Naim Suleymanoglu dead: Three-time Olympic champion weightlifter dies of liver failure aged 50
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 admitted to intensive care after suffering liver failure, died in hospital in Istanbul. Suleymanoglu scored a historic hat-trick of consecutive Olympic titles starting in Seoul in 1988 […]