Hüseyin Özkan
Olympic athlete
1972 –
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Who is Hüseyin Özkan?
Hüseyin Özkan, née Huseyn Bisultanov, is a Turkish judoka. At the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia, he won the gold medal in the men's Half Lightweight category. He became so the first sportsman to win an Olympics gold medal for Turkey in judo. He is member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K..
He was born in Chechnya, in the northern Caucasus of the former USSR, and grew up with his 9 siblings. He began judo in his hometown and continued in Turkey, where he moved at the age of 20.
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- Born
- Jan 20, 1972
Chechnya - Also known as
- Huseyin Ozkan
- Nationality
- Turkey
- Lived in
- Chechnya
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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