Tevfik Kış

Tevfik Kış (10 August 1934 – 4 September 2019[1]) was a Turkish European, World and Olympic champion sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class (87 kg) and a trainer. He won the gold medal in men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1960 Olympics.

Tevfik Kış
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1960 Rome 87 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1966 Toledo87 kg
Gold medal – first place1963 Helsingborg87 kg
Gold medal – first place1962 Toledo87 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1966 Essen87 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place1959 Beirut97 kg
Balkan Championships
Silver medal – second place1959 Istanbul97 kg

Born 1934 in the village of Pelitçik in the Kargı district in the Çorum Province, he began wrestling in 1956. Competing in Greco-Roman style, Kış became a 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. Kış was a co-founder of the Turkish Wrestling Foundation and was active on its board.

He was married with two children and lived in Ankara running a restaurant.

Achievements

References
  1. "Turkish wrestling legend dies at age of 85 – ItzaGoal365 Space Discussions – Latest Football News, Transfers and Rumours". itzagoal365.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019.


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