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Yaşar Erkan (30 April 1911 in Erzincan – 18 May 1986) was a Turkish sports wrestler, who won the first ever Olympic gold medal for Turkey in the Featherweight class of Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling.

Yaşar Erkan

Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
	1936 Berlin	61 kg
Balkan Championships
	1933 Istanbul	61 kg
	1934 Istanbul	61 kg
	1935 Istanbul	61 kg
	1937 İzmir	61 kg

Son of a wrestler for yağlı güreş (oil wrestling), he moved with his family from their village İspidi in the Refahiye district of Erzincan Province to Istanbul at 4 years of age. In 1933, he was admitted to the national team and won the Balkan Championship the same year. Yaşar Erkan repeated his title wins in the following two years 1934 and 1935. In 1936, he became the first ever Turkish sportsman to win a gold medal at the Olympics. Before retiring in 1940, he won the Balkan Championship once again in 1937 in İzmir.

References

• Olympics Database
• Who is who (in Turkish)
• Wrestling (in Turkish)

На других языках

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- [en] Yaşar Erkan

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[fr] Yaşar Erkan

Yaşar Erkan, né le 30 avril 1911 ou en 1912 à Erzincan (Empire ottoman) et mort le 18 mai 1986 à Istanbul (Turquie), est un lutteur turc. Il a remporté la première médaille d'or olympique obtenue par son pays.

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[it] Yaşar Erkan

Yaşar Erkan (Erzincan, 30 aprile 1911 – Istanbul, 18 maggio 1986) è stato un lottatore turco, specializzato nella lotta greco-romana.

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[ru] Эркан, Яшар

Яшар Эркан (тур. Yaşar Erkan, 30 апреля 1911 (1911-04-30), деревня Испиди, район Рефахие, провинция Эрзинджан, Османская империя — 18 мая 1986, Измир, Турция) — турецкий борец греко-римского и вольного стилей, олимпийский чемпион 1936 года по греко-римской борьбе в категории до 61 кг, 4-кратный победитель Балканских игр.

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