Hasan Güngör

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Medal record
Men's Freestyle Wrestling


Olympic Games
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, U.S. Middleweight
Silver 1966 Toledo, Ohio, U.S. 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.

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