Metehan Yaprak
Metehan Yaprak is a Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 79 kg weight class. He represents Ankara ASKİ Sports Club and the Turkish national team.
Career
In 2023, Yaprak became the European U20 Champion in Santiago, defeating Georgian wrestler Saba Kobakhidze 10–0 in the final. The same year, he won a bronze medal at the 2023 U20 [World Wrestling Championships] held in Amman, Jordan. He also placed seventh at the 2023 U23 World Wrestling Championships in the 74 kg category.In 2024, Yaprak competed at both the U20 and U23 European Championships, earning a bronze medal in the 74 kg category at the 2024 European U23 Wrestling Championships in Baku.
In 2025, Yaprak claimed another bronze medal at the 2025 European U23 Wrestling Championships in Tirana in the 79 kg category. In June 2025, he finished third at the 2025 [Yaşar Doğu Tournament] in Kocaeli. Later that year, at the 2025 U23 World Wrestling Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia, Yaprak advanced to the final and won the silver medal in the 79 kg category. He defeated Serbia’s Andrija Ivanovic 10–0 by technical superiority in just 65 seconds in the first round, then overcame Pan-American champion Geannis Garzon Tamayo of Cuba 10–8 to reach the quarterfinals. He went on to defeat Hayk Papikyan of Armenia 3–1 and Belarusian individual neutral athlete Nikita Dmitriyevs Mayeuski 5–2 in the semifinals, before losing to American Levi Haines, the 2025 World Championships silver medalist, in the final match.