Hüseyin Akbaş

Hüseyin Akbaş
Medal record
Men's wrestling (Freestyle)
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
1956 Melboourne Flyweight
1964 Tokyo Bantamweight
World Championships
1954 Tokyo Flyweight
1957 Istanbul Bantamweight
1959 Tehran Bantamweight
1962 Toledo Bantamweight
1961 Yokohama Bantamweight

Hüseyin Akbaş (1933–1989) was a Turkish wrestler. He was born in Almus in the Tokat Province. He was Olympic bronze medalist in Freestyle wrestling in 1956, and silver medalist in 1964. He won gold medals at the 1954, 1957, 1959 World Wrestling Championships and 1962 World Wrestling Championships.[1]

References

  1. "Hüseyin Akbaş". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 24 March 2012.


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