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Mahmut Demir

Mahmut Demir
Personal information
Born 21 January 1970
Medal record
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta 130 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Istanbul, Turkey 130 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Katowice, Poland 115 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Poznań, Poland 100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Stuttgart, Germany 130 kg
Silver medal – second place 1992 Kaposvár, Hungary 130 kg
Gold medal – first place 1993 Istanbul, Turkey 130 kg
Silver medal – second place 1994 Rome, Italy 130 kg
Gold medal – first place 1995 Fribourg, Switzerland 130 kg
Gold medal – first place 1996 Budapest, Hungary 130 kg
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Toledo, Oh, United States 130 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Chattanooga, Tn, United States 130 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1991 Athens, Greece 130 kg
World Escoir Championships
Silver medal – second place 1989 Ulan Bator, Mongolia 100 kg
European Escoir Championships
Gold medal – first place 1990 ?, Finland 100 kg
European Juniors Championships
Silver medal – second place 1988 Constanţa, Romania 100 kg
Balkan Juniors Championships
Silver medal – second place 1986 Sombor, Yugoslavia 130 kg
Silver medal – second place 1987 Thessaloniki, Greece 130 kg
Gold medal – first place 1990 Sakarya, Turkey 100 kg

Mahmut Demir (21 January 1970 in Amasya, Turkey), is a former Turkish Olympic medalist, World and European champion sports wrestler in the Super heavyweight class (>100 kg). He won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Men's Freestyle wrestling.

He was born on 21 January 1970 in Suluova district of Amasya Province in northern Turkey. Mahmut Demir began wrestling in 1984. Already in 1986, he gained his first medal at the Balkan Juniors Championships in Yugoslavia. During his wrestling career, he won several medals at international competitions, besides his World and European champion titles. At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Mahmut Demir earned the gold medal defeating Aleksei Medvedev from Belarus, the son of the legendary Olympic champion Alexander Medved in the final match.

Mahmut Demir retired from the active sports in 1997. He is married and has with two children.

A sports hall in his hometown Suluova is named after him, where the 2006 European Champion Clubs Freestyle Wrestling Cup was held. He is the honorary president of Amasya Şekerspor Kulübü, a club dedicated to wrestling sports in his hometown.



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