İbrahim Zengin
İbrahim Zengin (* 1931 in Amasya ; † July 10, 2013 in Turhal , Turkey ) was a Turkish wrestler . He was a silver medalist at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne .
Career
İbrahim Zengin came from Amasya and began there as a teenager with the Turkish national sport of oil wrestling . Later he also turned to the Olympic wrestling and developed into an excellent freestyle wrestler in light and welterweight. National coaches Nuri Boytorun and Yaşar Doğu also played a major role in this .
In 1951 he was used at the World Championships in Helsinki for the first time in an international championship. He wrestled in lightweight, free style and took 3rd place. He was defeated by Garibaldo Nizzola from Italy and Olle Anderberg from Sweden .
For the Olympic Games in 1952, he could not qualify. But he succeeded in 1956. In Melbourne he started in the welterweight division and won the silver medal there. In the final he was defeated on points by Mitsuo Ikeda from Japan .
In view of the extremely strong competition and the broad top class that existed in Turkey in the 1950s, Zengin did not come to any further appearances at international championships. In the late 1950s he ended his active wrestling career and became a trainer in Tokat .
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, F = Freestyle, Le = Lightweight, We = Welterweight, Mi = Middleweight, back then up to 67 kg, 73 kg or 79 kg body weight)
- 1951, 3rd place , World Championship in Helsinki , F, Le, with victories over Egil Solsvik, Norway , Daniel Gillieron, Switzerland and Sulo Leppänen, Finland and defeats against Garibaldo Nizzola , Italy and Olle Anderberg , Sweden ;
- 1956, silver medal , OS in Melbourne , F, We, with victories over Ernst Wandaller , Austria , Noel Granger , Australia , William Fischer , USA and Wachtang Balawadze , Soviet Union and one defeat against Mitsuo Ikeda , Japan ;
- 1957, 1st place , "Adria" Cup in Opatija , F, Wed, ahead of Körbl, Hungary and Sidorowics, Poland
International battles
- 1953, Sweden against Turkey , F, We, points victory over Per Berlin ,
- 1954, Switzerland against Turkey, F, We, victory over Reinhold Bettschen,
- 1954, Switzerland against Turkey, F, Wed, points victory over Felix Neuhaus,
- 1956, Hungary against Turkey, F, We, victory over Laszlo
swell
- Various issues of the specialist magazine " Athletik " from 1951 to 1957
- Documentation of FILA's International Wrestling Championships, 1976
Web links
- Profile of İbrahim Zengin at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- İbrahim Zengin in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Milliyet: Eski Milli güreşçi hayatını kaybetti. July 10, 2013, accessed February 14, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zengin, İbrahim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amasya |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 2013 |
| Place of death | Turhal , Turkey |