Mahmut Atalay
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Born | 30 March 1934 Çorum, Turkey[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 4 December 2004 (aged 70) Ankara, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mahmut Atalay (30 March 1934 – 4 December 2004) was a Turkish freestyle wrestler and coach of Circassian origin. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1968, placing fourth in 1964.[1]
He was born 1934 in Çorak, a village of Çorum Province in northern Turkey. He began wrestling in the traditional Turkish karakucak style before changing to freestyle wrestling. He was admitted to the national team after winning the national title in 1959, and received training by the renowned wrestlers such as Yaşar Doğu, Celal Atik and Nasuh Akar. He became national champion 15 times, and besides his Olympic gold won several medals at other international competitions.[1][2] In 1968, he was honored by the International Wrestling Federation with the award "Most Technical Wrestler of the World".[3] He retired from competitions in 1968 and then worked as a national wrestling coach for 16 years.[citation needed]
Atalay died on 4 December 2004 in Ankara following a heart attack. He was survived by his wife Perihan and three children.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Mahmut Atalay. sports-reference.com
- ^ Mahmut Atalay. iat.uni-leipzig.de
- ^ Wrestling File (in Turkish)
External links[]
- Olympics Database
- Who is who (in Turkish)
- 1934 births
- 2004 deaths
- People from Çorum
- Turkish people of Dagestani descent
- Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Turkish male sport wrestlers
- Olympic gold medalists for Turkey
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Turkish sport wrestler stubs
- Turkish Olympic medalist stubs
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey
- Competitors at the 1959 Mediterranean Games
- Competitors at the 1963 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling
- European Wrestling Championships medalists
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Turkish people of Circassian descent