Nasuh Akar

Medal record
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Olympic Games
Gold	1948 London	Bantamweight
World Championships
Gold	1951 Helsinki, Finland	Bantamweight
European Championships
Silver	1946 Stockholm, Sweden	Bantamweight
Gold	1949 Istanbul, Turkey	Bantamweight

Nasuh Akar (May 10, 1925 – May 18, 1984) was a Turkish sports wrestler, who won the gold medal in the Bantamweight class of Men's Freestyle category at the 1948 Olympics.

He was born in the village Yiğitler (today Sorsavuş) of Boğazlıyan district of Yozgat Province.^[1] Following his gold medal win at the 1948 London Olympics, Nasuh Akar became European and World champion. In 1952, he retired from active wrestling and served then as trainer.

He died on May 18, 1984. His wife Ayşe Akar succeeded him. A training sports hall in Eskişehir, opened in 1994, is named after Nasuh Akar.^[2]

Achievements

• 1946 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden - silver (Bantamweight)
• 1948 Olympics in London, England - gold (Bantamweight)
• 1949 European Championships in İstanbul, Turkey - gold (Bantamweight)
• 1951 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland - gold (Bantamweight)

External links

• Olympics Database
• Who is who (Turkish)

References

1. ^ Renowned people from Yozgat (Turkish)
2. ^ Governor of Eskişehir (Turkish)

Persondata
Name	Akar, Nasuh
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	May 10, 1925
Place of birth
Date of death	May 18, 1984
Place of death