Nuri Boytorun

Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Balkan Championships
Gold	1932	Middleweight
Gold	1933	Middleweight
Gold	1934	Middleweight
Gold	1935	Middleweight

Mehmet Nuri Boytorun (1908 - November 28, 1988) was a Turkish Olympian sport wrestler, trainer and technical director. He competed in the Middleweight division of Greco-Roman category at the Summer Olympics 1928 and 1936.

He was born 1908 in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. He became consecutively four times Balkan champion. Nuri Boytorun was Turkey's flag bearer at the Berlin Olympics in 1936.

After retiring from the active sports, he served as the trainer of the Turkish national team. Nuri Boytorun taught renowned wrestlers like Yaşar Doğu, Celal Atik, Gazanfer Bilge, Ahmet Kireççi and many others. He was technical director of the national team, which successfully participated at the Olympics in 1948, 1952 and 1956.

Accepting an offer, he emigrated to Italy, and served as the technical director of the Italian national Greco-Roman wrestling team.

Nuri Boytorun died on November 28, 1988. He was succeeded by his wife Süheyla and two sons Haluk and Hamdi.

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• Who is who (Turkish)

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Name	Boytorun, Nuri
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Date of birth	1908
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Date of death	November 28, 1988
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