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1960 Rome, Italy | Welterweight |
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1964 Tokyo, Japan | Welterweight
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1957 Istanbul, Turkey | Welterweight |
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1959 Tehran, Iran | Middleweight |
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1963 Sofia, Bulgaria | Welterweight |
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1965 Sofia, Bulgaria | Welterweight
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| World Cup | ||
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1958 Sofia, Bulgaria | Welterweight
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1964 Constanţa, Romania | Welterweight
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1957 Opatija, Yugoslavia | Welterweight |
İsmail Ogan (March 5, 1933, Antalya), is a former Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Welterweight class (73kg until 1961, 78kg from 1961 on) and a trainer. He won the silver medal in Men's Freestyle wrestling at the 1960 Olympics and the gold medal at the 1964 Olympics.
He was born 1933 in Macun, a village in Antalya Province of southern Turkey. İsmail Ogan began wrestling in the traditional Turkish yağlı güreş (oil wrestling) and then switched over to sports wrestling in 1950 after he was discovered by Yaşar Doğu. Soon, he was admitted to the national team and received training by the renowned wrestlers Celal Atik and Yaşar Doğu. Besides his medals at two Olympic Games, İsmail Ogan won several titles at various cups and championships.
He retired from the active sports in 1964 after having represented his country 52 times successfully at international competitons and served then for 10 more years as the regional trainer .
İsmail Ogan is married and has two children. He lives in Antalya.
Achievements
- 1957 Adriatic Cup Opatija, Yugoslavia - gold (Welterweight)
- 1957 World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey - silver (Welterweight)
- 1958 World Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria - gold (Welterweight)
- 1959 World Championships in Tehran, Iran - bronze (Middleweight)
- 1960 Olympics in Rome, Italy - silver (Welterweight)
- 1961 World Championships in Yokohama, Japan - 4th (Middleweight)
- 1962 World Championships in Toledo, Ohio, USA - 10th (Welterweight)
- 1963 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria - bronze (Welterweight)
- 1964 Balkan Championships in Constanţa, Romania - gold (Welterweight)
- 1965 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria - bronze (Welterweight)
- 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan - gold (Welterweight)
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