Khalil Taha

Khalil Taha ( born June 5, 1932) is a retired Lebanese wrestler. He won a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in the welterweight division at the 1952 Olympics.

Career

Immediately after the 2nd World War was formed in Lebanon a strong team out Ringer, who won several medals at international championships in Greco- Roman style. Khalil Taha was one of the wrestlers, who belonged to this team. He appeared in 1951 for the first time at an international championship, the Mediterranean Games in Alexandria and took there welterweight behind the Egyptians Moustapha 2nd place.

In 1952 he also took part in the Olympic Games in Helsinki. Only 20 years old, he defeated Henry there Freylinger from Luxembourg, Gottfried Angel Berger from Austria and the experienced Frenchman Rene Chesneau. He was thus in the finals, where he remained but unsuccessfully against Szilvási Miklós from Hungary and against Gösta Andersson from Sweden. He won an Olympic bronze medal, which no one had previously given him credit for.

In 1953, he was also in the World Cup in Naples in Greco-Roman. Style at the start. He arrived there in the welterweight division but only to a victory over the Israeli Moshe Artzi. Counter Bekür Büke from Turkey and René Chesneau he lost that finished 10th place.

Immediately after these World Championships wandered Khalik Taha and his cousin Safi Taha in the United States. Both settled in Detroit and was a member of the Ford Motor Wrestling Club Detroit or the FORD Recreation Club Dearborn, Michigan. Khalil Taha managed to be even in the years 1956 and 1957 U.S. champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in the welterweight division. Even before his coach talent had already been discovered, so that he as a coach belonged to the U.S. wrestling team at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.

Also in the following years in which he was Ringer coach at Michigan Wrestling Club operates, he trained until the late 1980s and over again American teams ( senior and junior teams ) who went at the Olympic Games or World Championships at the start.

Khalil Taha, who did much to promote development of struggling in Greco -Roman style in the United States a great service, was in the "Hall of Fame" of the American athletes Union ( AAU) was added.

International success

Note: all contests in Greco -Roman style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, welterweight, and 73 kg body weight

Swell

  • Website of the Institute for Applied Training Science of the University of Leipzig,
  • Documentation of International Wrestling Championships FILA, 1976
  • Journal athletics,
  • Website " image.aausports.org "
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