Hüseyin Özkan

Hüseyin Özkan

Personal information
Birth name	Huseyn Bisultanov
Nationality	Turkish
Born	January 20, 1972 Chechnya, USSR
Sport
Sport	Judo
Event(s)	Half lightweight
Club	İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.
Medal record Men's Judo Competitor for  Russia European Championships 1993 Athens -60 kg Competitor for  Turkey Summer Olympics 2000 Sydney -66 kg World Championships 1999 Birmingham -66 kg European Championships 1997 Ostende -65 kg 1999 Bratislava -66 kg 2003 Düsseldorf -66 kg Mediterranean Games 1997 Bari -66 kg

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 northern 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.

Achievements

• 1993 European Judo Championships -  Silver
• 1997 European Judo Championships -  Gold
• 1997 Mediterranean Games -  Gold
• 1999 European Judo Championships -  Bronze
• 1999 World Judo Championships -  Silver
• 2000 Summer Olympics -  Gold
• 2002 European Judo Championships - 7th
• 2003 European Judo Championships -  Bronze
• 2003 World Judo Championships - 7th
• 2005 European Judo Championships - 7th

References

1. "Olimpiyatlar ve İstanbul BB" (in Turkish). İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2012-04-08.

• Olympics Database
• Newspaper Milliyet (Turkish)