By Halil Ibrahim Avsar
KASPIYSK, Russia (AA) - Turkey's Elif Jale Yesilirmak on Thursday has won the gold medal at the European Championships of United World Wrestling in Kaspiysk in Russia's northern Caucasus Republic of Dagestan.
Competing in women’s 59 kg category, Yesilirmak defeated Bulgarian opponent Mimi Nikolova Hristova 6-4.
The victory marked Yesilirmak’s first European title in her career, and the second ever Turkish woman winning gold in the championship.