Kenan Şimşek
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| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 1, 1968 Ordu, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1984- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Light Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Muhammed Oruç | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kenan Şimşek (born 1968 in Ordu, Turkey) was a Turkish Olympian wrestler competing in the 90 kg division of freestyle. He was a member of the club Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK.
Born 1968 in Ordu, northern Turkey, Kenan Şimşek began his wrestling career at Samsun in 1984.[1]
Achievements
He was Olympic silver medalist in Freestyle wrestling in 1992. He placed sixth at the 1990 and 1991 World Wrestling Championships.[2]
Şimşek is the holder of three bronze medals won at the European Wrestling Championships in Poznań, Poland (1990), Kaposvar, Hungary (1992) and Istanbul, Turkey (1993).[3]
He captured the gold medal at the 1991 Mediterranean Games held in Athens, Greece.[3]
Oil wrestling
Kenan Şimşek performed also Turkish traditional sport of oil wrestling (Template:Lang-tr). He participated at the prestigious Kırkpınar oil wrestling competitions held every year in Edirne.
After three times becoming the third ranked in 1996, 1998 and 2001, he won the "Başpehlivan" (literally: Master wrestler) title at the 642th edition of Kırkpınar in 2003.[4][5] In 2005, he became again "Başpehlivan" at the 5th Golden Hazelnut Festival held in Çatalpınar, Ordu.[6]
He repeated his "Master wrestler" title gain at the 16th Kumru Düzova Oil Wrestling Competition at his hometown in 2008, which he had won already in 2001.[7][8]
In 2010, Şimşek took the "Başpehlivan" title of the Hıdırellez Festival held in Sakarlı village of Terme in Samsun.[9]
References
- ^ "İşte Ordu´nun Yetiştirdiği Önemli Ünlüler". Ordu Gündemi (in Turkish). 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ^ "Kenan Şimşek". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Simsek, Kenan (TUR)". FILA Official. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ^ "Şampiyonlar" (in Turkish). Yağlı Güreş. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ^ Severn, Michael (2003-07-01). "Kenan Simsek is new champ". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ^ "Başpehlivan Şimşek oldu". Kenthaber (in Turkish). 2005-09-26. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ^ "Kenan ŞİMŞEK Başpehlivan". Haber Ordu (in Turkish). 2008-06-23. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ^ "Düzoba yaylası şenlikleri..." Portta Kal (in Turkish). 2001-07-30. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
- ^ "Sakarlı'da başpehlivan Kenan Şimşek". Kent Haber (in Turkish). 2010-05-09. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
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- 1968 births
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