İsmet Atlı


İsmet Atlı was a Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Freestyle wrestling at the [Turkey at the Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Olympics].
He was born 1931 in Çukurören village of Kozan district in Adana Province of southern Turkey. He began wrestling in 1950 and was trained by the renowned wrestlers Celal Atik and Yaşar Doğu. He performed at the national level 62 times in his wrestling career, which lasted until 1964.
İsmet Atlı competed at several international wrestling events successfully in both wrestling styles and participated at three consecutive Olympic Games in [Wrestling at the Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Summer Olympics|1952], [Wrestling at the Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Summer Olympics|1956] and 1960.
After his retirement from the active sports in 1962, İsmet Atlı acted as a trainer. He also worked as a sports journalist.

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