İsmet Atlı
Turkish wrestler (1931–2014) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Medal record | ||
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Men's Freestyle Wrestling | ||
Representing Turkey | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1960 Rome | 87 kg | |
World Championships | ||
1954 Tokyo | 79 kg | |
1957 Istanbul | 87 kg | |
World Cup | ||
1956 Istanbul | 79 kg | |
Mediterranean Games | ||
1951 Alexandria | 87 kg | |
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling | ||
Representing Turkey | ||
World Championships | ||
1962 Toledo | 97 kg |
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.