Zeynep Yetgil

Zeynep Yetgil (born 10 October 2000) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 53 kg division. She is a member of Istanbul BB SK.

Sports career
Zeynep Yetgil wins bronze medal at the Junior Wrestling World Championships. Competing in women's 48 kg at the 2017 Junior Wrestling World Championships, held in Finland, Zeynep Yetgil won bronze medal after beating her Tunisian opponent Sarra Hamdi 8–6.

2018 Junior European Wrestling Championships in Rome, Italy.Competing in women's 53 kg category, Zeynep Yetgil defeated her Azerbaijani opponent Tatyana Varansova and won the title.

In November 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the 53 kg event at the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.

She won one of the bronze medals in the 55 kg event at the 2022 European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. A few months later, she won the silver medal in the 53 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. A few months later, she won the gold medal in the 55 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Türkiye. She competed in the 53kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.

In 2023, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 European U23 Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's freestyle 53 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia. Zeynep Yetgil, starting the championship from the qualifying round, defeated Polish Roksana Zasina 10-0 and reached the quarterfinals. Zeynep, who competed against Sweden's Jonna Malmgren in the quarterfinals, left the mat 11-6 defeated, but after her opponent reached the final, she earned the right to compete for the bronze medal. In the bronze medal match, she won the bronze medal by defeating her Azerbaijani rival Türkan Nasirova 10–0.

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 53kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. She competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.