Zehra Demirhan
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| Born | 5 August 2001 Siirt, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ankara ASKİ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zehra Demirhan (born 5 August 2001 in Siirt) is a Turkish female freestyle wrestler. She competes in the 50 kg division for Ankara ASKİ Sports Club and the Turkish national team.[1] She is the sister of wrestler Evin Demirhan.[2]
Career
At the 2023 European U23 Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania, Demirhan won the bronze medal in the women's freestyle 50 kg event by defeating Poland's Amanda Tomczyk 6–1 in the bronze medal match. She advanced to the semi-finals after defeating Ukraine's Snizhana Onufriieva by technical superiority, 10–0, in the opening round and Finland's Taru Vainionpää 3–0 in the quarter-finals. She then lost 8–0 to France's Emma Luttenauer in the semi-finals.[3]
She won the silver medal at the 2024 European U23 Wrestling Championships in Baku.[4] Demirhan also won bronze medals at the 2021 World Junior Wrestling Championships in Ufa and the 2021 European Juniors Wrestling Championships in Dortmund.[5]
References
- ^ "Zehra Demirhan athlete profile". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ^ "Madalya avcısı ablasının yolunda ilerliyor". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "Zehra Demirhan won bronze medal". Hürriyet. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "Demirhan, Zehra". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ^ "Demirhan, Zehra". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
External links
- Zehra Demirhan at United World Wrestling
- Zehra Demirhan at the International Wrestling Database