Kenan Şimşek
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Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1968-01-01) January 1, 1968 (age 56) Ordu, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 1984- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Light Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Muhammed Oruç | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kenan Şimşek (born 1968 in Ordu, Turkey) is a former Turkish Olympian wrestler competing in the 90 kg division of freestyle. He was a member of the club Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK.
Born 1968 in Ordu, northern Turkey, Kenan Şimşek began his wrestling career at Samsun in 1984.[1]
Achievements
He was Olympic silver medalist in Freestyle wrestling in 1992. He placed sixth at the 1990 and 1991 World Wrestling Championships.[2]
Şimşek is the holder of three bronze medals won at the European Wrestling Championships in Poznań, Poland (1990), Kaposvar, Hungary (1992) and Istanbul, Turkey (1993).[3]
He captured the gold medal at the 1991 Mediterranean Games held in Athens, Greece.[3]
Oil wrestling
Kenan Şimşek performed also Turkish traditional sport of oil wrestling (Turkish: yağlı güreş). He participated at the prestigious Kırkpınar oil wrestling competitions held every year in Edirne.
After three times becoming the third ranked in 1996, 1998 and 2001, he won the "Başpehlivan" (literally: Master wrestler) title at the 642th edition of Kırkpınar in 2003.[4][5] In 2005, he became again "Başpehlivan" at the 5th Golden Hazelnut Festival held in Çatalpınar, Ordu.[6]
He repeated his "Master wrestler" title gain at the 16th Kumru Düzova Oil Wrestling Competition at his hometown in 2008, which he had won already in 2001.[7][8]
In 2010, Şimşek took the "Başpehlivan" title of the Hıdırellez Festival held in Sakarlı village of Terme in Samsun.[9]
References
- ^ "İşte Ordu´nun Yetiştirdiği Önemli Ünlüler". Ordu Gündemi (in Turkish). 2011-07-09. Archived from the original on 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ^ "Kenan Şimşek". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Simsek, Kenan (TUR)". FILA Official. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ^ "Şampiyonlar" (in Turkish). Yağlı Güreş. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ^ Severn, Michael (2003-07-01). "Kenan Simsek is new champ". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ^ "Başpehlivan Şimşek oldu". Kenthaber (in Turkish). 2005-09-26. Archived from the original on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ^ "Kenan ŞİMŞEK Başpehlivan". Haber Ordu (in Turkish). 2008-06-23. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ^ "Düzoba yaylası şenlikleri..." Portta Kal (in Turkish). 2001-07-30. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ^ "Sakarlı'da başpehlivan Kenan Şimşek". Kent Haber (in Turkish). 2010-05-09. Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
External links
- Kenan Şimşek at the International Wrestling Database
- Kenan Şimşek at Olympedia
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