Kirkor KARABEL

Kirkor Canbazyan was of Armenian descent but competed for Turkey at the 1936 Olympics. He also competed at the 1936 Tour of Germany, but did not finish. Canbazyan lived around the globe, moving to Brazil in 1943 and later Argentina, where he opened a deluxe hotel and also managed boutiques and discotheques. With his Armenian background, he became a major financial supporter of the Armenian College in Jrimian, Argentina.