Mehmet Özal
Turkish wrestler (born 1978)
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Mehmet Özal (born 31 October 1978 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish wrestler in Greco-Roman style. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.[1][2]
He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 96 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.[3]
At the World Championships he has won a bronze and a gold medal, in 2001 and 2002, respectively. He also won a bronze medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games.[citation needed]
Achievements
- 1998 World University Championships in Ankara, Turkey - bronze (97 kg)
- 2000 European Championships in Moscow, Russia - bronze (97 kg)
- 2000 World Military Championships in Camp Lejeune, NC, U.S. - gold (97 kg)
- 2000 World University Championships in Tokyo, Japan - bronze (97 kg)
- 2001 European Championships in Istanbul, Turkey - 5th (97 kg)
- 2001 World Cup in Levallois-Perret, Paris, France - 4th (97 kg)
- 2001 World Championships in Patras, Greece - bronze (97 kg)
- 2002 European Championships in Seinäjoki, Finland - 14th (96 kg)
- 2002 World Championships in Moscow, Russia - gold (96 kg)
- 2003 European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia - 9th (96 kg)
- 2003 World Championships in Créteil, Paris, France - 14th (96 kg)
- 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece - bronze (96 kg)
- 2004 European Championships in Haparanda, Finland - 6th (96 kg)
- 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almeria, Spain - bronze (96 kg)
- 2007 Military Olympics in Hyderabad, India - gold (96 kg)
References
- ^ "Olimpiyatlar ve İstanbul BB" (in Turkish). İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. 20 February 2012. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ "Doç.Dr.Mehmet ÖZAL | Güreşiyorum".
- ^ "International Wrestling Database".
External links
- Mehmet Özal at the International Wrestling Database
- Mehmet Özal at Olympedia
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Olympic medalists for Turkey
Gold medalists- Yaşar Erkan
- Nasuh Akar
- Gazanfer Bilge
- Celal Atik
- Yaşar Doğu
- Ahmet Kireççi
- Mehmet Oktav
- Hasan Gemici
- Bayram Şit
- Mithat Bayrak (2 titles)
- Mustafa Dağıstanlı (2 titles)
- Hamit Kaplan
- Müzahir Sille
- Tevfik Kış
- Ahmet Bilek
- Hasan Güngör
- İsmet Atlı
- Kazım Ayvaz
- İsmail Ogan
- Mahmut Atalay
- Ahmet Ayık
- Naim Süleymanoğlu (3 titles)
- Halil Mutlu (3 titles)
- Akif Pirim
- Hamza Yerlikaya (2 titles)
- Mahmut Demir
- Hüseyin Özkan
- Nurcan Taylan
- Taner Sağır
- Ramazan Şahin
- Servet Tazegül
- Taha Akgül
- Mete Gazoz
- Busenaz Sürmeneli
Silver medalists- Halit Balamir
- Adil Candemir
- Kenan Olcay
- Muhlis Tayfur
- Rıza Doğan
- İbrahim Zengin
- İsmail Ogan
- Hamit Kaplan
- Hüseyin Akbaş
- Hasan Güngör
- Ahmet Ayık
- Vehbi Akdağ
- Necmi Gençalp
- Hakkı Başar
- Kenan Şimşek
- Malik Beyleroğlu
- Şeref Eroğlu
- Bahri Tanrıkulu
- Atagün Yalçınkaya
- Azize Tanrıkulu
- Nur Tatar
- Daniyar Ismayilov
- Rıza Kayaalp
- Selim Yaşar
- Buse Naz Çakıroğlu
- Eray Şamdan
Bronze medalists- Ahmet Kireççi
- Halil Kaya
- Ruhi Sarıalp
- Adil Atan
- Dursun Ali Eğribaş
- Hüseyin Akbaş
- Hamit Kaplan
- Eyüp Can
- Turgut Aykaç
- Ayhan Taşkın
- Ali Kayalı
- Akif Pirim
- Hamide Bıkçın
- Adem Bereket
- Sedat Artuç
- Reyhan Arabacıoğlu
- Mehmet Özal
- Aydın Polatçı
- Yakup Kılıç
- Servet Tazegül
- Nazmi Avluca
- Rıza Kayaalp (2 titles)
- Yasmani Copello
- Cenk İldem
- Soner Demirtaş
- Nur Tatar
- Hakan Reçber
- Hatice Kübra İlgün
- Yasemin Adar
- Ferhat Arıcan
- Taha Akgül
- Ali Sofuoğlu
- Merve Çoban
- Uğur Aktaş
World Champions in Greco-Roman heavyweight (97 kg) | |
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| Preceded by | Flagbearer for Turkey Beijing 2008 | Succeeded by |
