Kazım Ayvaz

Kazım Ayvaz (March 10, 1938 – January 19, 2020) was a Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the Lightweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in Men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1964 Olympics and became World champion twice.

Kazım Ayvaz
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born(1938-03-10)March 10, 1938
Rize, Turkey
DiedJanuary 19, 2020(2020-01-19) (aged 81)[1]
ResidenceSweden
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportGreco-Roman wrestling
Event(s)Lightweight
Retired1969
Medal record
Representing Turkey
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo Lightweight
World Championships
1958 Budapest Welterweight
1962 Toledo Lightweight
Balkan Championships
1959 Istanbul 73 kg
1964 Constanţa Lightweight
Adriatic Cup
1957 Opatija Welterweight
Men's freestyle wrestling
Balkan Championships
1960 Burgas 73 kg

He was born 1938 in Rize, north-eastern Turkey. He began wrestling 1953 at his age of 15 in the "İstanbul Güreş İhtisas Kulübü", a club in Fatih, Istanbul specialized in wrestling.

He won the gold medal at the 1958 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest in 73 kg. Greco-Roman wrestling, ahead of silver medalist Grigory Gamarnik of the USSR and bronze medalist Valeriu Bularca of Romania.

Representing his country in Greco-Roman style wrestling, he participated at three consecutive Olympics in 1960, 1964 and 1968, however was successful only in Tokyo. From 1964 on, Kazım Ayvaz could not repeat his victorious matches. He retired from the active sports in 1969 and served from then on as a trainer in Sweden, where he emigrated after the 1968 Olympics.[2]

He was married with three children. Ayvaz lived in Sweden.

Achievements

Notes
  1. "Turkish Wrestling Great Kazim Ayvaz Passes Away". United World Wrestling. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. About race (in Swedish)
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