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Place of Birth: Samsun, Turkey
About Yaşar Doğu
- Yasar Dogu (1913 – 8 January 1961), was a renowned Turkish World and Olympic champion sports wrestler in Greco-Roman and Freestyle. He was born in the village Karli of Kavak district in Samsun province to a family of Circassian origin.
- He began wrestling at his age of 15 in yagli güres (oil wrestling) and continued in this folk sports until he entered the military service.
- His sports wrestling career started 1936 in Ankara as he was discovered by the sports wrestler Celal Atik. Yasar Dogu was admitted to the national team in 1939.
- He participated at the European Championships held that year in Oslo, Norway and became silver medalist in Greco-Roman style, his only participation at any international competition missing the gold medal.
- He became Balkan, European and World champion besides Olympic gold medalist.
- Yasar Dogu wrestled 47 times in the national team between 1939 and 1951, of which only one he lost.
- 33 of his matches he won by near-fall.
- All his 46 winning matches lasted 372 minutes in total, whereas the normal duration should be 690 minutes.
- After retiring from the active sports, he served as the trainer of the national team. He married to Hayriye on 15 October 1937.
- Yasar Dogu gave the name Gazanfer to one of his sons in admiration to his teammate Gazanfer Bilge.
- His son Gazanfer Dogu was educated in the US, and became a lecturer of physical education and sports at Abant Izzet Baysal University in Bolu.Yasar Dogu suffered a heart attack during the 1955 championships held in Sweden, where he was as the trainer of Turkey's wrestling team.
- He died on 8 January 1961 in Ankara following a second heart attack.
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