Hüseyin Özkan
Appearance
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Birth name | Huseyn Bisultanov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Argun, Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, RSFSR, USSR | 20 January 1972||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | –60 kg, –66 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 31 May 2023 |
Hüseyin Özkan, née Huseyn Delimbekovich Bisultanov (born 20 January 1972), is a Turkish judoka. At the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia, he won the gold medal in the men's Half Lightweight (–66 kg) category.[1] He became the first judoka to win an Olympics gold medal for Turkey. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.[2]
He was born in Chechnya, in the North 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.
Achievements
[edit]- 1993 European Judo Championships -
Silver
- 1997 European Judo Championships -
Gold
- 1997 Mediterranean Games -
Gold
- 1999 European Judo Championships -
Bronze
- 1999 World Judo Championships -
Silver
- 2000 Summer Olympics -
Gold
- 2002 European Judo Championships - 7th
- 2003 European Judo Championships -
Bronze
- 2003 World Judo Championships - 7th
- 2005 European Judo Championships - 7th
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hüseyin Özkan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Olimpiyatlar ve İstanbul BB" (in Turkish). İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. 20 February 2012. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
External links
[edit]- Hüseyin Özkan at the International Judo Federation
- Hüseyin Özkan at JudoInside.com
- Hüseyin Özkan at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Hüseyin Özkan at Olympics.com
- Hüseyin Özkan at Olympedia
- Hüseyin Özkan at The-Sports.org
- Hüseyin Özkan at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Newspaper Milliyet (in Turkish)
Categories:
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Naturalized citizens of Turkey
- Turkish people of Chechen descent
- Turkish male judoka
- Olympic judoka for Turkey
- Olympic gold medalists for Turkey
- Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Chechen martial artists
- European champions for Turkey
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey
- Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in judo
- People from Argun, Chechen Republic
- European judo biography stubs
- Turkish martial arts biography stubs
- Turkish Olympic medalist stubs