AIPS: Yerlikaya most successful wrestler of 2005

Turkish wrestler Hamza Yerlikaya has been named the most successful wrestler of the year for 2005 by the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), reported the Anatolia news agency reported on Tuesday. The two time Olympic champion Yerilkaya is the only Turkish wrestler to ever become a European champion seven times. he was also named The Wrestler of the Year in 1996 by the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA).