Müzahir Sille

Müzahir Sille

Personal information
Born	September 21, 1931 (1931-09-21) (age 80) Istanbul, Turkey
Residence	Istanbul, Turkey
Sport
Country	Turkey
Sport	Olympic wrestling
Event(s)	Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Club	Istanbul Güreş İK (1949–1861) KSV Witten 07 (1961–1986)
Medal record Olympic Games Gold 1960 Rome, Italy Featherweight World Championships Silver 1955 Karlsruhe Featherweight Silver 1958 Budapest Featherweight Balkan Championships Bronze 1959 Istanbul Featherweight

Müzahir Sille (born September 21, 1931, Istanbul), is a former Turkish Olympic champion sports wrestler in the Featherweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1960 Olympics.

Born 1931 in Istanbul, he began 1949 sports wrestling in the "Istanbul Güreş Ihtisas Kulübü", a club specialized in wrestling. Competing in Greco-Roman style, Müzahir Sille became gold medalist in wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics after he won the silver medal twice at World championships and ranked 4th at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

He continued his wrestling career from 1961 on in the wrestling club KSV Witten 07 in Germany along with his teammate Mithat Bayrak, where he became regional champion. Following his retirement from the active sports, he served as a trainer in his club.^[1] Müzahir Sille recently resides in Istanbul after having lived almost 25 years in Germany.^[2]

Achievements

• 1955 World Championships in Karlsruhe, Germany - silver (Featherweight)
• 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia - 4th (Featherweight)
• 1958 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary - silver (Featherweight)
• 1959 Balkan Championships in Istanbul, Turkey - bronze (Featherweight)
• 1960 Olympics in Rome, Italy - gold (Featherweight)

External links

• Olympics Database
• Who is who (Turkish)

References

1. ^ KSV Witten (German)
2. ^ Newspaper Yenişafak, December 27, 2001 (Turkish)

Persondata
Name	Sille, Muzahir
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	September 21, 1931
Place of birth	Istanbul, Turkey
Date of death
Place of death