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The Turkish word for wrestling can be traced back to the Oghuz Turkic languages, which originate from the Eurasian steppes. After the conquest of Anatolia by Seljuk Turks, a form of traditional freestyle wrestling called Karakucak Güreşi (literally "Ground hug") was popularized, where special leather clothing was worn and wrestlers commenced the competition by pouring olive oil on their bodies.
The Turkish team won the Men's freestyle championship in 1951, 1954, 1957, 1966 and 1994; and the Men's Greco-Roman championship in 2006 and 2009. References [ edit ]
Karakucak or Karakucak Güreşi is one of the two Turkish folk wrestling styles practised nationwide and sanctioned by the Turkish Wrestling Federation. [1] Like all other Turkish folk wrestling styles, karakucak competitions are held on grass fields.
Tevfik Kış (10 August 1934 – 4 September 2019 [1]) was a Turkish European, World and Olympic champion sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class (87 kg) and a trainer. He won the gold medal in men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1960 Olympics .
Evin Demirhan Yavuz (born 2 July 1995) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 50 kg division. She is a member of Ankara Aski Spor Club. She is a member of Ankara Aski Spor Club. She won the gold medal at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships .
Pages in category "Turkish male sport wrestlers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 246 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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The reason was the outstanding Turkish heavyweight wrestlers Mahmut Demir, Olympic champion in 1996, and Aydın Polatçı, who challenged him for starting positions. However, he became Military World Champion in 1995 ahead of Yuriy Shobitko of Ukraine and Oleg Khorpyakov of Russia and came 2nd behind Alyaksei Myadsvedseu of Belarus at the 1996 ...