Mehmet Akif Pirim (September 17, 1968, Rize, Turkey), is a former Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the featherweight class (62 kg), and currently a trainer.

Mehmet Akif Pirim started wrestling as a teenager in 1984 at the Rize Çaykurspor sports club, concentrating on the Greco-Roman style.

They were Vayramali Karaali, Osman Destebasi, Gennadi Sapunov, Bilal Tabur, Ömer Suzan, Mehmet Acak, Haluk Koc and Yakup Topuz.

He reached the featherweight final, where he was leading 1:0 against Sergei Martynov from the Soviet Union until shortly before the end, but then had to give up a bigger score and lost the fight.

[3] At the 1992 European Championships in Copenhagen, Mehmet Akif Pirim achieved a points victory over Mario Büttner from Germany, among others, but only finished 7th overall.

In the consolation round, however, Mehmet Akif Pirim still managed to win a bronze medal with victories over Alexander Dawidowitsch, Israel, Mchitar Manukjan, Armenia and Georgi Saskavez, Belarus.

Afterwards, strengthened by fluid and food intake, he started a unique winning streak, but with his victories over Winston Santos Fuentos, Venezuela, Hu Guohong, China, Ahad Pazaj, Iran, Mchitar Manukjan, Hryhorij Komyschenko, Ukraine and Koba Guliaschwili, Georgia, he could only win a bronze medal.

He managed to beat Emil Budinov, Bulgaria and Christos Gikas, Greece, but then lost to Park Young-shin, South Korea.