Soner Demirtaş
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| Nationality |  Turkish |
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| Born | June 25, 1991 Çat village, Tokat, Turkey |
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| Residence | İstanbul Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sport wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | İstanbul BB SK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Soner Demirtaş (born June 25, 1991) is a European champion Turkish wrestler competing in the 74 kg division of Freestyle wrestling.
Private life
Soner Demirtaş was born to a butcher father as the third son of five in Çat village of Tokat on June 25, 1991. He is a student of physical education and sports at Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University in Karaman.[1][2]
Sports career
His two elder and one younger brother are all sport wrestler. He was inspired for the sport wrestling by his oldest brother Bekir Demirtaş.[1]
Demirtaş internationally debuted at the Freestyle Wrestling - Junior World Championships 2010 held in Budapest, Hungary, where he captured the silver medal.[3]
He took part at the 2012 European Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[1]
He participated at the 2013 European Championships in Tblisi, Georgia.[1] He won the gold medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey. He lost to Belarusian Ali Shabanau in the round of 16 at the 2013 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
He won the bronze medal at the 2014 European Championships in Vantaa, Finland.[4] Demirtaş lost to Jumber Kvelashvili of Georgia in the round of 32 at the 2014 World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
He became silver medalist at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.[5] He lost to Narsingh Pancham Yadav from India in the round of 16 at the 2015 World Championships in Las vegas, United States.
Demirtaş became champion at the 2016 European Championships in Riga, Latvia.[6]
He competes for İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK.[2]
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- 1991 births
- People from Tokat
- Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University alumni
- Turkish sport wrestlers
- Male sport wrestlers
- Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor athletes
- European Games competitors for Turkey
- Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games
- European champions for Turkey
- Living people
