Rıza Kayaalp

Turkish wrestler Rıza Kayaalp became European Champion for the 12th time on April 22 in the Greco-Roman style 130 kg category at the 2023 European Wrestling Championship in Croatia.

Kayaalp defeated Sabah Saleh Shariati from Azerbaijan with a 2-1 result to win the gold medal in Zagreb.

Turkish wrestler Rıza Kayaalp has broken new ground by being the world champion for the fifth time.

The Greco-Roman style wrestler has bagged the gold medal in the 130kg category in the World Wrestling Championships in Serbia's capital Belgrade on Sept. 13, after defeating his Iranian competitor, Amin Mirzazadeh.

Turkish wrestler Rıza Kayaalp, who bagged a gold medal in the Greco-Roman style 130 kg category at the European Championship, has donated all the prize money he received from winning the trophy for the treatment of a baby girl suffering from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

Turkish athlete Rıza Kayaalp on Sept. 17 claimed gold medal in the World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.         

Turkey's Rıza Kayaalp has won the gold medal on May 1 at the European Wrestling Championships in Kaspiysk in Russia's northern Caucasus Republic of Dagestan.

Romanian athlete Mihai Mihut on Tuesday won the gold medal in the 63-kg category, while his compatriot Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu took the bronze in the 130-kg category, both in the Greco-Roman events, at the European Wrestling Championships at Kaspiisk (Russia).

Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler Rıza Kayaalp became the second Turk this week to win gold at the World Championships in Paris, beating Estonia's Heiki Nabi in the 130-kilogram category final on Aug. 22.

Turkey's R?za Kayaalp stunned Cuban Mijain Lopez 1-0 to win the heavyweight Greco-Roman title on the second day of the wrestling world championships Sept. 8 night in Las Vegas.

Renowned Turkish wrestler Taha Akgül won a gold medal June 18 in the European Games in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku.