- İsmet Atlı
İsmet Atlı (1931,
Adana ), is a former Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men'sFreestyle wrestling at the 1960 Olympics.He was born 1931 in Çukurören village of Kozan district in
Adana Province of southernTurkey . He began wrestling in 1950 and was trained by the renowned wrestlersCelal Atik andYaşar Doğu .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. Currently, he is a sports journalist.
Achievements
* 1951 Mediterranean Games in
Alexandria ,Egypt - gold (Freestyle Middleweight)
* 1952 Summer Olympics inHelsinki ,Finland - 5th (Greco-Roman Light heavyweight)
* 1953 World Wrestling Championships inNaples ,Italy - 4th (Greco-Roman Middleweight)
* 1954 World Wrestling Championships inTokyo ,Japan - silver (Greco-Roman Middleweight)
* 1955 World Wrestling Championships inKarlsruhe ,Germany - 5th (Greco-Roman Middleweight)
* 1956 World Wrestling Cup inIstanbul , Turkey - gold (Freestyle Middleweight)
* 1956 Summer Olympics inMelbourne ,Australia - 4th (Freestyle Middleweight)
* 1957 World Wrestling Championships inIstanbul , Turkey - bronze (Freestyle Light heavyweight)
* 1960 Summer Olympics inRome ,Italy - gold (Freestyle Light heavyweight)
* 1962 World Wrestling Championships inToledo, Ohio , U.S. - bronze (Greco-Roman Light heavyweight), 4th (Freestyle Light heavyweight)External links
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ATLIISM01 Olympics Database]
* [http://www.kimkimdir.gen.tr/kimkimdir.php?id=830 Who is who] tr iconReferences
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