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Türgüt Aykaç (born January 1, 1958 in Adana) is a former boxer from Turkey. At the 1984 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the men's featherweight division (– 57 kg), alongside with Omar Catari of Venezuela. In the semifinals he was defeated by eventual silver medalist Peter Konyegwachie of Nigeria.
He began boxing 1975 in Adanaspor and fought 27 times in the national team.[1] He was one of the three Turkish boxers along with Eyüp Can and Malik Beyleroğlu, who won the first Olympics medals in boxing for Turkey.
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- ^ Newspaper Zaman February 23, 2002 (Turkish)
