Mahmut Demir

Mahmut Demir

Personal information
Born	21 January 1970
Medal record Men's Freestyle Wrestling Competitor for  Turkey Olympic Games Gold 1996 Atlanta 130 kg World Championships Gold 1994 Istanbul, Turkey 130 kg European Championships Bronze 1987 Katowice, Poland 115 kg Bronze 1990 Poznań, Poland 100 kg Bronze 1991 Stuttgart, Germany 130 kg Silver 1992 Kaposvár, Hungary 130 kg Gold 1993 Istanbul, Turkey 130 kg Silver 1994 Rome, Italy 130 kg Gold 1995 Fribourg, Switzerland 130 kg Gold 1996 Budapest, Hungary 130 kg World Cup Bronze 1990 Toledo, Oh, USA 130 kg Bronze 1995 Chattanooga, Tn, USA 130 kg Mediterranean Games Gold 1991 Athens, Greece 130 kg World Escoir Championships Silver 1989 Ulan Bator, Mongolia 100 kg European Escoir Championships Gold 1990 ?, Finland 100 kg European Juniors Championships Silver 1988 Constanţa, Romania 100 kg Balkan Juniors Championships Silver 1986 Sombor, Yugoslavia 130 kg Silver 1987 Thessaloniki, Greece 130 kg Gold 1990 Sakarya, Turkey 100 kg

Mahmut Demir (21 January 1970 in Amasya, Turkey), is a former Turkish Olympic medalist, World and European champion sports wrestler in the Super heavyweight class (>100 kg). He won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Men's Freestyle wrestling.

He was born on 21 January 1970 in Suluova district of Amasya Province in northern Turkey. Mahmut Demir began wrestling in 1984. Already in 1986, he gained his first medal at the Balkan Juniors Championships in Yugoslavia. During his wrestling career, he won several medals at international competitions, besides his World and European champion titles. At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Mahmut Demir earned the gold medal defeating Aleksei Medvedev from Belarus, the son of the legendary Olympic champion Alexander Medved in the final match.

Mahmut Demir retired from the active sports in 1997. He is married and has with two children.

A sports hall in his hometown Suluova is named after him, where the 2006 European Champion Clubs Freestyle Wrestling Cup was held.^[1] He is the honorary president of Amasya Şekerspor Kulübü, a club dedicated to wrestling sports in his hometown.

Achievements

• 1986 Balkan Juniors Championship in Sombor, Yugoslavia - silver (130 kg)
• 1986 World Juniors Championship in Schifferstadt, FR Germany - 6th (100 kg)
• 1986 European Escoir Championship in Linköping, Sweden - 4th (100 kg)
• 1987 Balkan Juniors Championship in Thessaloniki, Greece - silver (130 kg)
• 1987 European Championship in Katowice, Poland - bronze (115 kg)
• 1988 European Escoir Championship in Wałbrzych, Poland - 5th (130 kg)
• 1988 European Juniors Championship in Constanţa, Romania - silver (100 kg)
• 1989 World Escoir Championship in Ulan Bator, Mongolia - silver (100 kg)
• 1989 World Championship in Martigny, Switzerland - 5th (100 kg)
• 1990 Balkan Juniors Championship in Sakarya, Turkey - gold (100 kg)
• 1990 European Escoir Championship in ?, Finland - gold (100 kg)
• 1990 European Championship in Poznań, Poland - bronze (100 kg)
• 1990 World Championship in Tokyo, Japan - 7th (100 kg)
• 1990 World Cup in Toledo, Ohio, USA - bronze
• 1991 World Championship in Varna, Bulgaria - 5th (130 kg)
• 1991 Mediterranean Games in Athens, Greece - gold (130 kg)
• 1991 European Championship in Stuttgart, Germany - bronze (130 kg)
• 1992 World Cup in Moscow Russia - 4th
• 1992 European Championship in Kaposvár, Hungary - silver (130 kg)
• 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain - 4th (130 kg)
• 1993 European Championship in Istanbul, Turkey - gold (130 kg)
• 1994 European Championship in Rome, Italy - silver (130 kg)
• 1994 World Championship in Istanbul, Turkey - gold (130 kg)
• 1995 European Championship in Fribourg, Switzerland - gold (130 kg)
• 1995 World Cup in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA - bronze (130 kg)
• 1995 World Championship in Atlanta, Georgia, USA - 5th (130 kg)
• 1996 European Championship in Budapest, Hungary - gold (130 kg)
• 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, USA - gold (130 kg)

Notes

1. ^ Newspaper Zaman December 9, 2006 (Turkish)

References

• Olympics Database
• Who is who (Turkish)

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Name	Demir, Mahmut
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