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YASHAR DOGHO
(YAŞAR DOĞU)
Multi Resources
14/06/2009 |
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Yaşar Doğu, was
born in the village Karlı of Kavak district in Samsun province
to a family of Circassian(Adyga) origin, (1913 - January 8,
1961), was a legendary Turkish sports wrestler and trainer,
who won the gold medal in the Welterweight class of Men's
Freestyle Wrestling at the 1948 Olympics. |
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He began wrestling at his age of 15
in yağlı güreş (oil wrestling) and continued in this folk sports
until he entered the military service. His sports wrestling career
started 1936 in Ankara as he was discovered by the sports wrestler
Celal Atik.
Yaşar Doğu was admitted to the national team in 1939. He
participated at the European Championships held that year in Oslo,
Norway and became silver medalist in Greko-Roman style, his only
participation at any international competition missing the gold
medal. He became Balkan, European and World champion besides
Olympic gold medalist. Yaşar Doğu wrestled 47 times in the
national team between 1939 and 1951, of which only one he lost. 33
of his matches he won by near-fall. All his 46 winning matches
lasted 372 minutes in total, whereas the normal duration should be
690 minutes. After retiring from the active sports, he served as
the trainer of the national team.
He married to Hayriye on October 15, 1937. Yaşar Doğu gave the
name Gazanfer to one of his sons in admiration to his teammate
Gazanfer Bilge. His son Gazanfer Doğu was educated in the U.S.,
and became a lecturer of physical education and sports at Abant
Izzet Baysal University in Bolu.
Yaşar Doğu suffered a heart attack during the 1955 championships
held in Sweden, where he was as the trainer of Turkey's wrestling
team. He died on January 8, 1961 in Ankara following a second
heart attack.
Achievements
1939 European Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway - silver
(Greko-Roman style Lightweight)
1940 Balkan Wrestling Championships in Istanbul, Turkey - silver (Greko-Roman
style Lightweight)
1946 European Wrestling Championships in Stockholm, Sweden - gold
(Freestyle Welterweight)
1947 European Wrestling Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia -
gold (Greko-Roman style Welterweight)
1948 Summer Olympics in London, England - gold (Freestyle
Welterweight)
1949 European Wrestling Championships in Istanbul, Turkey - gold
(Freestyle Middleweight)
1951 World Wrestling Championships in Helsinki, Finland - gold
(Freestyle Light heavyweight) |
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