Great Olympians

Biographies - AYB


Mehmet Ali Aybar

B. 1908-10-05, İstanbul, Turkey, then part of the Ottoman Empire; D. 1995-07-10
Athletics - Track & Field
1928 HP
Men's 100 m R1:5th 0.00000000075
Men's 4x100 m Relay R1:4th 20.5
20.50000000075

His later career was more auspicious than his Olympic one. Professor of International Law, Sentenced to jail for left views in 1949 but freed one year later, founding the Socialist Revolution party. He was then a member of the International War Crimes Tribunal that investigated the US intervention in Vietnam.


Feridun Aybars

B. 1952-03-30, represented Turkey
Aquatics - Swimming
1972 HP
Men's 100 m Freestyle 46th -5.64
Men's 100 m Butterfly 36th -3.64
0.0006464


Written 2000-12-17 - last modified 2021-08-30

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