Hüseyin Özkan

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Hüseyin Özkan
Personal information
Birth nameHuseyn Bisultanov
NationalityTurkish
Born (1972-01-20) January 20, 1972 (age 50)
Chechnya, USSR
Sport
SportJudo
Event(s)Half lightweight
Clubİstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.

Hüseyin Özkan, née Huseyn Bisultanov (born January 20, 1972), is a Turkish judoka. At the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia, he won the gold medal in the men's Half Lightweight (60–66 kg) category. He became so the first sportsman to win an Olympics gold medal for Turkey in judo. He is member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K..[1]

He was born in Chechnya, in the North Caucasus of the former USSR, and grew up with his 9 siblings. He began judo in his hometown and continued in Turkey, where he moved at the age of 20.

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  1. ^ "Olimpiyatlar ve İstanbul BB" (in Turkish). İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. 2012-02-20. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2012-04-08.



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