Yaşar Yılmaz

Yaşar Yılmaz
Personal information
Born Rize, Turkey
Sport
Country Turkey
Sport Olympic wrestling
Event(s) Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Medal record
World Championships
1962 Yokohama Featherweight
1958 Budapest Bantamweight
1955 Karlsruhe Bantamweight

Yaşar Yılmaz is a former Turkish Olympian sports wrestler in the Bantamweight and Featherweight division of Men's Greco-Roman style. He won three times the silver medal at the FILA Wrestling World Championships in 1955, 1958 and 1962.[1][2] He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and placed fifth.[3]


References

  1. ↑ "Grekoromenciler mindere çıkıyor". NTV MSNBC (in Turkish). 2002-09-19. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
  2. ↑ "Gurur Tablomuz - Dünya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Güreş Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
  3. ↑ "Modern Olimpiyatlar ve Türkisye" (in Turkish). Spor Bilim. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
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