On the mat for morale
Stating that she got on the mat to protect the European championship and thus wanted to give morale to the earthquake victims, Evin said, “I came here to get a gold medal, too. This gold medal would boost the morale of our country after the earthquake. I won many medals for our country in the European and world championships. “It was also very important for me to maintain stability. I hope to crown it with a gold medal at the World Championships.” made its assessment.
Important for quota
27-year-old Evin Demirhan Yavuz, who started her wrestling career in 2009 in Siirt and became an inseparable athlete of the national team after winning the first Turkish Championship she participated in, is the next target of the World Championship, which is a big deal in terms of giving a quota to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. is important. Evin, who will get an Olympic visa if she reaches the finals in the championship to be held in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, on September 16-24, dreams of both the championship and the Olympics.
A first in history
While there was no European champion female wrestler in any category in Turkey, the national wrestler, who was the first to reach the top in the Stars European Championship, later broke new ground with many medals in the Under-23 and seniors. Evin, who won the gold medal at the European Senior Championships last year and became the first female wrestler to hold this title in the stars, under-23 and seniors, is determined to continue these firsts. The young wrestler, whose life story is also the subject of an award-winning documentary called ‘The Secret of Siirt’, wants to complete the missing part of the story in Paris in 2024: “For the first time in women’s history, we got the third place in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. I also participated in the Olympics for the first time last year. I participated, I hope I will get our gold medal, which is not available in the 2024 Olympics.”