Kayaalp
Turkish wrestler becomes world champion for 12th time
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.
Kayaalp becomes world champion for fifth time
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.
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Wrestler donates prize money to patient with genetic disorder
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).