ANKARA, Turkey — Naim Suleymanoglu, the Turkish weightlifter who won three Olympic gold medals and was known as “Pocket Hercules,” died Saturday. He was 50. Mr. Suleymanoglu was considered one of the ...

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Naim Suleymanoglu, a Turkish weightlifter who won three Olympic gold medals and was known as “Pocket Hercules,” died Saturday at an Istanbul hospital. He was 50. The cause was cirrhosis of the liver.

(ATR) Thousands turn out in Istanbul to honor the Olympic champion known as the Pocket Hercules. Three-time Olympic weightlifting champion Naim Suleymanoglu died last week after more than a month of ...

TURKEY'S legendary triple Olympic gold medal winning weightlifting champion Naim Suleymanoglu - dubbed "pocket Hercules" - has died aged 50. Bulgarian-born Suleymanoglu, who had in late September been ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Naim Suleymanoglu, the Turkish weightlifter who won three Olympic gold medals and was known as “Pocket Hercules,” died Saturday. He was 50. Related Articles End of an era: Famous ...

Thousands of people on Sunday gathered at the funeral service of Naim Suleymanoglu, a Turkish weightlifter who died on Saturday at the age of 50 in Istanbul. Many prominent figures -- including Prime ...

Naim Suleymanoglu was born in Bulgaria as Naum Shalamanov. But due to the ethnic discrimination against Turks in Bulgaria, Suleymanoglu defected to Turkey at 19. For two years, he didn't see his ...

New Delhi: World and Olympic champion weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu from Turkey died on Saturday at the age of 50. The Turkish champion underwent a liver transplant surgery last month after suffering ...

ISTANBUL (AFP) - Hundreds of mourners including his greatest sporting rival attended the funeral of Turkey's triple Olympic champion Naim Suleymanoglu on Sunday (Nov 19). Known as the 'Pocket Hercules ...

Naim Suleymanoglu, nicknamed 'Pocket Hercules', was to become a national hero in Turkey after he defected from Bulgaria at the 1986 world weightlifting championships in Melbourne. Suleymanoglu ...