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TURKISH SPORT HEROES

TURKISH SPORT HEROES.

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TURKISH SPORT HEROES

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  1. TURKISH SPORT HEROES

  2. Turkey has many sport heroes in various sport branches. They were very successful in their sport career. Some of them retired, and some of them goes on adding successes to their career. By winning many medals and cups in the olympics and in some other international tournaments, they made Turkish people happy and proud. Here we want to introduce 7 of them. It wasn’t easy to eleminate them into 7. We tried to select them in various branches. Let’s take a look..

  3. NAİM SÜLEYMANOĞLU weightlifting

  4. Naim Süleymanoğlu (bornJanuary 23, 1967 in Bulgaria), formerlyknown as Naim Suleimanov, is a TurkishWorldandOlympicChampion in weightlifting. He wonthreeOlympicChampionships, seven WorldChampionshipsandsixEuropeanChampionshipsandearned 46 worldrecords.

  5. He was nicknamed "The Pocket Hercules" due to his small stature (1.47 meters). He is the second of only seven lifters to lift three times their bodyweight. Süleymanoğluset his first world record at the age 16.

  6. HALİL MUTLU weightlifting

  7. HalilMutlu(born in 1973 in Bulgaria) is a TurkishWorld and OlympicChampion in weightlifting. He is one of only four weightlifters to have won three consecutive gold medals at Olympic Games. He won five World Championships, nine European Championships and broke more than 20 world records at 52 kg (115 lb), 54 kg (119 lb) and 56 kg (123 lb) combined.

  8. Only 1.50 meters tall, Mutlu followed in the footsteps of his compatriot weightlifter NainSüleymanoğlu. Like his idol, Mutlu grew up a member of theTurkishminority in Bulgaria, profited from excellent coaching there and then moved to Turkey, where he took a new name ("Mutlu" means happy in Turkish). Arriving at the age of 16, he soon began setting records and winning titles for his new country.

  9. HİDAYET TÜRKOĞLU basketball

  10. Hidayet "Hedo" Türkoğluborn in 1979 in Turkey) is a Turkish professional basketballplayer in the NBA currently playing for the PhoenixSuns. He plays the smallforwardposition, although he has played four positions in his career. He possesses above-average ballhandling and playmaking skills for a forward, and is sometimes used in a pointforwardrole.

  11. METİN OKTAY football

  12. MetinOktay(in1936 in İzmir, Turkey) nicknamed the Uncrowned King (TaçsızKral) by Galatasaray fans, was a legendary Turkish footballer, one of the most successful goalscorers in Turkey.He was the most crowned (six times) top goalscorer in Turkish League and set a record with 217 goals in total.

  13. SEMİH SAYGINER billards

  14. Semih Saygınernicknamed Mr. Magic and the Turkish Prince, is a Turkish professional billards player. He won the 1999 CEB Eruropianthree-cushionchampionshipby defeating Dion Nelin He nearly won it again the next year but lost to DanielSanchez. He was the first from his country to win that tournament.

  15. In 2003, Saygıner won the UMB World Three-cushion. He's the only Turk ever to win it. That same year, he won the last World Three-cushion Championship Saygıner shares the world record for the highest run in three-cushion billiards, of 31, withColombianHugo Patino.

  16. HAMZA YERLİKAYA wrestling

  17. HamzaYerlikaya (born in1976) is a TurkishGraeco-Roman style wrestler. He is a two-time (in 1996 and 2000) Olympic champion, three-time Worldchampion(1993, 1995, and 2005), and the only Turkish wrestler to ever become European champion eight times. He was named The Wrestler of the century in 1996 by FILA.

  18. KENAN SOFUOĞLU motorcycling

  19. KenanSofuoğlu (born in 1983, in Adapazarı) is a Turkishprofessional motorcycleracer. He currently competes in theSupersportWorldChampionshipfor the Ten Kate, Honda. He won thistitlefor them in 2007.He raced in the World Superbike Championship for Ten Kate in 2008, but with limited success.

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