Kazım Ayvaz (March 10, 1938 – January 18, 2020) was a Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler in the lightweight class and a trainer.

He won the gold medal in Men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1964 Olympics and became world champion twice.

He won the gold medal at the 1958 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest in 73 kg.

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.

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.