About Hüseyin Özkan
Hüseyin Özkan, née Huseyn Delimbekovich Bisultanov (born 20 January 1972), is a Turkish judoka. At the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia, he won the gold medal in the men's Half Lightweight (–66 kg) category. He became the first judoka to win an Olympics gold medal for Turkey. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. == Career == Hüseyin Bisultanov was born in 1972 in Argun, Chechnya, then part of the Soviet Union. He began practicing judo actively during his school years and quickly achieved the level of master of sports. After finishing school, he was conscripted into the army but continued training and competing in major international tournaments. He won the Soviet Junior Championships twice, in 1990 and 1991, and became European Junior Champion in 1991. In 1993, he won a silver medal at the European Judo Championships representing Russia. However, due to the outbreak of the First Chechen War in 1994, he was forced to leave his homeland. Losing opportunities for proper training, he moved to Turkey, acquired Turkish citizenship, and changed his name to Hüseyin Özkan.
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