Gazanfer Bilge
Gazanfer Bilge (July 23, 1924 – April 20, 2008) was a Turkish sports wrestler of Circassian descent[1][2] who won the gold medal in the Featherweight class of Men's Freestyle Wrestling at the 1948 Olympics.After winning the European champion title, he became the first Olympic gold medalist for Turkey in freestyle wrestling in London, England.Gazanfer Bilge retired in 1953 from active sports after his exclusion from participation at the Helsinki Olympics in 1952.The International Fair Play Committee (CIFP) in Paris, France, honored him with the "2002 Public relations - Service to Sports and Community Trophy".Gazanfer Bilge died on April 20, 2008, in Istanbul due to complications related to his liver.
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