Ahmet Doğu

Ahmet Doğu
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1973-11-26) 26 November 1973 (age 51)
Razgrad, Bulgaria
Sport
SportWrestling
Clubİstanbul Tekel
Turned pro1984
Coached byMüsamettin Oruş
Retired2000
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1997 Krasnoyarsk 97 kg
Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 1995 Leipzig 100 kg
European Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Istanbul 88 kg

Ahmet Doğu (born 26 November 1973) is a Turkish wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle 97 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]

Career

Ahmet Doğu started wrestling there in 1984 after having grown up in Istanbul. He became a member of the ‘ Istanbul Tekel’ sports club. His coach was Müsamettin Oruş. He wrestled mainly in the free style and, at a height of 1.80 metres, grew into an impressive heavyweight of around 100 kg as a senior. In 1991, he became European Junior Champion in Istanbul in the 88 kg category.

In 1997 at the 1997 World Wrestling Championships held at the Yenisey Sports Hall in Krosnoyarsk, Russia, Ahmet Doğu defeated Australian Mushtaq Abdullah 10-2 in the first round, Cuban Wilfredo Morales 3-1 in the second round, passed the quarter-finals and defeated Latvian Jurijs Janovičs 1-0 in the semifinals to reach the final. He lost to Russian Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov 5-0 in the final and won the silver medal.[2]

At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, he lost Alireza Heidari from Iran in the first round by 6-1 points. In his second match, he also surprisingly lost to Rolf Scherrer from Switzerland by 4-3 points and therefore finished in a sixteenth place. After that, he did not take part in any more international championships.[3]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ahmet Doğu Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Final Freestyle World Championships release, including team scores". themat.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Wrestling at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2019.