Huseyin Ozkan

Hüseyin Özkan

Personal information
Birth name	Huseyn Bisultanov
Nationality	Turkish
Born	(1972-01-20) January 20, 1972 (age 45) Chechnya, USSR
Sport
Sport	Judo
Event(s)	Half lightweight
Club	İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.
Medal record Men's Judo Representing  Russia European Championships 1993 Athens -60 kg Representing  Turkey Summer Olympics 2000 Sydney -66 kg World Championships 1999 Birmingham -66 kg European Championships 1997 Ostende -65 kg 1999 Bratislava -66 kg 2003 Düsseldorf -66 kg Mediterranean Games 1997 Bari -66 kg

Hüseyin Özkan, née Huseyn Bisultanov (born January 20, 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 (60–66 kg) 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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