Yasar Dogu

Yaşar Doğu (* 1913 in Samsun ; † January 8, 1961 in Ankara ) was a Turkish wrestler . He was European and world champion several times.

At the Olympic Games in London in 1948 he was Olympic champion for Turkey.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, F = Freestyle, GR = Greco-Roman Style, L = Lightweight, W = Welterweight, M = Middleweight, Hs = Light Heavyweight)

• 1939, 2nd place, EM in Oslo , GR, L, behind Gösta Andersson , Sweden and in front of Lauri Koskela , Finland ;
• 1946, 1st place, EM in Stockholm , F, W, ahead of Kálmán Sóvári , Hungary and Karl Schaad , Switzerland ;
• 1947, 1st place, EM in Prague , G, W, ahead of Gösta Andersson , Sweden and Nikolai Koscharski , USSR ;
• 1948, gold medal, OS in London , F, W, ahead of Richard Garrard , Australia and Leland Merrill , USA ;
• 1949, 1st place, EM in Istanbul , F, M, ahead of Axel Grönberg , Sweden and Mohamed Moussa , Egypt ;
• 1951, 1st place, World Championship in Helsinki , F, Hs, in front of Viking Palm , Sweden and Max Leichter , Germany

Web links

• Profile of Yaşar Doğu at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Yaşar Doğu in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )