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Birth name
  
Huseyn Bisultanov

Role
  
Sportsman

Name
  
Huseyin Ozkan

Event(s)
  
Half lightweight

Nationality
  
Turkish


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Born
  
January 20, 1972 (age 52) (
1972-01-20
)
Chechnya, USSR

Club
  
Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesi S.K.

Olympic medals
  
Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men\'s Half Lightweight (66 kg)

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Nominations
  
Milliyet Sports Award for Athlete of the Year

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Hüseyin Özkan, née Huseyn Bisultanov (born January 20, 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 (60–66 kg) category. He became so the first sportsman to win an Olympics gold medal for Turkey in judo. He is member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K..

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Hüseyin Özkan wwwjudoinsidecomphotoshans2000OlympicGames

He was born in Chechnya, in the northern 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.

References

Hüseyin Özkan Wikipedia


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