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Ahmet Bilek


Ahmet Bilek
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome 52 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place Tehran 52 kg
Balkan Championships
Silver medal – second place 1960 Burgas 52 kg
Olympic medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1953 Napoli 52 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1955 Barcelona 52 kg

Ahmet Bilek (15 March 1932 in Kula, Manisa, Turkey – 4 October 1970 in Saarbrücken, Germany)[1] was a Turkish Olympic champion sports wrestler in the flyweight class (52 kg) and a trainer. He won the gold medal in men's freestyle wrestling at the 1960 Olympics.

He was born in 1932 in the western Turkish town of Kula in Manisa Province.

After his successful participation at the Olympics in Rome, Ahmet Bilek emigrated to Germany following his teammates Mithat Bayrak and Müzahir Sille. He continued his sports career in the wrestling club KSV Köllerbach in Püttlingen, a small town near Saarbrücken and became German champion in 1966 and 1968.[2]

Ahmet Bilek committed suicide in 1970 in Germany.[3]

He was married to Ayten and had a son Ali and a daughter Sevil.[4]

Achievements

References

  1. ^ "Ahmet Bilek". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. ^ KSV Witten Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
  3. ^ Newspaper Yeni Şafak, December 27, 2001 Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
  4. ^ Budget and Financial Control Directoriate of Turkish Government Archived 2007-02-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
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