İlyas Şükrüoğlu

İlyas Şükrüoğlu

Personal information
Nationality	Turkish
Born	1966 (age 57–58) Kardzhali, Bulgaria
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Medal record Freestyle wrestling Representing  Turkey Mediterranean Games 1991 Athens -48 Kg European Wrestling Championships 1993 Istanbul -48 kg 1989 Ankara -48 kg

İlyas Şükrüoğlu (born 1966) is a Turkish Olympic wrestler competing in the light flyweight (-48 kg) division. He holds two European silver medals and one gold medal at the Mediterranean Games. He was born as an ethnic Turk in Bulgaria, and emigrated to Turkey.^[1]

Early life

İlyas Şükrüoğlu was born to an ethnic Turkish family in Kardzhali, Bulgaria in 1966. He started wrestling in 1975.^[2] He defected and emigrated to Turkey after he escaped from the Bulgarian national wrestling team during a trip in Canada for international competitions.^[1] Currently, he lives in Bursa, Turkey.^[3]

Career

He competed for Turkey in the men's freestyle 48 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea,^[4] where he placed sixth.^[3] He competed at the World Wrestling Championships in 1989 in Switzerland, 1990 in Japan and 1993 in Canada placing 4th, 10th and 4th respectively.^[4] He became the silver medalist of the 1989 European Wrestling Championships in Ankara and 1993 European Wrestling Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.^[5][6] He placed fifth at the 1991 European Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[7] He won the gold medal at the 1991 Mediterranean Games held in Athens, Greece.^[8]

After his retirement, he served as a coach in the 2000s.^[3]

References

1. "Bulgaristan'da Doğan Büyük Sporcular" (in Turkish). Burhan Aytekin. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
2. "Milliyet Sayfa 17 Spor". Milliyet Gazete Arşivi (in Turkish). 12 May 1989. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
3. "Olimpiyatlar ve Türk güreşi (9)". Türkiye (in Turkish). 23 June 2004. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Llyas Şükrüoğlu Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
5. Tarhan, Avni (18 May 2017). "Serbest Güreşte 4 Kez Avrupa Takım Şampiyonıyuz". Kahramanmaraş Manşet (in Turkish). Retrieved 26 April 2019.
6. "Avrupa Şampiyonları" (in Turkish). Güreş Vitrini. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
7. "Avrupa Güreş Şampiyonaları Tarihi 1929-2001" (in Turkish). Güreş Dosyası. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
8. "Yıl:1991 Ay:7 Gün:8". Cumhuriyet Arşivi (in Turkish). Retrieved 26 April 2019.

External links

• İlyas Şükrüoğlu at the International Wrestling Database
• İlyas Şükrüoğlu at Olympedia