Background
He was born 1938 in Rize of north-eastern Turkey.
He was born 1938 in Rize of north-eastern Turkey.
He began wrestling 1953 at his age of 15 in the "İstanbul Güreş İhtisas Kulübü", a club in Fatih, Istanbul specialized in wrestling. Greco-Roman wrestling, ahead of silver medalist Grigory Gamarnik of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and bronze medalist Valeriu Bularca of Romania. Representing his country in Greco-Roman style wrestling, he participated at three consecutive Olympics in 1960, 1964 and 1968, however was successful only in Tokyo.
From 1964 on, Kazım Ayvaz could not repeat his victorious matches.
He retired from the active sports in 1969 and served from then on as a trainer in Sweden, where he emigrated after the 1968 Olympics. Kazım Ayvaz lives in Sweden.
1957 Adriatic Cup in Opatija, Yugoslavia – bronze (Greco-Roman Welterweight).