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Olympic Bronze Medalists for Turkey: Hamit Kaplan, Nazmi Avluca, Mahmut Atalay, Mehmet Akif Pirim, Sedat Artu , Yakup K l , Ahmet Kire i

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Olympic Bronze Medalists for Turkey: Hamit Kaplan, Nazmi Avluca, Mahmut Atalay, Mehmet Akif Pirim, Sedat Artu , Yakup K l , Ahmet Kire i
Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Hamit Kaplan, Nazmi Avluca, Mahmut Atalay, Mehmet Akif Pirim, Sedat Artuç, Yakup Kılıç, Ahmet Kireççi, Ruhi Sarıalp, Mehmet Özal, Hamide Bıkçın Tosun, Eşref Apak, Turgut Aykaç, Eyüp Can, Hülya Şenyurt, Servet Tazegül. Excerpt: Medal record Ahmet Kireççi (aka Ahmet Mersinli , October 27, 1914 in Mersin August 17, 1979 in Mersin , Turkey ), was a Turkish sports wrestler , who won the Olympic medal twice, the bronze medal in the Middleweight class of Men's Freestyle Wrestling at the 1936 Olympics and the gold medal in the Heavyweight class of Men's Greco-Roman category at the 1948 Olympics. Born in the southern city of Mersin, he began first boxing and then continued in athletics. He switched over to wrestling and took part in a ya l güre (oil wrestling) competition in Tarsus , where he became champion. Ahmet Kireççi was sent to Istanbul to join the Wrestling Club of Kumkap . In 1931, he was admitted to the national team, of which he was a member 17 years long. With 18 years of age, he became Balkan champion, a title he repeated twice more. With his bronze medal gathered at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, he became the first Turkish wrestler to win an Olympic medal in the Freestyle and to win an Olympic medal in the both wrestling styles. Following President ?smet ?nönü 's suggestion at a reception after his return, Ahmet Kireççi accepted to change his family name officially to Mersinli, which was his nickname. He died on August 17, 1979 following a traffic accident in his hometown. A statue of him erected in a corner near the harbour of Mersin commemorates the successful and popular
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