Tamer Balcı

Tamer Balcı (born Toma Valcis, 1 January 1917 – 10 April 1993), also known as Toma Balcı, was a Turkish sportsman and film actor of Greek descent. Balcı is considered to be the best hammer thrower of the country from 1940 to 1955 as he set the national record 11 times and was a 15-time national champion. He was a non-starter in the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics while representing Turkey. He started his acting career in 1951 and appeared in 24 movies, including as Tarzan in Tarzan İstanbul'da (Tarzan in İstanbul) (1952).