Hüseyin Akbaş (1933–1989) was a Turkish wrestler.[1] He competed in freestyle wrestling at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1956 and a silver in 1964. Akbaş won the world freestyle title in 1954, 1957, 1959 and 1962, placing third in 1955 and 1961 and fourth in 1965. In 2011 he was inducted into the United World Wrestling Hall of Fame.[2][3]
Hüseyin Akbaş grew up in the small town of Tokat in Asia Minor and took up the Turkish national sport of oil wrestling at an early age. Later he also took up Olympic wrestling, developing into an excellent wrestler in both styles, but preferring the free style. He moved to Ankara, which later earned him the nickname "Lion of Ankara" in the Turkish press, and was already part of the Turkish national wrestling team at the age of 20. He made his debut on the international wrestling mat at the 1954 World Championships in Tokyo, where he immediately became world champion in the flyweight free style with five wins and also defeated the Japanese title favourite Yūshū Kitano.[4]
In 1955 he also competed in the Greco-Roman style at the World Championships in Karlsruhe and won the bronze medal. Nail Garayev from the Soviet Union and Ignazio Fabra from Italy defeated him in this style.
At the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, he was considered the favourite in the flyweight free style. However, he suffered a surprising defeat after four victories against the Iranian Mohammad Ali Khojastepour and thus only won the bronze medal.
Between the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games, world championships were held in Istanbul in 1957 and Tehran in 1959. Huseyin had reached the zenith of his performance at both events and won both world titles in the bantamweight division undefeated. At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, he was therefore once again considered the favourite. However, he had two very bad days of competition in Rome, wrestled to a draw only once and lost two bouts and ended up in 14th place, which was not acceptable for him.[5]
Hüseyin did not give up, however, and won the bronze medal in the bantamweight bout at the 1961 World Championships in Yokohama and became world champion in the free style for the fourth time in 1962 in Toledo/USA. Finally, at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, he came close to winning the Olympics, but was then narrowly defeated on points in a ravishing fight by Japan's Yōjirō Uetake, who had spent four years preparing for this event in the United States.
At the 1965 World Championships in Manchester he missed the medal places with a 4th place and did not compete in World Championships or Olympic Games after that.
Hüseyin Akbaş was also well known in German wrestling circles. He was a member of a Turkish team that toured the Federal Republic of Germany in 1959. Hüseyin competed four times and shouldered his German opponents Fritz Schrader from Hörde, Siegfried Wagner from Kornwestheim, Ewald Tauer from Munich and Klaus Derichs from Bonn in a short time.
He ended his international wrestling career in 1967 and was then a wrestling coach in Tokat. For his services to the sport of wrestling, he was inducted into the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame in September 2011.[6]
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hüseyin, akbaş, 1933, 1989, turkish, wrestler, competed, freestyle, wrestling, 1956, 1960, 1964, olympics, bronze, medal, 1956, silver, 1964, akbaş, world, freestyle, title, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1962, placing, third, 1955, 1961, fourth, 1965, 2011, inducted, into. Huseyin Akbas 1933 1989 was a Turkish wrestler 1 He competed in freestyle wrestling at the 1956 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1956 and a silver in 1964 Akbas won the world freestyle title in 1954 1957 1959 and 1962 placing third in 1955 and 1961 and fourth in 1965 In 2011 he was inducted into the United World Wrestling Hall of Fame 2 3 Huseyin AkbasAkbas right at the 1956 OlympicsPersonal informationBorn 1933 01 01 January 1 1933Tokat TurkeyDied15 February 1989 1989 02 15 aged 56 Tokat TurkeySportSportWrestlingEvent s FreestyleGreco RomanMedal record Representing TurkeyFreestyle wrestlingOlympic Games1964 Tokyo 57 kg1956 Melboourne 52 kgWorld Championships1954 Tokyo 52 kg1957 Istanbul 57 kg1959 Tehran 57 kg1962 Toledo 57 kg1961 Yokohama 57 kgWorld Cup1956 Istanbul 52 kg1958 Sofia 57 kgGreco Roman wrestlingWorld Championships1955 Karlsruhe 52 kgWrestling career EditHuseyin Akbas grew up in the small town of Tokat in Asia Minor and took up the Turkish national sport of oil wrestling at an early age Later he also took up Olympic wrestling developing into an excellent wrestler in both styles but preferring the free style He moved to Ankara which later earned him the nickname Lion of Ankara in the Turkish press and was already part of the Turkish national wrestling team at the age of 20 He made his debut on the international wrestling mat at the 1954 World Championships in Tokyo where he immediately became world champion in the flyweight free style with five wins and also defeated the Japanese title favourite Yushu Kitano 4 In 1955 he also competed in the Greco Roman style at the World Championships in Karlsruhe and won the bronze medal Nail Garayev from the Soviet Union and Ignazio Fabra from Italy defeated him in this style At the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne he was considered the favourite in the flyweight free style However he suffered a surprising defeat after four victories against the Iranian Mohammad Ali Khojastepour and thus only won the bronze medal Between the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games world championships were held in Istanbul in 1957 and Tehran in 1959 Huseyin had reached the zenith of his performance at both events and won both world titles in the bantamweight division undefeated At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome he was therefore once again considered the favourite However he had two very bad days of competition in Rome wrestled to a draw only once and lost two bouts and ended up in 14th place which was not acceptable for him 5 Huseyin did not give up however and won the bronze medal in the bantamweight bout at the 1961 World Championships in Yokohama and became world champion in the free style for the fourth time in 1962 in Toledo USA Finally at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo he came close to winning the Olympics but was then narrowly defeated on points in a ravishing fight by Japan s Yōjirō Uetake who had spent four years preparing for this event in the United States At the 1965 World Championships in Manchester he missed the medal places with a 4th place and did not compete in World Championships or Olympic Games after that Huseyin Akbas was also well known in German wrestling circles He was a member of a Turkish team that toured the Federal Republic of Germany in 1959 Huseyin competed four times and shouldered his German opponents Fritz Schrader from Horde Siegfried Wagner from Kornwestheim Ewald Tauer from Munich and Klaus Derichs from Bonn in a short time He ended his international wrestling career in 1967 and was then a wrestling coach in Tokat For his services to the sport of wrestling he was inducted into the FILA International Wrestling Hall of Fame in September 2011 6 References Edit https whatsmat uww org daten php spid 84D27FC1275548B5B9D16EC396DA29E1 https www sports reference com olympics athletes ak huseyin akbas 1 html Archived copy Archived from the original on 18 September 2016 Retrieved 20 June 2017 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link https www aydinlik com tr koseyazisi guresin paganinisi huseyin akbas 301004 https www kimoneo com huseyin akbas kimdir gures nereli basarilari olumu http www tokat gov tr dunya sampiyonu huyesin akbas vefatinin 31 yilinda mezari basinda anildiExternal links EditHuseyin Akbas at the International Wrestling Database nbsp Huseyin Akbas at Olympedia nbsp nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Huseyin Akbas Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Huseyin Akbas amp oldid 1160542837, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
