Şeref Tüfenk

Şeref Tüfenk
Personal information
Nationality Turkey
Born (1983-09-22) 22 September 1983
Rize, Turkey
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
EventGreco-Roman
Clubİstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor
Coached byHakkı Başar
Retired2017
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Turkey
European Championships
2008 Tampere74 kg
World Cup
2013 Tehran74 kg
2012 Saransk74 kg
2007 Saransk74 kg
2003 Alma-Ata74 kg
Mediterranean Games
2009 Pescara74 kg
Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament
2010 Istanbul74 kg
2013 Istanbul74 kg
Golden Grand Prix
2012 Istanbul74 kg
2014 Dortmund74 kg
2015 Madrid75 kg
Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament
2009 Varna74 kg
2008 Sofia74 kg
Summer Universiade
2005 İzmir74 kg
World University Championship
2006 Oulan Bator74 kg
2004 Lodz66 kg
2010 Torino74 kg
World Juniors Championships
2003 Istanbul58 kg
2001 Tashkent58 kg
European Juniors Championships
2002 Subotica63 kg

Şeref Tüfenk (born September 22, 1983, in Rize) is a Turkish amateur Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed for the men's middleweight category. He is a two-time Olympian and a silver medalist for the 74 kg division at the 2008 European Wrestling Championships in Tampere, Finland. He studied at Ondokuz Mayıs University.

Tufenk made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he placed second in the preliminary pool of the men's lightweight class (60 kg), against Cuba's Roberto Monzón, Iran's Ali Ashkani, and Greece's Christos Gikas. In 2005, he won the gold medal at the Summer Universiade in İzmir, Turkey.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Tufenk switched to a heavier class by competing in the men's 74 kg division. Unfortunately, he lost the qualifying round match to Azerbaijan's Ilgar Abdulov, with a two-set technical score (1–2, 1–1), and a classification point score of 1–3.

He also defeated France's Christophe Guénot for the gold medal in the same division at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy.