- Tevfik Kış
Tevfik Kış (
August 10 ,1934 ,Çorum ), is a former Turkish European, World and Olympic champion sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class (87kg) and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men'sGreco-Roman wrestling at rhe 1960 Olympics.Born 1934 in Pelitcik village of
Kargı district in theÇorum Province , he began 1956 wrestling. Competing in Greco-Roman style, Tevfik Kış became gold medalist inwrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics . He won later World and European championships. After his unsuccessful participation at the 1968 Summer Olympics inMexico City , he retired from the active sports and served then as trainer of his country's national team. Tevfik Kış is a co-founder of the Turkish Wrestling Foundation ans is active on its board.He is married with two children and lives in
Ankara running a restaurant.Achievements
* 1959 Balkan Championships in Istanbul, Turkey - silver (Light heavyweight)
* 1959 Mediterranean Games inBeirut ,Lebanon - gold (Light heavyweight)
* 1960 Olympics inRome ,Italy - gold (Light heavyweight)
* 1961 World Championships inYokohama ,Japan - 4th (Light heavyweight)
* 1962 World Championships inToledo, Ohio , U.S. - gold (Light heavyweight)
* 1963 World Championships inHelsinki ,Finland - gold (Light heavyweight)
* 1965 World Championships inTampere ,Finland - 4th (Light heavyweight)
* 1966 World Championships inHelsinki ,Finland - silver (Light heavyweight)
* 1966 European Championships inEssen ,Germany - gold (Light heavyweight)
* 1967 European Championships inMinsk ,Soviet Union - 5th (Light heavyweight)External links
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KISTEV01 Olympics Database]
* [http://www.kimkimdir.gen.tr/kimkimdir.php?id=832 Who is who] tr iconReferences
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