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| Hüseyin Akkaya Who-is-who in oilwrestling By Mohamed el-Fers for Türkevi of the Amsterdams Kirkpinar |
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Hüseyin Akkaya Tekirdagli (from the city of Tekirdag) was born in 1908 in the village of Alkaya near Kircaali Köy and died in Bulgaria in 1982. In 1935 he participate at the Halk Evi Wrestling Contest and defeated all the opponents. In that same year he went to France to defeat all 4 French wrestling champions in 15 minutes each. This match drew 30.000 spectators. Huseyin Akkaya won the championship of the Edirne Kirkpinar 8 times. Do you have more information, adittions or nice
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