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| Birth name | Huseyn Bisultanov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1972-01-20) 20 January 1972 (age 52) Argun, Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, RSFSR, USSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –60 kg, –66 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games |  (2000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 
(1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Champ. | 
(1997) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hüseyin Özkan, née Huseyn Delimbekovich Bisultanov (born 20 January 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 (–66 kg) category. He became the first judoka to win an Olympics gold medal for Turkey. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.
He was born in Chechnya, in the North 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.
Achievements
- 1993 European Judo Championships -
Silver - 1997 European Judo Championships -
Gold - 1997 Mediterranean Games - Gold
- 1999 European Judo Championships -
Bronze - 1999 World Judo Championships - Silver
- 2000 Summer Olympics - Gold
- 2002 European Judo Championships - 7th
- 2003 European Judo Championships - Bronze
- 2003 World Judo Championships - 7th
- 2005 European Judo Championships - 7th
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hüseyin Özkan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- "Olimpiyatlar ve İstanbul BB" (in Turkish). İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. 20 February 2012. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
External links
- Hüseyin Özkan at the International Judo Federation
- Hüseyin Özkan at JudoInside.com
- Hüseyin Özkan at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Hüseyin Özkan at Olympics.com
- Hüseyin Özkan at Olympedia
- Hüseyin Özkan at The-Sports.org
- Hüseyin Özkan at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Newspaper Milliyet (in Turkish)
Silver medalists
Bronze medalists| Olympic Champions in Judo – Half Lightweight Men | |
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| 1980–1996: –65 kg • 2000–: –66 kg | |
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- Naturalized citizens of Turkey
- Turkish people of Chechen descent
- Turkish male judoka
- Olympic judoka for Turkey
- Olympic gold medalists for Turkey
- Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Chechen martial artists
- European champions for Turkey
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey
- Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in judo
- People from Argun, Chechen Republic
- European judo biography stubs
- Turkish martial arts biography stubs
- Turkish Olympic medalist stubs