both arms of the 60 kg Junior 18 category, and she captured the gold medal on the right hand of the Senior 60 kg category at the 2022 World Championship in Antalya, Turkey.[4][5]

International individual achievements
YearDateLocationCompetitionEvent
(kg)		Left
rm		Right
arm		Ref.
2021 23 Nove-3 DecRomania Bucharest42nd World Champi.Junior 18 601st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2022 14–23 OctTurkey Antalya43rd World Champ.Junior 18 601st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
60 kg11th1st place, gold medalist(s)

References
  1. "Bükülmez bilek Esma!". Sabah (in Turkish). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  2. Giritlioğlu, Doğahan (22 August 2021). "Bileğini büken olmadı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  3. "<Milli sporcu Esma Nur Çakmak'tan çifte şampiyonluk". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 2 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  4. "Bilek güreşi sporcularının dünya şampiyonluğu gururu". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 21 October 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  5. "Bilek güreşi sporcularının dünya şampiyonluğu gururu". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 21 October 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
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