Yaşar Erkan
Olympic athlete
1911 – 1986
Who was Yaşar Erkan?
Yaşar Erkan was a Turkish sports wrestler, who became Olympic gold medalist for Turkey in the Featherweight class of Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling.
Son of a renowned wrestler for yağlı güreş, 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.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
- Born
- Apr 30, 1911
Erzincan - Also known as
- Yasar Erkan
- Lived in
- Erzincan
- Died
- May 18, 1986
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Yaşar Erkan." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Apr. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/yasar_erkan>.
Discuss this Yaşar Erkan biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In