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İsmet Atlı

İsmet Atlı

Turkish wrestler (1931–2014)

İsmet Atlı (1931, Çukurören, Adana – 4 April 2014, Adana) was a Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Freestyle wrestling at the 1960 Olympics.[1]

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He was born 1931 in Çukurören village of Kozan district in Adana Province of southern Turkey. He began wrestling in 1950 and was trained by the renowned wrestlers Celal Atik and Yaşar Doğu. He performed at the national level 62 times in his wrestling career, which lasted until 1964.[2]

İsmet Atlı competed at several international wrestling events successfully in both wrestling styles and participated at three consecutive Olympic Games in 1952, 1956 and 1960.

After his retirement from the active sports in 1962, İsmet Atlı acted as a trainer. He also worked as a sports journalist.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Şampiyon Güreşçi İsmet Atli Vefat Etti". Dha.com.tr. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
  2. [2]
    "İsmet Atlı Hakkında Bilgi". 2007-09-27. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2023-06-20.


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