Riza Maksut Isman
Encyclopedia
Rıza Maksut İşman was a Turkish athlete (1915 in Istanbul
- December 30, 2004 in İzmir
). He started sports through cycling. He has many medals in track and field. He has trained many athletes, including Cahit Önel. He has been in the athletics teams of Fenerbahçe
and Galatasaray
clubs.
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
- December 30, 2004 in İzmir
Izmir
Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...
). He started sports through cycling. He has many medals in track and field. He has trained many athletes, including Cahit Önel. He has been in the athletics teams of Fenerbahçe
Fenerbahçe Athletics
Fenerbahçe Athletics is the men's and women's athletics section of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey.Fenerbahçe Athletics use Dereağzı Facilities.-Technical staff:-Men's squad:* Oğuz Akça* Halil Akkaş* Caner Alagöz...
and Galatasaray
Galatasaray S.K.
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, most notable for its football section, also known as Galatasaray S.K.. It also fields teams in Athletics, Basketball, Wheelchair basketball, Volleyball, Water polo, Swimming, Rowing, Sailing, Judo, Bridge, Equestrian, Handball,...
clubs.
Achievements
- 1935 - Ranked first in National Championship at 5000m in 16:51.4 and at 10000m in 35:15.1. http://www.arrs.net/NatChamp.htm
- 1938 - Ran 1500m in Taksim in 4:11.2 which remained the Turkish record till 1948. (see interview in Hürriyet below)
- 1939 - Ranked first in National Championship at 5000m in 16:08.3.
- 1940 - Participated 11th Balkan Games in Istanbul, where athletes from Turkey, Greece and Yugoslavia have competed. He won the 800m in 2:01.2.
- 1948 - He has competed for the Turkish team in 800m (2:01.1 http://isiah.w.interia.pl/1948LONnr1.pdf), 1500m and 4 x 400m relay in the 1948 Summer Olympics1948 Summer OlympicsThe 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, England, United Kingdom. After a 12-year hiatus because of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin...
held in London. His teammate Ruhi SarıalpRuhi SarialpRuhi Sarıalp was a Turkish track and field athlete, who competed mainly in the triple jump....
won bronze medal in triple jump http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. The 4 x 400m team consisted of Seydi Dinçtürk, Rıza Maksut İşman, Doğan Acarbay and Kemal Horolu, finishing in 3:35.0. - 1960 - Served the Turkish team as massage therapist in 1960 Summer Olympics1960 Summer OlympicsThe 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...
held in Rome. http://www.bilalcoban.com/index.php?id=bilal%3E%3Eolimpiyatlar%3E%3E1960 - 1964 - He was in Turkish team in the 1964 Summer Olympics1964 Summer OlympicsThe 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...
held in Tokyo. (needs a reference) - 1975 - He competed in 200m, 800m, 3000m finals in age group 60-64 in the First World Masters Track and Field Championships held in Toronto, Canada. In 800m with a time of 2:23.9 he placed first and broke the masters Canadian Open Record. In 3000m he finished second with a time of 10:51.8 behind William G. Andberg who broke the masters world record with a time of 10:46.9. He placed fifth in 200m with a time of 28.2. http://www.masterstrack.com/blog/archives/000431.html