Türgüt Aykaç (born January 1, 1958 in

Adana Adana (; ; ) is a major city in southern Turkey. It is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the Mediterranean Sea. The administrative seat of Adana Province, Adana province, it has a population of 2.26 million. Adana lies in the heart ...

) is a former

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from

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 ...

. At the

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, he won the bronze medal in the men's

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division (– 57 kg), alongside Omar Catari of

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. In the semifinals he was defeated by eventual silver medalist Peter Konyegwachie of

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. He began boxing 1975 in Adanaspor and fought 27 times in the national team.Newspaper ''Zaman'' February 23, 2002
He was one of the three Turkish boxers along with Eyüp Can and Malik Beyleroğlu, who won the first Olympic medals in boxing for Turkey. They were also Turkey's first Olympic medals in other sport than wrestling.

Olympic results

* 1st round bye * Defeated Raul Trapero (Spain) 5-0 * Defeated Abraham Mieses (Dominican Republic) RSC 3 * Defeated

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(Egypt) RSC 1 * Lost to Peter Konyegwachie (Nigeria) 0-5

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* 1958 births Sportspeople from Adana Living people Featherweight boxers Olympic boxers for Turkey Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Turkey Olympic medalists in boxing Turkish male boxers Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics 20th-century Turkish people {{Turkey-Olympic-medalist-stub