Ahmet Kireççi [SEP] place of birth
Ahmet Kireççi
Ahmet Kireççi (aka Ahmet Mersinli, 27 October 1914 in Mersin – 17 August 1978 in Mersin, Turkey), was a Turkish sports wrestler, who won the Olympic medal twice, the bronze medal in the Middleweight class of Men's Freestyle Wrestling at the 1936 Olympics and the gold medal in the Heavyweight class of Men's Greco-Roman category at the 1948 Olympics.
Born in the southern city of Mersin, he began first boxing and then continued in athletics. He switched over to wrestling and took
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