Elvira Süleyman Kamaloğlu
Turkish freestyle wrestler
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Elvira Süleyman Kamaloğlu (née Elvira Kamaloğlu; born 24 September 2001) is a Ukrainian-born Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 57 kg division. She is a member of Istanbul BB SK[1][2]
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24 September 2001
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| Born | Elvira Kamaloğlu 24 September 2001 Donbas, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Women's freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 57 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Istanbul BB SK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
In 2021, Elvira Kamaloğlu won a bronze medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2021 World Junior Wrestling Championships in Russia.[3]
Elvira Kamaloğlu won the gold medal in the women's 57kg at the European Under-23 Wrestling Championships in Bulgaria. Elvira beat Spain's Victoria Báez-Dilone, Poland's Patrycja Gil, Bulgaria's Sezen Behcetova Belberova, and finally, Hungary's Tamara Dollak to win gold the women's 57kg at the European Under-23 Wrestling Championships in Plovdiv.[4]
She lost her bronze medal match in the 57 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[5] A few months later, she won the silver medal in her event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[6] She also won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Tunis Ranking Series event held in Tunis, Tunisia.[7] She competed in the 55 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[8] She won one of the bronze medals in the 55 kg event at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Pontevedra, Spain.[9]
She competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[10] She was eliminated in her second match and she did not qualify for the Olympics.[10]
Elvira Süleyman Kamaloğlu represented Türkiye in the women's freestyle 57 kg event at the 2025 European Wrestling Championships, held in Bucharest, Romania. After receiving a bye in the first round, she defeated Finland's Jenna Hemiä by technical superiority 10–0 in the quarterfinals, and went on to beat Azerbaijan's Zhala Aliyeva 4–2 in the semifinals. In the final, she faced Olga Khoroshavtseva, who competed as a neutral athlete (UWW), and lost the match 6–4 to claim the silver medal.[11]
Personal life
Kamaloğlu is of Turkish Meskhetian origin.[12]