Hüseyin Özkan, née Huseyn Delimbekovich Bisultanov (born 20 January 1972), is a Turkish judoka. At the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia, he won the gold medal in the men's Half Lightweight (–66 kg) category.[1] He became the first judoka to win an Olympics gold medal for Turkey. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.[2]
He was born in Chechnya, in the North Caucasus of the former USSR, and grew up with his 9 siblings. He began judo in his hometown and continued in Turkey, where he moved at the age of 20.
Achievements
- 1993 European Judo Championships -
Silver - 1997 European Judo Championships -
Gold - 1997 Mediterranean Games - Gold
- 1999 European Judo Championships -
Bronze - 1999 World Judo Championships - Silver
- 2000 Summer Olympics - Gold
- 2002 European Judo Championships - 7th
- 2003 European Judo Championships - Bronze
- 2003 World Judo Championships - 7th
- 2005 European Judo Championships - 7th
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hüseyin Özkan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "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.
External links
- Hüseyin Özkan at the International Judo Federation
- Hüseyin Özkan at JudoInside.com
- Hüseyin Özkan at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Hüseyin Özkan at Olympics.com
- Hüseyin Özkan at Olympedia
- Hüseyin Özkan at The-Sports.org
- Hüseyin Özkan at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Newspaper Milliyet (in Turkish)
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