Hüseyin Özkan is a Turkish

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Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...

 judo

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is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...

ka. At the 2000 Summer Olympics

Turkey at the 2000 Summer Olympics

-Medalists:-Archery:In its fifth Olympic archery competition, Turkey again came within one victory of a medal. The women's team again made it to the semifinal before losing there...

 held in Sydney

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, Australia

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, 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

Turkey

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 in judo.

He was born in Chechnya

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, in the northern Caucasus

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 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 his age of 20.

Achievements

• 1993 European Judo Championships - bronze
• 1997 European Judo Championships - gold
• 1999 European Judo Championships - silver
• 1999 World Judo Championships - silver
• 2000 Olympics - gold