İsmail Faikoğlu

İsmail Faikoğlu
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (1965-08-25) 25 August 1965
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
SportWrestling
Event
Freestyle
ClubTEDAŞ SK (Ankara)
Medal record
Representing  Turkey
European Championships
1992 Kaposvar 62 kg
Mediterranean Games
1993 Languedoc 62 kg
1991 Athens 62 kg

İsmail Faikoğlu (born 25 August 1965) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler who competed internationally in the 62 kg division.

Career

Faikoğlu represented Turkey at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, finishing 11th in men's freestyle 62 kg.[1]

He won the bronze medal at the 1992 European Wrestling Championships in Kaposvar.[2] He also won the gold medal at the 1993 Mediterranean Games in Languedoc and the silver medal at the 1991 Mediterranean Games in Athens, both in 62 kg freestyle.[2] At the 1993 World Wrestling Championships, he finished fourth, and at the 1991 World Championships he placed sixth.

He was the runner-up at the 1994 Wrestling World Cup and placed fourth in the 1995 edition.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "İsmail Faikoğlu Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Faikoğlu, İsmail - UWW Profile". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 16 July 2025.