Tevfik Kış, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tevfik Kış

Olympic wrestler

Date of Birth: 10-Aug-1934

Place of Birth: Çorum, Turkey

Date of Death: 04-Sep-2019

Profession: amateur wrestler

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Tevfik Kis (10 August 1934 – 4 September 2019) was a Turkish European, World and Olympic champion sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class (87 kg) and a trainer.
He won the gold medal in men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1960 Olympics. Born 1934 in the village of Pelitçik in the Kargi district in the Çorum Province, he began wrestling in 1956.
Competing in Greco-Roman style, Kis became a gold medalist in wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
He won later World and European championships.
After his unsuccessful participation at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he retired from the active sports and served then as trainer of his country's national team.
Kis was a co-founder of the Turkish Wrestling Foundation and was active on its board. He was married with two children and lived in Ankara running a restaurant.