Hakan Koç

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]

Hakan Koç
Personal information
Nationality Turkey
Born (1980-11-25) 25 November 1980
Sivas, Turkey
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
ClubAmasya Şeker
Coached byDshahid Agiskoglu
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Turkey
European Championships
2008 Tampere-96 kg
Summer Universiade
2005 İzmir-96 kg
Mediterranean Games
2005 Almería-96 kg

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
  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. 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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