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Kazım Ayvaz

1938 - 2020

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Kazım Ayvaz (March 10, 1938 – January 18, 2020) was a Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the lightweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1964 Olympics and became world champion twice. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kazım Ayvaz is the 626th most popular athlete (up from 962nd in 2019), the 1,074th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,176th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Turkish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kazım Ayvaz ranks 626 out of 6,025. Before him are Maria Itkina, George Horine, Nils Engdahl, Fausto Acke, Glenn Morris, and Eino Penttilä. After him are Angelo Vanzin, Konrad Stäheli, Joseph Alzin, Kenenisa Bekele, Sverre Stenersen, and Lars Hall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Kazım Ayvaz ranks 358. Before him are Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi, Nani Bregvadze, Lynn Conway, Aydin Ibrahimov, Stien Kaiser, and Stephen Breyer. After him are Gyula Török, Jaki Liebezeit, Herman Daly, Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn, Roy Thinnes, and Tang Jiaxuan. Among people deceased in 2020, Kazım Ayvaz ranks 388. Before him are Òscar Ribas Reig, Chung Won-shik, Aldo Aureggi, Maria Itkina, Yuri Bondarev, and James Wolfensohn. After him are Jerry Sloan, Jan Myrdal, Mário de Araújo Cabral, Pedro Casaldáliga, Jimmy Cobb, and Ewa Demarczyk.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Kazım Ayvaz ranks 1,074 out of 1,347. Before him are Zabel Sibil Asadour (1863), Anna of Trebizond, Queen of Georgia (1357), Alexander of Abonoteichus (105), Arda Güler (2005), Ayşe Sultan (1887), and Arif Mardin (1932). After him are Charles Gérard (1922), Aristeidis Moraitinis (1806), Kadir Topbaş (1945), Refik Saydam (1881), Adalet Ağaoğlu (1929), and Ariarathes IX of Cappadocia (-150).

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Among ATHLETES In Türkiye

Among athletes born in Türkiye, Kazım Ayvaz ranks 3. Before him are Georgios Orphanidis (1859), and Yusuf Dikeç (1973). After him are Ahmet Ayık (1938), Ruhi Sarıalp (1924), Müzahir Sille (1931), Mehmet Akif Pirim (1968), Mahmut Demir (1970), Nur Tatar (1992), Süreyya Ayhan (1978), Sibel Özkan (1988), and Nurcan Taylan (1983).

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