Mehmet Özal

Mehmet Özal

Personal information
Born	October 31, 1978 Ankara- TURKEY
Medal record Men's Greco-Roman wrestling Representing  Turkey Olympic Games 2004 Athens – 96 kg World Championships 2000 North Carolina, U.S. – 97 kg 2002 Moscow, Russia – 96 kg 2001 Patras, Greece – 96 kg European Championships 2000 Moscow, Russia – 96 kg Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería – 96 kg

Mehmet Özal (born October 31, 1978 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish wrestler in Greco-Roman style. He is member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K..^[1]

He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 96 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.

At the World Championships he has won a bronze and a gold medal, in 2001 and 2002 respectively. He also won a bronze medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games.

Achievements

• 1998 World University Championships in Ankara, Turkey - bronze (97 kg]
• 2000 European Championships in Moscow, Russia - bronze (97 kg]
• 2000 World Military Championships in Camp Lejeune, NC, U.S. - gold (97 kg]
• 2000 World University Championships in Tokyo, Japan - bronze (97 kg]
• 2001 European Championships in Istanbul, Turkey - 5th (97 kg]
• 2001 World Cup in Levallois-Perret, Paris, France - 4th (97 kg]
• 2001 World Championships in Patras, Greece - bronze (97 kg]
• 2002 European Championships in Seinäjoki, Finland - 14th (96 kg]
• 2002 World Championships in Moscow, Russia - gold (96 kg]
• 2003 European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia - 9th (96 kg]
• 2003 World Championships in Créteil, Paris, France - 14th (96 kg]
• 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece - bronze (96 kg]
• 2004 European Championships in Haparanda, Finland - 6th (96 kg]
• 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almeria, Spain - bronze (96 kg]
• 2007 Military Olympics in Hyderabad, India - gold (96 kg]

References

External links

• Wrestling File (in Turkish)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Ali Enver Adakan	Flagbearer for  Turkey Beijing 2008	Succeeded by Neslihan Demir Darnel