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Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey | March 15, 1982|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Sport wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Sancaktepe Belediye SK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Serhat Balcı (pronounced [ˈseɾhat ˈbaɫdʒɯ]; born March 15, 1982, in Üsküdar, Istanbul) is a male sport wrestler from Turkey competing in the 96 kg division of freestyle wrestling. The 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) tall [1] athlete is a member of the Sancaktepe Belediye S.K. in Sancaktepe, Istanbul. [2]
Serhat Balcı holds a silver medal won at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships in Istanbul, Turkey [2] and another silver medal won at the 2005 European Wrestling Championships in Varna, Bulgaria. He represented Turkey at the 2008 Summer Olympics without winning a medal. [1]
He qualified for the participation at the 2012 Summer Olympics representing Turkey where he lost to Magomed Musaev of Dagestan. [3]