Vehbi Akdağ (1 January 1949 – 23 June 2020) was a Turkish

wrestler Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves diffe ...

and Olympic silver medalist in

Freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ...

. Akdağ competed at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...

in Munich where he received a silver medal in featherweight class in

"1972 Summer Olympics – München, Germany – Wrestling"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 9 January 2009)

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* 1949 births 2020 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Turkey Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Turkish male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for Turkey Olympic medalists in wrestling World Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics 20th-century Turkish sportsmen 21st-century Turkish sportsmen Sportspeople from Tokat {{Turkey-wrestling-bio-stub