Hasan Güngör

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Medal record
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Olympics
Gold 1960 Rome, Italy Middleweight
Silver 1964 Tokyo, Japan Middleweight
World Championships
Bronze 1957 Istanbul, Turkey Middleweight
Bronze 1961 Yokohama, Japan Middleweight
Silver 1962 Toledo, Ohio, USA Middleweight
Silver 1966 Toledo, Ohio, USA Middleweight
European Championships
Gold 1966 Karlsruhe, Germany Middleweight
Mediterranean Games
Gold 1963 Naples, Italy Middleweight
Balkan Championships
Gold 1959 Istanbul, Turkey Middleweight
Silver 1960 Burgas, Bulgaria Middleweight
Silver 1963 Istanbul, Turkey Middleweight
Bronze 1965 Yambol, Bulgaria Middleweight

Hasan Güngör (July 5, 1934, Denizli), is a former Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Middleweight class (79kg until 1961, 87kg from 1961 on) and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Freestyle wrestling at the 1960 Olympics and the silver medal at the 1964 Olympics.

He was born 1934 in Acıpayam, a town in Denizli Province of western Turkey. Besides his medal wins at two Olympics, he wrestled several titles at World, European and Balkan championships and became also European champion in his class. After his retirement from the active sports in 1967, Hasan Güngör served 21 more years as a trainer for the juniors' and seniors' national team.

Hasan Güngör is married and has three children. He lives in Denizli.

[edit] Achievements

  • 1957 World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey - bronze (Middleweight)
  • 1959 Balkan Championships in Istanbul, Turkey - gold (Middleweight)
  • 1960 Balkan Championships in Burgas, Bulgaria - silver (Middleweight)
  • 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy - gold (Middleweight)
  • 1961 World Championships in Yokohama, Japan - bronze (Middleweight)
  • 1962 World Championships in Toledo, Ohio, USA - silver (Middleweight)
  • 1963 Balkan Championships in Istanbul, Turkey - silver (Middleweight)
  • 1963 Mediterranean Games in Naples, Italy - gold (Middleweight)
  • 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan - silver (Middleweight)
  • 1965 Balkan Championships in Yambol, Bulgaria - bronze (Middleweight)
  • 1966 European Championships in Karlsruhe, Germany - gold (Middleweight)
  • 1966 World Championships in Toledo, Ohio, USA - silver (Middleweight)
  • 1967 European Championships in Istanbul, Turkey - 4th (Middleweight)
  • 1967 World Championships in New Delhi, India - 4th (Middleweight)

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