Mithat Bayrak

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Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Olympic Games
Gold	1956 Melbourne, Australia	Welterweight
Gold	1960 Rome, Italy	Welterweight
Mediterranean Games
Silver	1959 Beirut, Lebanon	Welterweight
Balkan Championships
Silver	1959 Istanbul, Turkey	Middleweight
Tournaments
Gold	1959 Savona, Italy	Middleweight
Silver	1959 Split, Yugoslavia	Welterweight

Mithat Bayrak (March 3, 1929, Adapazarı), is a former Turkish sports wrestler and trainer, who won two gold medals in the Welterweight class of Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling at the 1956 Olympics and 1960 Olympics.

Born on March 3, 1929 in Adapazarı of Sakarya Province, he began 1948 the wrestling sport in Sakarya Güneş Spor club. Following his admission to the national team, he was trained by the renowned wrestlers Gazanfer Bilge, Mehmet Oktav, Hüseyin Erkmen and Celal Atik. Mithat Bayrak won the gold medal twice for Turkey at the Olympic Games.

He ceased his international career after the 1960 Olympics and emigrated to Germany, where he joined the wrestling sports club KSV Witten 07. There, he wrestled almost 20 years more and served later also as trainer.

Currently, he runs a restaurant in Witten, Germany.

[edit] Achievements

1955 Mediterranean Games in Barcelona, Spain - 4th (Greco-Roman Welterweight)
1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia - gold (Greco-Roman Welterweight)
1958 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary - 10th (Greco-Roman Middleweight)
1959 Wrestling Tournament in Savona, Italy - gold (Greco-Roman Middleweight)
1959, Wrestling Tournament in Split, Yugoslavia - silver (Greco-Roman Welterweight)
1959 Mediterranean Games in Beirut, Lebanon - silver (Greco-Roman Welterweight)
1959 Balkan Wrestling Championships in Istanbul, Turkey - silver (Greco-Roman Middleweight)
1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy - gold (Greco-Roman Welterweight)