Bayram Şit

Bayram Şit’s first major international wrestling victory for Turkey came at the 1951 Mediterranean Games, where he won the freestyle featherweight gold medal. He followed this up a year later by becoming Olympic Champion at the 1952 Helsinki Games, and was then runner-up to Japan’s Shozo Sasahara at the 1954 World Championships. Both Sasahara and Şit attended the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, but Şit was unable to defend his title and finished joint-fourth (with American Myron Roderick), while Sasahara took home gold. Şit retired after these Games and worked as a trainer in both France and Turkey, eventually serving as technical director for his home country’s national team.