Elif Jale Yeşilırmak
Turkish wrestler (born 1986)
- Born
- 30 July 1986, Smolensk
- Citizenship
- Turkey, Russia
- Sport
- freestyle wrestling
- Occupation
- amateur wrestler
- Height
- 164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
- Weight
- 58 kg (128 lb)
Elif Jale Yeşilırmak, née Yulia Guramievna Rekvava (Russian: Юлия Гурамиевна Реквава), (born July 30, 1986, in Smolensk, Russia) is a former Russian-Turkish female wrestler. She is the first woman wrestler to represent Turkey at the Olympics. She is a member of Trakya Birlikspor.
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.
She later moved from Sweden to Turkey, and was naturalized shortly before the 2011 World Wrestling Championships in Istanbul converting to Islam and taking the Turkish name Elif Jale Yeşilırmak.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics | 2012 | |
| wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics | 2016 |
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q11967095 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.