Akın Kuloğlu

{{short description|Georgian-born Turkish boxer}}

Akın Kuloğlu (6 February 1972 – 20 August 2001) was a Georgian-born Turkish boxer who competed in the men's middleweight division (75 kg) at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.{{cite sports-reference|title = Akin Kuloğlu|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/akin-kuloglu-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031540/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/akin-kuloglu-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 29 October 2012}} Shortly after the games, Kuloğlu moved to the United States, and worked as a taxi cab driver in Chicago suburbs.

He was born in Kutaisi. On August 20, 2001, he was killed in a taxi cab crash in Des Plaines, Illinois.{{cite web|title=Des Plaines crash kills taxi driver |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/08/21/des-plaines-crash-kills-taxi-driver/|work=Chicago Tribune|date=21 August 2001|access-date=29 October 2012}}