Great Olympians

Biographies - YAL


Tayyar Yalaz

B. 1901, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, now İstanbul, Turkey; D. 1943-10-12
Greco-Roman Wrestling
1924 1928 HP
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg) R4 2501.4
Men's Lightweight (-67.5 kg) fourth
2501.4


İbrahim Yalçınkaya

B. 1941, İstanbul, Turkey
Football
1960 HP
Men's Team R1:3rd 45.5
45.5


Mehmet Ali Yalım

B. 1929-04-01, represented Turkey; D. 1992-01-28
Basketball
1952 HP
Men's Team QR:4th 0.252
0.252


John C. Yallop

B. 1949-10-24, Luton, England, Great Britain
Rowing (1 silver)
1976 HP
Men's Eights silver 2000
2000


Armenak Yaltyryan

B. 1914-05-13, Kryn, Russia, represented the Soviet Union; D. 1999-12-18 in Russia
Freestyle Wrestling
1952 HP
Men's Lightweight (-67 kg) fourth 2400
2400

From his name clearly an ethnic Armenian. But since I also class Russians according to their birthplaces, I must class this athlete as Russian. He was born in Russia, and died in the same town.


Written 2017-04-07 - last modified 2022-11-14

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