Halil İbrahim Zıraman (1927-1984) was a

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the ...

er from

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, who twice competed for his native country at the

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in 1948 and 1952. Halil İbrahim was born 1927 in Zıraman village of Kula district in

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. He finished the elementary school in his village, and the secondary school in

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. He graduated from the Agricultural Machinery Vocational College in

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following his education at the Agriculture Vocational High School in

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. He began with javelin sport in 1947 at the high school in İzmir. Zıraman set his first national record on June 20, 1948, with 60.28 m. He improved his records four times, and set his personal best with 65.41 m on August 24, 1949. Zıraman, who was also active in

discus throwing The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

and

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events, retired in 1957. He died in 1984 due to

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. He was a member of the Fenerbahçe Athletics team.

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1927 births People from Kula, Manisa Turkish male javelin throwers Fenerbahçe athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Turkey 1984 deaths Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics {{Turkey-athletics-bio-stub