16.09.2016
With 50 participating nations, the Cadet World Championships continued in Tbilisi, Georgia with the women’s events. Zeynep Yetgil won the bronze medal in 49 kg category.
Yetgil won her first match against Canadian Melissa Susan Jacqueline Fryer 4-0 and defeated Bulgarian Raymyal Dzhihan Ziberova 5-0 in the quarterfinals. Losing to against Maria Tiumerekova from Russia in the semi-finals, Zeynep Yetgil became World’s no.3 with her 6-2 victory over Italian Emanuela Liuzzi.
Previously; in Men’s Greco-Roman event, Turkish Team had placed third in overall ranking with 6 medals out of the 10 events. Kerem Kamal (54 kg) had won the silver where Yasin Doğukan Turan (69 kg), Ali Hunç (76 kg), Davut Olcan (100 kg), İsmail Gün (63 kg) and Abdullah Toprak (50 kg) had won the bronzes.