Hakan Koç

Hakan Koç
Personal information
Nationality Turkey
Born (1980-11-25) 25 November 1980 (age 43)
Sivas, Turkey
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle
ClubAmasya Şeker Spor
Coached byDshahid Agiskoglu
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Turkey
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Tampere 96 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almeria 96 kg
Military World Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Baku 96 kg
Gold medal – first place 2003 Istanbul 96 kg
Grand Prix of Germany
Gold medal – first place 2002 Leipzig 120 kg
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2005 Izmir 96 kg
EuropeanJunior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sofia 97 kg

Hakan Koç (born November 25, 1980, in Sivas) is an amateur Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the heavyweight division.[1] He studied at Selçuk University.[2]

He defeated France's Vincent Aka-Akesse for the gold medal in the 96 kg division at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain, in addition to his silver medal won at the 2005 Summer Universiade in İzmir, Turkey. He earned the bronze at the 2008 European Wrestling Championships in Tampere, Finland.[3][4]

Koc represented Turkey at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 96 kg class. He defeated Germany's Stefan Kehrer in the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out the quarterfinal match to Russia's Shirvani Muradov, who was able to score three points in two straight periods, leaving Koc without a single point.[5] Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Koc offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage bouts. Unfortunately, he was defeated in the first round by Ukraine's Georgii Tibilov, with a two-set technical score (0–1, 1–3), and a classification point score of 1–3.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hakan Koç". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Güreş Kafilesi Listesi" (PDF) (in Turkish). Universiade 2005 Izmir. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  3. ^ "Gold for Hakan Koc". Hurriyet Daily News. 1 July 2005. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  4. ^ "European Championship: Freestyle seniors 2008-04-01 Tampere (FIN) – 96.0 kg". International Wrestling Federation. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Men's Freestyle 96kg (211.5 lbs) Quarterfinal Official". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Men's Freestyle 96kg (211.5 lbs) Repechage Round 2 Official". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
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