Süleyman Karadeniz

Süleyman Karadeniz (born 12 July 1995) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 92kg event at the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.

Career

In 2019, Karadeniz competed in the men's freestyle event of the 2019 Wrestling World Cup. In the same year, he also competed at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan in the 92kg event without winning a medal. He won his first match against Shamil Zubairov of Azerbaijan but lost his next match against Alikhan Zhabrailov of Russia. In March 2021, he qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. A month later, he secured the silver medal in the 97kg event at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.

At the 2025 Akhmat Kadyrov Memorial Tournament held in Grozny, Russia, he defeated his Dagestani opponent Shamil-Imam Gadzhaliev 2–1 to win the gold medal.

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