Hasan Güngör

Hasan Güngör

Hasan Güngör at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born	5 July 1934 Acıpayam, Denizli Province, Turkey
Died	13 October 2011 (aged 77) Denizli, Turkey
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Sport	Freestyle wrestling
Medal record Representing  Turkey Olympic Games 1960 Rome, Italy Middleweight 1964 Tokyo, Japan Middleweight World Championships 1957 Istanbul, Turkey Middleweight 1961 Yokohama, Japan Middleweight 1962 Toledo, Ohio, U.S. Middleweight 1966 Toledo, Ohio, U.S. Middleweight European Championships 1966 Karlsruhe, Germany Middleweight Mediterranean Games 1963 Naples, Italy Middleweight Balkan Championships 1959 Istanbul, Turkey Middleweight 1960 Burgas, Bulgaria Middleweight 1963 Istanbul, Turkey Middleweight 1965 Yambol, Bulgaria Middleweight

Hasan Güngör (5 July 1934 – 13 October 2011) was a middleweight Turkish wrestler (79 kg before 1961, 87 kg after 1961) and a wrestling coach. He won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics and a silver medal at the 1964 Olympics,^[1] as well as multiple medals at the World, European and Balkan championships.^[2] After retiring from competitions in 1967, Güngör worked for more than 20 years as a coach of the junior and senior national teams. Güngör was married and had three children. He lived in Denizli until his death.

References

1. Hasan Güngör. sports-reference.com
2. Guengoer, Hassan (TUR). iat.uni-leipzig.de

External links

• Olympics Database
• Who is who (Turkish)
• Hasan Güngör's obituary (Turkish)