Bediha Gün
Turkish freestyle wrestler
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Bediha Gün (born 26 October 1994) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 59 kg division.[1][2] She is a member of Ankara Aski Sport Club.[3] She is a student at Kırkpınar Physical Education and Sports College of Trakya University.[4]
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| Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 October 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Women's freestyle wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ankara Aski Sport Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wrestling career
Gün lost her chance for a medal in the quarterfinals of the 55 kg event at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[5][6]
She competed in the 55 kg division at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan without succeeding to advance from the quarterfinals.[7]
She won the bronze medal at the 2016 European Wrestling Under-23 Championships in Ruse, Bulgaria.[8] She was not able to advance from the Round of 16 in the 2016 European Wrestling Championships in Riga, Latvia.[9]
Gün earned a quota spot at the 2016 Summer Olympics for her second-place performance at the Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 held in Istanbul, Turkey.[3][4][10]
In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[11] In 2022, she competed in the women's 57 kg event at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[12] She won one of the bronze medals in the 55 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[13][14] A few months later, she won the gold medal in the 57 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[15] She competed in the 57 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
Bediha Gün competed in the women's freestyle 59 kg event at the 2025 European Wrestling Championships. She defeated Italy's Aurora Russo 2–1 in the round of 16, Moldova's Mariana Cherdivara 2–0 in the quarterfinals, and Azerbaijan's Alyona Kolesnik 3–0 in the semifinals to advance to the final. In the final, she was matched against Russian wrestler Anastasiia Sidelnikova, competing as a neutral athlete, and lost 4–2, earning the silver medal.[16]
