- Nazmi Avluca
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Nazmi Avluca Personal information Nationality Turkish Born November 14, 1975
Kargı, Çorum Province, TurkeySport Sport Sport wrestling Event(s) Greco-Romen Medal recordMen's Greco-Roman Wrestling Olympic Games Bronze 2008 Beijing 84 kg World Championships Gold 2009 Herning 84 kg Gold 1999 Athens 76 kg Silver 2006 Guangzhou 84 kg Bronze 2011 Istanbul 84 kg Bronze 2005 Budapest 84 kg Bronze 1998 Gävle 76 kg World Cup Gold 2010 Yerevan 84 kg Gold 2001 Levallois 76 kg Silver 2003 Alma Ata 84 kg Silver 2002 Cairo 84 kg Silver 1997 Tehran 76 kg Bronze 2007 Antalya 84 kg European Championships Gold 2010 Baku 84 kg Gold 2008 Tampere[1] 84 kg Gold 2004 Haparanda 84 kg Gold 1996 Budapest 74 kg Silver 2009 Vilnius 84 kg Bronze 2006 Moscow 84 kg Bronze 2001 Istanbul 76 kg Bronze 1998 Minsk 76 kg Golden Grand Prix Gold 2006 Baku 84 kg Gold 2005 Hungary[2] 84 kg World Military Championship Gold 2003 Istanbul 84 kg World University Championship Gold 2002 Edmonton 84 kg World Juniors Championships Silver 1994 Budapest 74 kg World Espoir Championships Bronze 1995 Tehran 74 kg World Cadets Championships Gold 1992 Istanbul 60 kg Nazmi Avluca (born November 14, 1975 in Kargı, Çorum Province), is a Turkish sports wrestler, who has won several titles at international competitions including four European and two FILA Wrestling World Championships in the Men's Greco-Roman category. He took also part at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, without success until finally winning a bronze medal in 2008 in Beijing. Currently, he is an active member of the Emlakspor club in Istanbul.[3]
Born in the Central Anatolian town Kargı of Çorum Province, he began early sport wrestling at the Wrestling Training Center in Bolu in 1987. Admitted to the national Greco-Roman team in 1991, he won his first international gold in the 60 kg division at the 1992 World Cadets Championships held in Istanbul.
Nazmi Avluca was transferred to the German wrestling club 1. Luckenwalder SC in 2005,[4] where undefeated, he helped his team become the German champions in 2006 for the first time in their club history. He returned home to join Şekerspor Club in Konya before the 2006 World Championships [5]
Honors
- "Best Wrestler of 2006 in Greco-Roman Style" awarded by the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA).[6]
External links
References
- ^ "Avluca`dan altın madalya!" (in Turkish). Tüm Gazeteler. 2008-04-05. http://www.tumgazeteler.com/?a=2709801.
- ^ "Grand Prix Grekoromen`de Nazmi Avluca altın aldı" (in Turkish). Tüm Gazeteler. 2005-03-07. http://www.tumgazeteler.com/?a=780437.
- ^ "Nazmi Avluca (1975 – .... )" (in Turkish). Kim Kimdir?. http://www.kimkimdir.gen.tr/kimkimdir.php?id=860.
- ^ "Team 1. Bundesliga 2005". 1. Luckenwalder Sportclub. http://www.ringen-luckenwalde.de/home.php?modul=team&ru=2005.
- ^ "Nazmi Avluca: Dünyada yılın güreşçisi seçildim diye övünmem" (in Turkish). Zaman Online. 2007-03-01. http://www.zaman.com.tr/haber.do?haberno=507351.
- ^ "FILA Nazmi Avluca`yı grekoromende en iyi güreşci seçti" (in Turkish). Tüm Gazeteler. 2006-12-08. http://www.tumgazeteler.com/?a=1842089.
Categories:- 1975 births
- Living people
- People from Kargı
- Olympic wrestlers of Turkey
- Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Turkish sport wrestlers
- Olympic bronze medalists for Turkey
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- European sport wrestler stubs
- Turkish sportspeople stubs
- Asian Olympic medalist stubs
- European Olympic medalist stubs
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