Yaşar Yılmaz (born 4 March 1930)[1] is a Turkish former Olympian sports wrestler in the Bantamweight and Featherweight division of Men's Greco-Roman style. He won three times the silver medal at the FILA Wrestling World Championships in 1955, 1958 and 1962.[2][3] He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics,[4] and the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and placed fifth.[5]
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| Born | 4 March 1930 Rize, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Olympic wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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References
edit- ^ "Müzahir Sille Son Yolculuğuna Uğurlandı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Güreş Federasyonu. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
- ^ "Grekoromenciler mindere çıkıyor". NTV MSNBC (in Turkish). 2002-09-19. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
- ^ "Gurur Tablomuz - Dünya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Güreş Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yaşar Yılmaz Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ "Modern Olimpiyatlar ve Türkisye" (in Turkish). Spor Bilim. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
External links
edit- Yaşar Yılmaz at the International Wrestling Database
- Yaşar Yılmaz at Olympedia
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