Nisha Rathode (Editor)

Akin Kuloglu

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Name
  
Akin Kuloglu

Role
  
Boxer

Died
  
August 20, 2001


Nominations
  
Milliyet Sports Award for Athlete of the Year

Akın Kuloğlu (born February 6, 1972 – August 20, 2001) was a Georgian-born Turkish boxer who competed in the men's middleweight division (75 kg) at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Shortly after the games, Kuloğlu moved to the United States, and worked as a taxi cab driver in Chicago suburbs.

He was born in Kutaisi. On August 20, 2001, he was killed in a taxi cab crash in Des Plaines, Illinois.

Olympic Games

1996 (as a light welterweight under Georgia)

  • Defeated Ricardo Araneda (Chile) 10–3
  • Lost to Mohamed Bahari (Algeria) 5–8

    • 2000 (as a light welterweight under Turkey)

  • Defeated Mariano Carrera (Argentina) – won after the referee stopped the contest for outscoring
  • Defeated Im Jung-Bin (South Korea) – his opponent retired on the fourth and final round
  • Lost to Vugar Alakparov (Azerbaijan) 8–18

    • References

    Akın Kuloğlu Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


    Similar Topics