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Place of Birth: Erzincan, Turkey
About Yaşar Erkan
- Yasar Erkan (30 April 1911 in Erzincan – 18 May 1986) was a Turkish sports wrestler, who won the first ever Olympic gold medal for Turkey in the Featherweight class of Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling. Son of a renowned wrestler for yagli güres (oil wrestling), he moved with his family from their village Ispidi in the Refahiye district of Erzincan Province to Istanbul at 4 years of age.
- In 1933, he was admitted to the national team and won the Balkan Championship the same year.
- Yasar Erkan repeated his title wins in the following two years 1934 and 1935.
- In 1936, he became the first ever Turkish sportsman to win a gold medal at the Olympics.
- Before retiring in 1940, he won the Balkan Championship once again in 1937 in Izmir.
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