| LC control no. | n 88152228 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Süleymanoğlu, Naim, 1967-2017 |
| Variant(s) | Suleimanov, Naim, 1967-2017 Shalamonov, Naum, 1967-2017 Si︠u︡leĭmanov, Naim, 1967-2017 Shalamanov, Naum, 1967-2017 Сюлейманов, Наим, 1967-2017 Шаламанов, Наум, 1967-2017 |
| Birth date | 1967-01-23 |
| Death date | 2017-11-18 |
| Place of birth | Ptichar (Bulgaria) |
| Place of death | Istanbul (Turkey) |
| Field of activity | Weight lifting |
| Affiliation | Olympic Games (26th : 1996 : Atlanta, Ga.) Olympic Games (25th : 1992 : Barcelona, Spain) Olympic Games (24th : 1988 : Seoul, Korea) |
| Profession or occupation | Weight lifters Olympic athletes |
| Special note | Non-Latin script references not evaluated |
| Found in | Türenç, T. Özgürlüğe uçan dev, 1988: p. 14, etc. t.p. (Naim Süleymanoğlu) p. 14, etc. (b. 1/23/1967 in Ahatlı, Bulgaria; Turkish Bulgarian; olympic weight-lifter; immigrated to Turkey, 1985) New York times WWW site, viewed Nov. 29, 2017 (in obituary published Nov. 22: Naim Suleymanoglu; b. Naim Suleimanov, Jan. 23, 1967, Ptichar, Bulgaria; ethnic Turk; his name was changed to Naum Shalamonov, under a measure that required ethnic Turks to use Bulgarian adaptations of their names; defected to Turkey in 1986 and changed his name to a Turkish one: Naim Suleymanoglu; d. Saturday [Nov. 18, 2017], Istanbul, aged 50; Turkish weight lifter whose diminutive size and stunning strength earned him the nickname Pocket Hercules on his way to winning three consecutive Olympic gold medals) Wikipedia, viewed Nov. 29, 2017 (Naim Süleymanoğlu; b. in Bulgaria as Naim Suleimanov but forced to change to Naum Shalamanov; Bulgarian: from Наим Сюлейманов to Наум Шаламанов = from Naim Si︠u︡leĭmanov to Naum Shalamanov) |
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