Nasuh Akar was a Turkish sports wrestler, who won the gold medal in the Bantamweight class of Men's Freestyle category at the 1948 Olympics.
10 Facts About Nasuh Akar
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Nasuh Akar completed his secondary and high school education at Eskisehir State Railways School.
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Nasuh Akar started wrestling as a teenager and developed into an excellent freestyle wrestler.
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Nasuh Akar managed to beat the Finnish champion Erkki Johansson and the Hungarian champion Lajos Bencze, among others, while he lost on points to the two-time European vice-champion from 1938 and 1939 Kurt Pettersen from Sweden.
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In 1948 Nasuh Akar achieved the greatest success of his wrestling career.
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Nasuh Akar was victorious at the 1949 European Championship, which took place in Istanbul.
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Nasuh Akar won the four fights he had to fight without any problems.
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Nasuh Akar celebrated a shoulder victory over Manfred Spatz from Feudenheim.
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Finally, in 1951 Nasuh Akar won the world championship in Helsinki in the bantamweight.
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Nasuh Akar was the first athlete to win a gold medal for Turkey in his weight class in freestyle wrestling.