Ahmet Bilek
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Men's freestyle wrestling | ||
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Olympic Games ![]() | ||
![]() | 1960 Rome | 52 kg |
World Championships | ||
![]() | Tehran | 52 kg |
Balkan Championships | ||
![]() | 1960 Burgas | 52 kg |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Men's Greco-Roman wrestling | ||
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World Championships | ||
![]() | 1953 Napoli | 52 kg |
Mediterranean Games | ||
![]() | 1955 Barcelona | 52 kg |
Ahmet Bilek (15 March 1932 in Kula, Manisa, Turkey – 4 October 1970 in Saarbrücken, Germany)[1] was a Turkish Olympic champion sports wrestler in the flyweight class (52 kg) and a trainer. He won the gold medal in men's freestyle wrestling at the 1960 Olympics.
He was born in 1932 in the western Turkish town of Kula in Manisa Province.
After his successful participation at the Olympics in Rome, Ahmet Bilek emigrated to Germany following his teammates Mithat Bayrak and Müzahir Sille. He continued his sports career in the wrestling club KSV Köllerbach in Püttlingen, a small town near Saarbrücken and became German champion in 1966 and 1968.[2]
Ahmet Bilek committed suicide in 1970 in Germany.[3]
He was married to Ayten and had a son Ali and a daughter Sevil.[4]
Achievements
- 1953 World Wrestling Championships in Naples, Italy - silver (Greco-Roman Flyweight)
- 1955 Mediterranean Games in Barcelona, Spain - gold (Greco-Roman Flyweight)
- 1959 World Wrestling Championships in Tehran, Iran - silver (Freestyle Flyweight)
- 1960 Balkan Wrestling Championships in Burgas, Bulgaria - silver (Freestyle Flyweight)
- 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy - gold (Freestyle Flyweight)
References
- ^ "Ahmet Bilek". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ KSV Witten Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
- ^ Newspaper Yeni Şafak, December 27, 2001 Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
- ^ Budget and Financial Control Directoriate of Turkish Government Archived 2007-02-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
External links
- Ahmet Bilek at the International Wrestling Database
- Ahmet Bilek at Olympedia
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![Gold](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Gold_medal.svg/16px-Gold_medal.svg.png)
- 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
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- 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 (2 titles)
- Eray Şamdan
- Şevval İlayda Tarhan
- Yusuf Dikeç
- Hatice Akbaş
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- 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 (2 titles)
- Ali Sofuoğlu
- Merve Çoban
- Uğur Aktaş
- Abdullah Yıldırmış
- Mete Gazoz
- Ulaş Tümer
- Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu
- Esra Yıldız
- Nafia Kuş
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