Halil Kaya

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Halil Kaya
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Men’s Greco-Roman wrestling
Olympic Games
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Halil Kaya (born 1920, date of death unknown) was a Turkish sport wrestler. He won a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, bantamweight class, at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. [1]

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References

  1. "Halil Kaya". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2012.