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| Full name | Yaşar Doğu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Yaşar Doğu (1913-01-01)1 January 1913 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 January 1961(1961-01-08) (aged 48) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle,Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Faik Dura | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yaşar Doğu (1913 – 8 January 1961) was a Turkish wrestler. He competed infreestyle andGreco-Roman wrestling, winning gold at the Olympic, world, and European championships.[1][2]
He was born in the village Karlı ofKavak district inSamsun province to a family ofCircassian origin.[3][2][4] He began wrestling at his age of 15 inyağlı güreş (oil wrestling) and continued in this folk sport until he entered military service. His sports wrestling career started 1936 inAnkara as he was discovered by the wrestlerCelal Atik.[5]
Yaşar Doğu was admitted to the national team in 1939. He participated at the European Championships held that year inOslo, Norway and became silver medalist in the Greco-Roman style. He became Balkan, European and World champion besides Olympic gold medalist. Yaşar Doğu wrestled 47 times in the national team between 1939 and 1951, of which only one he lost. 33 of his matches he won bynear-fall. All his 46 winning matches lasted 372 minutes in total, whereas the normal duration should be 690 minutes. After retiring from the active sports, he served as the trainer of the national team.[6]
He married Hayriye on 15 October 1937. Yaşar Doğu gave the name Gazanfer to one of his sons in admiration to his teammateGazanfer Bilge. His son Gazanfer Doğu was educated in the US, and became a lecturer of physical education and sports atAbant Izzet Baysal University inBolu.[5]
Yaşar Doğu suffered a heart attack during the 1955 championships held in Sweden, where he was the trainer of Turkey's wrestling team. He died on 8 January 1961 inAnkara following a second heart attack.[7]
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