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Mehmet Akif Pirim

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Mehmet Akif Pirim (September 17, 1968, Rize, Turkey), is a former Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the featherweight class (62 kg), and currently a trainer. He won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Men's Greco-Roman wrestling and the bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Mehmet Akif Pirim is the 2,695th most popular athlete (up from 2,908th in 2024), the 1,333rd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,382nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Turkish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mehmet Akif Pirim ranks 2,689 out of 6,025. After him are Addis Abebe, Alexander Pusch, Koji Murofushi, Dafne Schippers, Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Anna Carin Zidek, Ray Stewart, Estela Rodríguez, Dayron Robles, Olga Chernyavskaya, Alexander Melentyev, and Selina Gasparin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Mehmet Akif Pirim ranks 575. Before him are Scott Wolf, Fatou Diome, William Regal, Olaf Lubaszenko, Marc Keller, and Rashid Khan. After him are Anthony E. Zuiker, José Luis Sierra, T. T. Boy, Jeff VanderMeer, James Toney, and Reinaldo Vicente Simão.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Mehmet Akif Pirim ranks 1,333 out of 1,347. Before him are Mike Lazaridis (1961), Hakan Ünsal (1973), Gürkan Uygun (1974), Pınar Selek (1971), Figen Yüksekdağ (1971), and Emrah (1971). After him are Necmi Gençalp (1960), Kâzım Koyuncu (1971), Tümer Metin (1974), Çağlar Ertuğrul (1987), Jale Arıkan (1965), and Merve Boluğur (1987).

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Among ATHLETES In Türkiye

Among athletes born in Türkiye, Mehmet Akif Pirim ranks 7. Before him are Georgios Orphanidis (1859), Yusuf Dikeç (1973), Kazım Ayvaz (1938), Ahmet Ayık (1938), Ruhi Sarıalp (1924), and Müzahir Sille (1931). After him are Mahmut Demir (1970), Mehmet Özal (1978), Nur Tatar (1992), Hamide Bıkçın (1978), Süreyya Ayhan (1978), and Sibel Özkan (1988).

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