Hüseyin Özkan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Hüseyin Özkan

judoka

Date of Birth: 20-Jan-1972

Place of Birth: Argun, Chechen Republic, Russia

Profession: judoka

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Hüseyin Özkan

  • Hüseyin Özkan, née Huseyn Bisultanov (born January 20, 1972), is a Turkish judoka.
  • At the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia, he won the gold medal in the men's Half Lightweight (60–66 kg) category.
  • He became so the first sportsman to win an Olympics gold medal for Turkey in judo.
  • He is member of the Istanbul Büyüksehir Belediyesi S.K..He was born in Chechnya, in the northern Caucasus of the former USSR, and grew up with his 9 siblings.
  • He began judo in his hometown and continued in Turkey, where he moved at the age of 20.

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