Raşit
Raşit is a Turkish given name for males. People named Raşit include: * Raşit Çetiner (born 1956), Turkish football coach * Raşit Meredow (born 1960), Turkmenistan politician * Raşit Pertev (born 1958), Secretary of the International Fund for Agricultural Development The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is an international financial institution and a specialised agency of the United Nations that works to address poverty and hunger in rural areas of developing countries. It is the on ... * Raşit Öztaş (1920-?), Turkish athlete ;See also * Reşid * Rashit {{DEFAULTSORT:Rasit Turkish masculine given names Masculine given names ...
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Raşit Öztaş
Raşit Öztaş (born 1920, date of death unknown) was a Turkish athlete who competed in the Men's 100 metres world record progression, men's 100 metres in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Raşit Öztaş was born in Nevşehir . His father Mahmut was a carpet and peanut merchant. Mahmut and his wife Atiye (daughter of Hüseyin Hüsnü Pasha) had emigrated to Turkey from Libya shortly after they married. The family settled in Adana and had three children. Mahmut died when Raşit was young and his mother died shortly thereafter. Raşit lived with his uncle for a time and then with a family friend. He finished primary school and started secondary school in Adana, then completed his high school education in Eskişehir, Eskiseheir where his brother lived. He had always been interested in sport and became a runner in high school. He began to travel to tournaments with the Turkish athletic team. While in high school, he won the Turkish championships several times and also won the Mediterranean At ...
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