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Tevfik Kış

1934 - 2019

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Tevfik Kış (10 August 1934 – 4 September 2019) was a 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 the village of Pelitçik in the Kargı district in the Çorum Province, he began wrestling in 1956. Competing in Greco-Roman style, Kış became a gold medalist in wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tevfik Kış is the 146th most popular wrestler (up from 161st in 2019), the 1,100th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,189th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Turkish Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Tevfik Kış ranks 146 out of 1,027. Before him are Anders Larsson, Bob Backlund, Erik Malmberg, Sami Zayn, Alberto Del Rio, and Voldemar Väli. After him are Stan Hansen, Kurt Angle, Bobo Brazil, Osamu Watanabe, Becky Lynch, and Shozo Sasahara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Tevfik Kış ranks 343. Before him are Paul Naschy, Zacarias Kamwenho, Murtaza Rakhimov, Humberto Tozzi, Sugathakumari, and Lasse Mårtenson. After him are Mario David, Helga Haase, Stanley G. Payne, Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem, Julius Wess, and Tomás Eloy Martínez. Among people deceased in 2019, Tevfik Kış ranks 316. Before him are Mark Zakharov, Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Albert Razin, Erik Olin Wright, Ndaye Mulamba, and Li Rui. After him are Arif Malikov, Marlen Khutsiev, Warren Cole, Babiker Awadalla, Zlatko Škorić, and Anémone.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Tevfik Kış ranks 1,100 out of 1,347. Before him are Mustafa Sandal (1970), Kenan İmirzalıoğlu (1974), Musa Anter (1920), Fazıl Say (1970), Constantine Paparrigopoulos (1815), and Abdullah Çatlı (1956). After him are Burak Yılmaz (1985), Erkin Koray (1941), Konstantios Doukas (1060), Polycrates of Ephesus (125), Sirarpie Der Nersessian (1896), and Constantine Lekapenos (930).

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Among WRESTLERS In Türkiye

Among wrestlers born in Türkiye, Tevfik Kış ranks 7. Before him are Mustafa Dağıstanlı (1931), Mithat Bayrak (1929), İsmail Ogan (1933), Bayram Şit (1930), Hamit Kaplan (1934), and Yaşar Doğu (1913). After him are Mahmut Atalay (1934), Ahmet Kireççi (1914), Yaşar Erkan (1911), Taha Akgül (1990), Rıza Kayaalp (1989), and Hamza Yerlikaya (1976).

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