Tevfik Kış
Olympic athlete
1934 –
Who is Tevfik Kış?
Tevfik Kış is a former Turkish European, World and Olympic champion sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1960 Olympics.
Born 1934 in Pelitçik village of Kargı district in the Çorum Province, he began 1956 wrestling. Competing in Greco-Roman style, Tevfik Kış became gold medalist in wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He won later World and European championships. After his unsuccessful participation at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he retired from the active sports and served then as trainer of his country's national team. Tevfik Kış is a co-founder of the Turkish Wrestling Foundation and is active on its board.
He is married with two children and lives in Ankara running a restaurant.
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