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Biography
Tevfik Kış (born 10 August 1934 in Kargı, Çorum Province) is a former Turkish European, World and Olympic champion sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class (87 kg) and a trainer. He won the gold medal in men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1960 Olympics.
Born 1934 in Pelitçik village of Kargı district in the Çorum Province, he began 1956 wrestling. Competing in Greco-Roman style, Tevfik Kış became gold medalist in wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He won later World and European championships. After his unsuccessful participation at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he retired from the active sports and served then as trainer of his country's national team. Tevfik Kış is a co-founder of the Turkish Wrestling Foundation and is active on its board.
He is married with two children and lives in Ankara running a restaurant.
Achievements
- 1959 Balkan Championships in Istanbul, Turkey - silver (Light heavyweight)
- 1959 Mediterranean Games in Beirut, Lebanon - gold (Light heavyweight)
- 1960 Olympics in Rome, Italy - gold (Light heavyweight)
- 1961 World Championships in Yokohama, Japan - 4th (Light heavyweight)
- 1962 World Championships in Toledo, Ohio, U.S. - gold (Light heavyweight)
- 1963 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland - gold (Light heavyweight)
- 1965 World Championships in Tampere, Finland - 4th (Light heavyweight)
- 1966 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland - silver (Light heavyweight)
- 1966 European Championships in Essen, Germany - gold (Light heavyweight)
- 1967 European Championships in Minsk, Soviet Union - 5th (Light heavyweight)