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Mithat Bayrak (3 March 1929 – 20 April 2014) was a Turkish sports wrestler and trainer, who won two consecutive gold medals in the Welterweight class of Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling at the 1956 Olympics and 1960 Olympics.

Mithat Bayrak

Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
	1960 Rome, Italy	73 kg
	1956 Melbourne, Australia	73 kg
World Cup
	1956 Istanbul	73 kg
Mediterranean Games
	1959 Beirut	78 kg
Balkan Championships
	1959 Istanbul	73 kg
Tournaments
	1959 Savona	78 kg
	1959 Split	73 kg

Born on 3 March 1929 in Adapazarı of Sakarya Province, he began 1948 the wrestling sport in Sakarya Güneş Spor club. Following his admission to the national team, he was trained by the renowned wrestlers Gazanfer Bilge, Mehmet Oktav, Hüseyin Erkmen and Celal Atik. Mithat Bayrak won the gold medal twice for Turkey at the Olympic Games.

He ceased his international career after the 1960 Olympics and emigrated to Germany, where he joined the wrestling sports club KSV Witten 07. There, he wrestled almost 20 years more and served later also as trainer.

After the end of his career, he ran a restaurant in Witten, Germany.

Achievements

• 1955 Mediterranean Games in Barcelona, Spain - 4th (Greco-Roman Welterweight)
• 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia - gold (Greco-Roman Welterweight)
• 1958 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary - 10th (Greco-Roman Middleweight)
• 1959 Wrestling Tournament in Savona, Italy - gold (Greco-Roman Middleweight)
• 1959, Wrestling Tournament in Split, Yugoslavia - silver (Greco-Roman Welterweight)
• 1959 Mediterranean Games in Beirut, Lebanon - silver (Greco-Roman Welterweight)
• 1959 Balkan Wrestling Championships in Istanbul, Turkey - silver (Greco-Roman Middleweight)
• 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy - gold (Greco-Roman Welterweight)

External links

• Olympics Database
• Who is who (in Turkish)

На других языках

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- [en] Mithat Bayrak

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[fr] Mithat Bayrak

Mithat Bayrak (né le 3 mars 1929 et mort le 20 avril 2014[1]) est un lutteur turc spécialiste de la lutte gréco-romaine. Il commence sa carrière en 1948 et participe à deux reprises aux Jeux olympiques (1956 et 1960). Lors de ses deux participations, il combat dans la catégorie des poids mi-moyens et remporte, les deux fois, le titre olympique[2].

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[it] Mithat Bayrak

Mithat Bayrak (Adapazarı, 3 marzo 1929 – Dortmund, 20 aprile 2014) è stato un lottatore turco, specializzato nella lotta greco-romana. Ha rappresentato la Turchia alle olimpiadi di Melbourne 1956, Roma 1960 e Tokyo 1964, nella categoria pesi welter, vincendo due medaglie d'oro.

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[ru] Байрак, Митхат

Митхат Байрак (тур. Mithat Bayrak, 3 марта 1929, Адапазары ила Сакарья, Турция — 20 апреля 2014) — турецкий борец, двукратный чемпион Олимпийских игр.

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