Ahmet Ak, who was born on May 20, 1966 in the Afลin district of Kahramanmaraล, started working in Afลin TEK Sports Club at a young age and laid the foundations of freestyle under the guidance of Avni Tarhan. During his childhood and youth, he won a silver medal twice (1981, 1983) in the Balkan youth championships, and was crowned champion in the same organization in 1985.
He made a name for himself in the international arena by winning the bronze medal in the European Espoir Championship in 1984 and the silver medal in the World Espoir Championship a year later.
After moving to the men's category, he won a bronze medal in the 57 kilo category at the World Championships held in Clermont-Ferrand, France in 1987; It also resulted in bronze at the Mediterranean Games the same year. He won silver at the European Championship held in Manchester in 1988, passed the group stage at the Summer Olympics in Seoul the same year by beating American Barry Davis and Austrian Josef-Georg Auer, and in the bronze fight, he lost 9-8 to South Korean No Gyeong-Seon and finished fourth.
In 1989, he won gold in the 57-kilogram freestyle category in Ankara, becoming the European champion, and placed fifth in that year's World Championship. He won the gold medal at the World Wrestling Cup held in Toledo in 1990 and finished fourth at the World Championships of the same year; He achieved his last great success with a gold medal in the 57 kilo category at the Mediterranean Games in Athens in 1991.
Ahmet Ak, who ended his active sports career in 1991, graduated from รukurova University, School of Physical Education and Sports, and then took on coaching and technical director duties in various youth and A national teams. Ak, who was appointed as Kahramanmaraล Youth and Sports Provincial Director in 2003, was elected as the Chairman of the Sports Controllers Board of the General Directorate of Youth and Sports in 2007.
He served as the Deputy President of the Wrestling Federation for three terms, and later served as the Head of the Personnel and Training Department and the Head of the Foreign Relations Department of the General Directorate of Sports; He retired in 2020.
Ahmet Ak also contributed to the world of literature with his seven works on sports and Olympic history. Among the books he wrote are "Problems in Turkish Sports and Solution Suggestions", "Sports in Europe and Tรผrkiye", "Turkish Sports Organization Legislation", "Olympics from Past to Present", "The Other Side of the Medal", "Long-Term Athlete Development and Restructuring" and "Champion Children of Mothers".
Ahmet Ak was born on October 20, 1994 in Samsun, Tรผrkiye.
Productions in which he took part
- Very Nice Moves 2 (2019)
- Dealer Meeting (2020) โ Security
- Organized Works: Sazan Sarmalฤฑ (2019) โ Kunduz
- Eniลte Aykut (2019) โ Aykut's Apprentice
- The Wedding House (2025) โ Abdo
- Aykut Eniลte 2 (2021) โ Tontik
- Forced Security (2025) โ Korhan
- Brother Team 2 (2025) โ Tuฤper ลen
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
