Hüseyin Özkan,

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Huseyn Delimbekovich Bisultanov (born 20 January 1972), is a Turkish

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. At the

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held in

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, he won the gold medal in the men's Half Lightweight (66 kg) category. He became so the first sportsman to win an Olympics gold medal for

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

in judo. He is member of the

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He was born in

Chechnya Chechnya ( rus, Чечня́, Chechnyá, p=tɕɪtɕˈnʲa; ce, Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), officially the Chechen Republic,; ce, Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the ...

, in the

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of the former

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, and grew up with his 9 siblings. He began judo in his hometown and continued in Turkey, where he moved at the age of 20.

Achievements

1993 European Judo Championships The 1993 European Judo Championships were the 4th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Athens, Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated o ...

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1997 European Judo Championships The 1997 European Judo Championships were the 8th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Ostend Ostend ( nl, Oostende, ; french: link=no, Ostende ; german: link=no, Ostende ; vls, Ostende) is a coastal city and municip ...

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1997 Mediterranean Games The XIII Mediterranean Games, commonly known as the 1997 Mediterranean Games, were the 13th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Bari, Italy, from 13 to 25 June 1997, where 2,956 athletes (2,166 men and 790 women) from 21 countries partici ...

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1999 European Judo Championships The 1999 European Judo Championships were the 10th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Bratislava, Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a ...

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1999 World Judo Championships The 1999 World Judo Championships were the 21st edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Birmingham, Great Britain in 1999. Medal overview Men Women Medal table Results overview Men 60 kg 66 kg 73 kg 81 kg 90 ...

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2002 European Judo Championships The 2002 European Judo Championships were the 13th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Maribor, Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country i ...

- 7th *

2003 European Judo Championships The 2003 European Judo Championships were the 14th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusse ...

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2003 World Judo Championships The 2003 World Judo Championships were the 23rd edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Osaka, Japan 11–15 September 2003. On the last day of competition, team events were held, as France won the men's team event and Japan wo ...

- 7th *

2005 European Judo Championships The 2005 European Judo Championships were the 16th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Rotterdam, Netherlands from 20 May to 22 May 2005. Medal overview Men Women Medals table Results overview Men 60 kg 66 ...

- 7th

References

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Newspaper ''Milliyet''
1972 births Living people Naturalized citizens of Turkey Turkish people of Chechen descent Turkish male judoka Olympic judoka for Turkey Olympic gold medalists for Turkey Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in judo Chechen martial artists Chechen sportsmen European champions for Turkey Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in judo People from Argun, Chechen Republic {{Turkey-Olympic-medalist-stub