Tuğrulhan Erdemir
Turkish boxer removed from 2024 Olympics after doping test.
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Tuğrulhan Erdemir (born 3 January 1999) is a Turkish boxer competing in the light middleweight (71 kg) division. He won a silver medal in the 64 kg category at the 2017 U22 European Championships in Târgu Jiu, Romania, losing 4–1 to Georgian Lasha Guruli in the final. He also took silver at the 2019 U22 European Championships in Vladikavkaz, Russia, falling 4–1 to Russian Alan Abayev.
His biggest win came at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain, where he claimed gold in the men's 64 kg final by defeating Moroccan Abdelhaq Nadir. At the 3rd European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland, he reached the semifinals but withdrew due to a rib injury, earning bronze. He was later removed from the 2024 Summer Olympics men's 71 kg event because of a doping test.
Background
Tuğrulhan Erdemir's path through the U22 European Championships shows a fighter who dominated early rounds but came up short in finals. At the 2017 U22 European Championships in Târgu Jiu, he beat Russian Pavel Fedorov, Romanian Vasile Suciu, and Italian Francesco Iozia all 5–0 to reach the final, where he lost 4–1 to Georgian Lasha Guruli. Two years later at the 2019 U22 European Championships in Vladikavkaz, he defeated Welshman Michael McDonagh 4–1, Italian Gianluigi Malanga 5–0, and Petr Novák 5–0 before losing 4–1 to Russian Alan Abayev in the final.
His gold at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Torredembarra Pavilion, Tarragona, came by beating Moroccan Abdelhaq Nadir in the men's 64 kg final. At the 3rd European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland, he moved up to light middleweight (71 kg).
After a first-round bye, he beat Moldovan Davron Bozorov 5–0, Ukrainian Yurii Zakharieiev 3–2, and German Magomed Schachidov 5–0 to reach the semifinals. There, he was unable to compete against Denmark's Nikolai Terteryan due to a rib injury and took bronze. He earned a quota for the 2024 Summer Olympics but was removed from the men's 71 kg event because of a doping test.
Career statistics and honours
Medals
- Bronze European Games — 2023 Kraków Light middleweight
- Gold Mediterranean Games — 2018 Tarragona Light welterweight
- Silver European U22 Championships — 2018 Targu Jiu Light welterweight
- Silver European U22 Championships — 2019 Vladikavkaz Light welterweight
- Gold World Junior Championships — 2016 Petersburg Light middleweight
- Gold World Youth Championships — 2015 Petersburg Light welterweight
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- Wikipedia: Tuğrulhan Erdemir (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Statistics, medals and awards: the tables of the source article.
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