turkish sport heroes. turkey has many sport heroes in various sport branches. they were very...
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TURKISH SPORT HEROES
Turkey has many sport heroes in various sport branches. They were very successful in their sport career. Some of them retired, and some of them goes on adding successes to their career. By winning many medals and cups in the olympics and in some other international tournaments, they made Turkish people happy and proud. Here we want to introduce 7 of them. It wasn’t easy to eleminate them into 7. We tried to select them in various branches. Let’s take a look..
NAİM SÜLEYMANOĞLU weightlifting
Naim Süleymanoğlu (born January 23, 1967 in Bulgaria), formerly known as Naim Suleimanov, is a Turkish World and Olympic Champion in weightlifting. He won three Olympic Championships, seven World Championships and six European Championships and earned 46 world records.
Competitor for Turkey
Olympic Games
Gold 1988 Seoul -60 kg
Gold 1992 Barcelona -60 kg
Gold 1996 Atlanta -64 kg
World ChampionshipsTotal
Gold 1989 Athens -60 kg
Gold 1991 Donaueschingen -60 kg
Gold 1993 Melbourne 64 kg
Gold 1994 Istanbul -64 kg
Gold 1995 Guangzhou -64 kg
Competitor for Bulgaria
World ChampionshipsTotal
Gold 1985 Södertälje -60 kg
Gold 1986 Sofia -60 kg
Silver 1983 Moscow -56 kg
He was nicknamed "The Pocket Hercules" due to his small stature (1.47 meters). He is the second of only seven lifters to lift three times their bodyweight. Süleymanoğlu set his first world record at the age 16.
HALİL MUTLU weightlifting
Halil Mutlu (born in 1973 in Bulgaria) is a Turkish World and Olympic Champion in weightlifting. He is one of only four weightlifters to have won three consecutive gold medals at Olympic Games. He won five World Championships, nine European Championships and broke more than 20 world records at 52 kg (115 lb), 54 kg (119 lb) and 56 kg (123 lb) combined.
Medal record
Halil Mutlu
Competitor for Turkey
Men’s Weightlifting
Olympic Games
Gold 1996 Atlanta – 56 kg
Gold 2000 Sydney – 56 kg
Gold 2004 Athens – 56 kg
World Championships
Silver 1993 Melbourne – 54 kg
Gold 1994 Istanbul – 54 kg
Gold 1998 Lahti – 56 kg
Gold 1999 Athens – 56 kg
Gold 2001 Antalya – 56 kg
Gold 2003 Vancouver – 62 kg
European Championships
Gold 1999 La Coruña – 56 kg
Gold 2000 Sofia – 56 kg
Gold 2001 Trencin – 56 kg
Gold 2003 Loutraki – 62 kg
Gold 2005 Sofia – 62 kg
Gold 2008 Lignano Sabbiadoro
– 56 kg
Only 1.50 meters tall, Mutlu followed in the footsteps of his compatriot weightlifter Nain Süleymanoğlu. Like his idol, Mutlu grew up a member of theTurkish minority in Bulgaria, profited from excellent coaching there and then moved to Turkey, where he took a new name ("Mutlu" means happy in Turkish). Arriving at the age of 16, he soon began setting records and winning titles for his new country.
HİDAYET TÜRKOĞLU basketball
Hidayet "Hedo" Türkoğlu born in 1979 in Turkey) is a Turkish professional basketball player in the NBA currently playing for the Phoenix Suns. He plays the small forward position, although he has played four positions in his career. He possesses above-average ballhandling and playmaking skills for a forward, and is sometimes used in a point forward role.
No. 19 Phoenix Suns
Forward
Personal information
Date of birth March 19, 1979 (1979-03-19) (age 31)
Place of birth Gaziosmanpaşa, İstanbul
Nationality Turkish
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
NBA Draft 2000 / Round: 1 / Pick: 16
Selected by the Sacramento Kings
Pro career 1996–present
Career history
Efes Pilsen (Turkey) (1996–2000)Sacramento Kings (2000–2003)San Antonio Spurs (2003–2004)Orlando Magic (2004-2009)Toronto Raptors (2009-2010)Phoenix Suns (2010-Present)
Career highlights and awards
2001 NBA All-Rookie Second Team2008 NBA Most Improved Player
METİN OKTAY football
Metin Oktay (in 1936 in İzmir, Turkey) nicknamed the Uncrowned King (Taçsız Kral) by Galatasaray fans, was a legendary Turkish footballer, one of the most successful goalscorers in Turkey. He was the most crowned (six times) top goalscorer in Turkish League and set a record with 217 goals in total.
Metin Oktay
Personal information
Full name Metin Oktay
Date of birth February 2, 1936(1936-02-02)
Place of birth İzmir, Turkey
Date of death September 13, 1991
Playing position Striker
Senior career1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1954-19551955-19611961-19621962-1969
İzmirsporGalatasarayPalermoGalatasaray
18 (17)105 (103)12 (3)298 (285)421 (407)
National team2
1955-1968 Turkey 36 0(19)
SEMİH SAYGINER billards
Semih Saygıner nicknamed Mr. Magic and the Turkish Prince, is a Turkish professional billards player. He won the 1999 CEB Eruropian three-cushion championship by defeating Dion Nelin He nearly won it again the next year but lost to Daniel Sanchez. He was the first from his country to win that tournament.
In 2003, Saygıner won the UMB World Three-cushion. He's the only Turk ever to win it. That same year, he won the last World Three-cushion ChampionshipSaygıner shares the world record for the highest run in three-cushion billiards, of 31, with Colombian Hugo Patino.
HAMZA YERLİKAYA wrestling
Hamza Yerlikaya (born in1976) is a Turkish Graeco-Roman style wrestler. He is a two-time (in 1996 and 2000) Olympic champion, three-time World champion (1993, 1995, and 2005), and the only Turkish wrestler to ever become European champion eight times. He was named The Wrestler of the century in 1996 by FILA.
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Olympic Games
Gold 1996 Atlanta, Georgia, USA 82 kg
Gold 2000 Sydney, Australia 85 kg
World Championships
Gold 1993 Stockholm, Sweden 82 kg
Gold 1995 Prague, Czechoslovakia 85 kg
Silver 1997 Wrocław, Poland 85 kg
Gold 2005 Budapest, Hungary 96 kg
World Cup
Gold 1997 Tehran, Iran 85 kg
Silver 2002 Cairo, Egypt 96 kg
Gold 2006 Budapest, Hungary 96 kg
European Championships
Silver 1993 Istanbul, Turkey 82 kg
Gold 1996 Budapest, Hungary 82 kg
Gold 1997 Kouvola, Finland 85 kg
Gold 1998 Minsk, Belarus 85 kg
Gold 1999 Sofia, Bulgaria 85 kg
Gold 2001 Istanbul, Turkey 85 kg
Gold 2002 Seinäjoki, Finland 84 kg
Gold 2005 Varna, Bulgaria 96 kg
Gold 2006 Moscow, Russia 96 kg
Kenan Sofuoğlu (born in 1983, in Adapazarı) is a Turkish professional motorcycle racer. He currently competes in the Supersport World Championship for the Ten Kate, Honda. He won this title for them in 2007. He raced in the World Superbike Championship for Ten Kate in 2008, but with limited success.