İsmet Atlı

İsmet Atlı
Medal record
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
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Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome 87 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1957 Istanbul 87 kg
Silver medal – second place 1954 Tokyo 79 kg
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1956 Istanbul 79 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1951 Alexandria, Egypt 87 kg
Olympic medal record
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1962 Toledo 97 kg

İsmet Atlı (1931 – 4 April 2014) was a Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Freestyle wrestling at the 1960 Olympics.

He was born 1931 in Çukurören village of Kozan district in Adana Province of southern Turkey. He began wrestling in 1950 and was trained by the renowned wrestlers Celal Atik and Yaşar Doğu.

İsmet Atlı competed at several international wrestling events successfully in both wrestling styles and participated at three consecutive Olympic Games in 1952, 1956 and 1960.

After his retirement from the active sports in 1962, İsmet Atlı acted as a trainer. He also worked as a sports journalist.

Achievements



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