Background
He was born in the village Karlı of Kavak district in Samsun province to a family of Circassian origin.
He was born in the village Karlı of Kavak district in Samsun province to a family of Circassian origin.
He began wrestling at his age of 15 in yağlı güreş (oil wrestling) and continued in this folk sports until he entered the military service. His sports wrestling career started 1936 in Ankara as he was discovered by the sports wrestler Celal Atik. Yaşar Doğu was admitted to the national team in 1939.
He participated at the European Championships held that year in Oslo, Norway and became silver medalist in Greko-Roman style, his only participation at any international competition missing the gold medal.
Yaşar Doğu wrestled 47 times in the national team between 1939 and 1951, of which only one he lost. All his 46 winning matches lasted 372 minutes in total, whereas the normal duration should be 690 minutes.
After retiring from the active sports, he served as the trainer of the national team Yaşar Doğu suffered a heart attack during the 1955 championships held in Sweden, where he was as the trainer of Turkey"s wrestling team
He died on 8 January 1961 in Ankara following a second heart attack.
1939 European Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway - silver (Greko-Roman style Lightweight) Yaşar Doğu Sports Hall, 1966-built venue with 1,500 seating capacity in downtown Samsun Yaşar Doğu Wrestling Hall, 1989-built wrestling designated venue for 250 spectators in Samsun Tekkeköy Yaşar Doğu Arena, 7,500-seat multi-purpose indoor venue in Tekkeköy district of Samsun Province opened end March 2013.