Tevfik KÃ±à  (10 August 1934 â 4 September 2019) was a Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler and coach. He won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman light-heavyweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. He later won world titles in 1962 and 1963, a world silver medal in 1966, and the European title in the same year.
KÃ±à  was born on 10 August 1934 in the village of Pelitçik in the Kargñ district of ÃÂorum Province. He began wrestling in 1956.
His first major international medals came in 1959, when he won the gold medal at the 1959 Mediterranean Games in Beirut and the silver medal at the Balkan Championships in Istanbul.
KÃ±à  reached the peak of his competitive career at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. In the men's Greco-Roman light-heavyweight event, he defeated Switzerland's Kurt Rusterholz by decision in the first round and drew with Bulgaria's Krali Bimbalov in the second. In the third round, he defeated Poland's Wà Âodzimierz Smolià Âski by decision. He then received a bye in the fourth round and beat Finland's Antero Vanhanen by decision in the fifth. In the final round, he defeated the Soviet Union's Givi K'art'ozia by decision. KÃ±à  and Bimbalov had already drawn earlier in the tournament, so the gold medal was decided on bodyweight, with KÃ±à  taking the title because he was lighter.
He remained among the leading wrestlers in his class throughout the 1960s. KÃ±à  finished fourth at the 1961 World Championships, won world gold medals in 1962 in Toledo and 1963 in Helsingborg, finished fourth again at the 1965 World Championships, and won silver at the 1966 World Championships. In the same year, he became European champion in Essen.
KÃ±à  competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City in the men's Greco-Roman middleweight division. He defeated Finland's Teuvo Ojala and West Germany's Ernst Knoll by decision in the first two rounds, lost by decision to East Germany's Lothar Metz in the third round, and drew with Romania's Nicolae Neguàin the fourth round. He was eliminated in round four with 8.5 bad points.
After retiring from competition in 1968, KÃ±à  served as a coach of the Turkish national team. He lived in Ankara, where he ran a restaurant. He was a co-founder of the Turkish Wrestling Foundation, served on its board, and was inducted into the International Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2011. He was married and had two children.
KÃ±à  died in Ankara on 4 September 2019 at the age of 85.