Yasemin Adar Yiğit

Yasemin Adar Yiğit (born 6 December 1991) is a Turkish retired freestyle wrestler competing in the 76 kg division. She is a two time world (2017, 2022) and seven time European (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024) champion. She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Personal life Adar was born to Naim Adar, a baker, and Ayşegül in Balıkesir, Turkey on 6 December 1991. She has an elder sister, Yıldız. Her mother died in 2013. After finishing Gaziosmanpaşa High School, she studied physical education and sports in Balıkesir University. Currently, she works as a teacher in Niğde.

Sports career Adar was discovered by former Turkish champion sport wrestler Aslan Seyhanlı while she was performing shot put during her high school and university years. In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She was eliminated in her second match by Martina Kuenz of Austria.

She won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. A few months later, she won the gold medal in the 76 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. Yasemin Adar beat Egypt’s Samar Amer 6-0 in women's freestyle 76 kg at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, scoring her second gold in the tournament.

In 2023, Yasemin Adar won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 76 category at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships in Zagreb. Yasemin Adar won the quarterfinal against Romanian Catalina Axente with a 10-0 with technical superiority. Then, in the semifinals, she won 14-4 with technical superiority against Ukrainian Anastasia Osniach and reached the final. Yasemin Adar competed against Austrian Martina Kuenz in the final. While the competitive match ended 2-2, Adar won the match with advantage points and became the European champion for the 6th time.

She won the gold medal in the 76kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. She defeated Anastasiia Osniach of Ukraine in her gold medal match.

She competed in the women's 76kg event at the Olympics. She defeated Canadian Justina Di Stasio 8-2 in the first round of the women's freestyle 76 kg wrestling competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Paris, France. She lost 3-0 to Japanese Yuka Kagami in the quarterfinals. He qualified for the repechage when his opponent reached the final. She lost 3-1 to Ecuadorian Génesis Reasco in the repechage match and finished eighth in the Olympics.

In 2025, Adar won the silver medal in the 76kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Bratislava, Slovakia. After bypassing the first round she reached the final by pinning Italian Enrica Rinaldi in the quarterfinals with a 4-0 lead and defeating Austrian Martina Kuenz 2-1 in the semifinals. She lost 6-0 to Ukrainian Anastasiya Alpyeyeva in the final match and won the silver medal. After the final match, she took off her shoes on the mat and ended her active wrestling career at the age of 33.

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Filmography Web shows Year Title Role Notes 2025 Physical: Asia Contestant Team Turkey