- Kazım Ayvaz
Kazım Ayvaz (
March 10 ,1938 ,Rize ), is a former Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Lightweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men'sGreco-Roman wrestling at the 1964 Olympics and became twice World champion.He was born 1938 in
Rize of north-easternTurkey . He began wrestling 1953 at his age of 15 in the "İstanbul Güreş İhtisas Kulübü", a club inFatih ,Istanbul specialized in wrestling. Represting his country in Greco-Roman style wrestling, he participated at three consecutive Olympics in 1960, 1964 and 1968, however was successful only in Tokyo. From 1964 on, Kazım Ayvaz could not repeat his victorious matches. He retired from the active sports in 1969 and served from then on as a trainer inSweden , where he emigrated after the 1968 Olympics. [ [http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:qllqh4NaRW8J:theses.lub.lu.se/archive/2005/05/23/1116853124-24269-245/Mmagister.PDF+kaz%C4%B1m+ayvaz+dagbladet&hl=tr&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=tr&client=firefox-a About race] sv icon] He is married and has three children. Kazım Ayvaz lives in Sweden.Achievements
* 1957 Adriatic Cup in
Opatija ,Yugoslavia - bronze (Greco-Roman Welterweight)
* 1958 World Wrestling Championships inBudapest ,Hungary - gold (Greco-Roman Welterweight)
* 1959 Balkan Wrestling Championships inIstanbul , Turkey - gold (Greco-Roman 73kg)
* 1960 Balkan Wrestling Championships inBurgas ,Bulgaria - silver (Freestyle 73kg)
* 1960 Summer Olympics inRome ,Italy - 4th (Greco-Roman Middleweight)
* 1962 World Wrestling Championships inToledo, Ohio , U.S. - gold (Greco-Roman Lightweight)
* 1963 World Wrestling Championships inHelsingborg ,Denmark - 17th (Greco-Roman Lightweight)
* 1964 Summer Olympics inTokyo ,Japan - gold (Greco-Roman Lightweight)
* 1964 Balkan Wrestling Championships inConstanţa ,Romania - silver (Greco-Roman Lightweight)
* 1966 European Wrestling Championships inEssen ,Germany - 4th (Greco-Roman Lightweight)
* 1966, World Wrestling Championships inToledo, Ohio , U.S. - 6th (Greco-Roman Lightweight)
* 1968 Summer Olympics inMexico City ,Mexico - 24th, injured (Greco-Roman Lightweight)External links
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=AYVAZKAZ01 Olympics Database]
* [http://www.kimkimdir.gen.tr/kimkimdir.php?id=833 Who is who] tr iconReferences
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