Naim Suleymanoglu
Weight Lifter
Turkish weightlifter and three-time Olympic gold medalist, winning in 1998 in Seoul, 1992 in Barcelona, and in 1996 in Atlanta.
He won his first gold medal in an International Competition at the 1985 World Championships.
He won a total of 10 gold medals between Olympic and World Championship events.
His parents were tobacco farmers and he was raised in a very poor environment.
He won gold in 1992, the year Michael Jordan led the Dream Team to gold in basketball.