ANKARA, Turkey — Naim Suleymanoglu, the Turkish weightlifter who won three Olympic gold medals and was known as “Pocket Hercules,” died Saturday. He was 50. Mr. Suleymanoglu was considered one of the ...

ANKARA, Turkey — Naim Suleymanoglu, the Turkish weightlifter who won three Olympic gold medals and was known as “Pocket Hercules,” died Saturday. He was 50. Suleymanoglu was considered one of the ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Naim Suleymanoglu, the Turkish weightlifter who won three Olympic gold medals and was known as “Pocket Hercules,” died Saturday. He was 50. Related Articles End of an era: Famous ...

The memory of Naim Süleymanoğlu, recognized worldwide as the greatest weightlifter of all time, was honored at a commemoration program organized in Bulgaria through the cooperation of the Republic of ...

Nov 18 (Reuters) - Former Olympic and world weightlifting champion Naim Suleymanoglu, one of the sport's most successful athletes, has died aged 50 in a hospital in Istanbul, officials said on ...

Hundreds of mourners including his greatest sporting rival attended the funeral of Turkeys triple Olympic champion Naim Süleymanoglu on Sunday. Known as the pocket Hercules Suleymangolu, who won three ...

Turkish ministers arrived in Bulgaria for the official opening of the Naim Süleymanoğlu House-Museum – a project carried out with the support of Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, TİKA and the ...

Naim Suleymanoglu, a Turkish weightlifter who won three Olympic gold medals and was known as “Pocket Hercules,” died Saturday at an Istanbul hospital. He was 50. The cause was cirrhosis of the liver.

Known as the pocket Hercules Suleymangolu, who won three straight Olympic weightlifting titles starting at Seoul 1988, died from liver failure on Saturday aged 50. His great rival and Greek champion ...