Elif Jale Yeşilırmak

{{short description|Russian-Turkish wrestler}}

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| name = Elif Jale Yeşilırmak

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| birth_name = Yulia Guramievna Rekvava

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| nationality = Turkish
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|07|30}}

| birth_place = Smolensk, Russia

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| height = 164 cm

| weight = 58 kg

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| sport = Women's freestyle wrestling

| event = 63 kg

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| club = Trakya Birlik SK, Edirne

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{{MedalSport|Women's freestyle wrestling }}

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{{MedalCompetition |World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Budapest|59 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Tashkent|58 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Las Vegas|58 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Kaspiysk|59 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2012 Belgrade|63 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Bucharest|62 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition |European Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Baku|58 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Mersin|63 kg}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Tarragona|62 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Yasar Dogu Tournament}}

{{MedalBronze|2020 Istanbul|62 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Tournament}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Sofia|58 kg}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Sofia|60 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Sofia|59 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Klippan Lady Open}}

{{MedalSilver|2009 Klippan|59 kg}}

{{MedalSilver|2012 Klippan|67 kg}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Klippan|63 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Klippan|59 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Grand Prix of Germany}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Dormagen|63 kg}}

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{{MedalBronze|2009 Vilnius |59 kg}}

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Elif Jale Yeşilırmak, née Yulia Guramievna Rekvava ({{langx|ru|Юлия Гурамиевна Реквава}}), (born July 30, 1986, in Smolensk, Russia){{cite web |url=http://wrestrus.ru/users/579 |publisher=Федерация спортивной борьбы России |script-title=ru:Реквава Юлия Гурамиевна |language=Russian |accessdate=2012-05-01 |archive-date=2010-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222194241/http://wrestrus.ru/users/579 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.sgm.gov.tr/spor_egitim/dosyalar/londra_2012/londra_2012_liste/gures.htm |publisher=Spor Genel Müdürlüğü |title=Türkiye Güreş Federasyonu-2012 Olimpiyat Oyunları Hazırlık Harçlığı Alan Sporcuların Listesi-Dnem 11 (Şubat-Mart-Nisan) |language=Turkish |accessdate=2012-05-01 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/yesilirmak-elif-jale-253781/ |title=London 2012-Elif Jale Yeşilırmak |access-date=2012-07-31 |archive-date=2012-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731200443/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/yesilirmak-elif-jale-253781/ |url-status=dead }} is a former Russian-Turkish female wrestler.{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/spor/amatorsporlar/18698303.asp |newspaper=Hürriyet Spor |title=Elif Jale Yeşilırmak bir ilki istiyor |date=2012-09-10 |language=Turkish |accessdate=2012-05-01 }} She is the first woman wrestler to represent Turkey at the Olympics. She is a member of Trakya Birlikspor.{{Cite web|url=http://www.memleket.com.tr/trakya-birlike-dunya-sampiyonu-guresci-540327h.htm|title = Trakya Birlik'e dünya şampiyonu güreşçi| date=3 December 2014 }}

Born on July 30, 1986, in Russia, Yulia Rekvava won the bronze medal for her native country in the 59 kg division at the 2009 European Wrestling Championships held in Vilnius, Lithuania.{{cite news|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&newsId=246637&link=246637 |newspaper=Today's Zaman |title=Russian wrestler Rekvava now a Turk |date=2011-06-08 |accessdate=2012-05-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911202926/http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&newsId=246637&link=246637 |archivedate=2016-09-11 }}

She later moved from Sweden{{cite web |url=http://www.turkeywrestling.com/haber-534-ITHAL-GURESCILERE-BIR-YENISI.html |publisher=Turkey Wrestling |title=İthal Güreşçilere Bir Yenisi-Rus Bayan Güreşçi Rekvava Yulya Türk vatandaşı oluyor |date=2011-06-07 |language=Turkish |accessdate=2012-05-01 }} to Turkey, and was naturalized shortly before the 2011 World Wrestling Championships in Istanbul converting to Islam{{Cite web |url=https://www.baikal-media.ru/news/sport/213670/ |title=Представляем соперниц Любови Волосовой на олимпийском турнире |accessdate=2018-08-19 |archive-date=2018-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820011419/https://www.baikal-media.ru/news/sport/213670/ |url-status=dead }} and taking the Turkish name Elif Jale Yeşilırmak.{{cite news|url=http://www.returningtofaith.com/haberDetay.php?haberId=1409 |publisher=Returning to Faith |title=Russian wrestling champion embraced Islam |date=2011-07-07 |accessdate=2012-05-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032053/http://www.returningtofaith.com/haberDetay.php?haberId=1409 |archivedate=2016-03-04 }}

Yeşilırmak became silver medalist in the 67 kg division at the Golden Grand Prix held in February 2012 at Klippan, Sweden.{{cite web |url=http://www.fila-official.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=768&Itemid=100236&lang=en |publisher=FILA |title=Golden Grand Prix-Female wrestling Seniors 2012-02-17 Klippan (SWE) 67.0kg |accessdate=2012-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009162013/http://fila-official.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=768&Itemid=100236&lang=en |archive-date=2011-10-09 |url-status=dead }} She won the bronze medal in the 63 kg division at the 2012 European Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. She became so the second woman wrestler from Turkey to win a medal at the European level after twelve years.{{cite news |url=http://tr.euronews.com/ajans/1429626-guerete-elif-jale-yeilrmak-bronz-madalya-kazand/ |newspaper=EuroNews |title=Güreşte Elif Jale Yeşilırmak bronz madalya kazandı |date=2012-03-09 |language=Turkish |accessdate=2012-05-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311145010/http://tr.euronews.com/ajans/1429626-guerete-elif-jale-yeilrmak-bronz-madalya-kazand/ |archivedate=2012-03-11 }} She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics after winning her matches with rivals from India, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan and France in the 65 kg division at the World Qualification Tournament held in Taiyuan, China.{{cite news |url=http://www.haber7.com/haber/20120429/Elif-Jale-Yesilirmak-Londra-vizesi-aldi.php |newspaper=Haber7 |title=Elif Jale Yeşilırmak Londra vizesi aldı |date=2012-04-29 |language=Turkish |accessdate=2012-05-01 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.tgf.gov.tr/article.php?article_id=6661 |publisher=Türkisye Güreş Federasyonu |title=Türk Güreş Tarihinde bir ilk Elif Jale Yeşilırmak Olimpiyat Vizesi aldı! |language=Turkish |accessdate=2012-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430080438/http://www.tgf.gov.tr/article.php?article_id=6661 |archive-date=2012-04-30 |url-status=dead }}

She won the gold medal in the 67 kg division at the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey. In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite web|title=2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf|archive-date=24 March 2021|access-date=24 March 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}