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Boxer
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Male
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Birth:
6 February 1972(Kutaisi)
Death:
20 August 2001
The details
Biography
Introduction
Akın Kuloğlu (born February 6, 1972 in Kutaisi, Georgia – August 20, 2001 in Chicago, Illinois, United States) was a Georgian-born Turkish boxer who competed in the men's middleweight division (75 kg) at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Shortly after the games, Kuloğlu moved to the United States, and worked as a taxi cab driver in Chicago suburbs.
On August 20, 2001, he was killed in a taxi cab crash in Des Plaines, Illinois.
Olympic Games
1996 (as a light welterweight under Georgia)
- Defeated Ricardo Araneda (Chile) 10–3
- Lost to Mohamed Bahari (Algeria) 5–8
2000 (as a light welterweight under Turkey)
- Defeated Mariano Carrera (Argentina) – won after the referee stopped the contest for outscoring
- Defeated Im Jung-Bin (South Korea) – his opponent retired on the fourth and final round
- Lost to Vugar Alakparov (Azerbaijan) 8–18