Adam Mikhailovich Kurak

Adam Kurak medal table
Wrestler
Russia
World Championship
bronze	2015 Las Vegas	up to 71 kg
European Championship
silver	2013 Tbilisi	lightweight
gold	2014 Vantaa	up to 66 kg
gold	2018 Kaspiisk	up to 71 kg
Military World Championship
silver	2016 Skopje	up to 71 kg
gold	2017 Klaipeda	up to 71 kg
gold	2018 Moscow	up to 72 kg

Adam Mikhailovich Kurak ( Russian Адам Михайлович Курак ; born June 27, 1985 in Yeniseisk ) is a Russian wrestler . In 2013 he became vice European champion and in 2014 and 2018 European champion in the Greco-Roman style in the lightweight or in the weight class up to 71 kg body weight.

Career

Adam Kurak started wrestling as a teenager in 1995. He focuses on the Greco-Roman style. He is a member of the Akademy Mindiaschwili Krasnoyarsk wrestling club . His trainer is Sergei Sidnikow. Wrestling is z. Currently also his job.

In a sense, he is a late starter, because he did not achieve his first notable successes until 2009, when he was already 24 years old. That year he became the Russian lightweight champion. In the following years 2010 to 2012 he could not win this championship title again, but won a medal every year.

Adam Kurak did not appear at international championships until 2013. However, he was present at many high-ranking international tournaments and often took excellent places. In January 2013 he won the most important Russian wrestling tournament, the "Iwan-Poddubny" Memorial in Tyumen, ahead of Islambek Albijew, Samir Sagaschtokow and Yuri Denissow, all of Russia and was then nominated for the 2013 European Championship in Tbilisi. In Tbilisi he defeated Benedikt Puffer, Austria, Artak Margarjan, France and Atakan Yüksel, Turkey. In the final he then faced Tamás Lőrincz , who won the Olympic championship in 2012, against whom he lost on points. He became vice European champion.

At the Russian championship in 2013, which took place after the European championship, Adam Kurak could not place in the front field. It was therefore not used at the 2013 World Cup. At the most important Russian preparatory tournament for the 2014 season, he defeated the 2013 Russian champion Islambek Albijew in Tyumen in January 2014 and became the tournament winner. In April 2014 he won the European title for the first time in Vantaa / Finland with victories over Rewas Laschchi , Georgia, Benedikt Puffer, Austria, Denis Demjanenko, Ukraine, Istvan Levai , Slovakia and Hassan Alijew , Azerbaijan. In May 2014 he also competed in the World Cup in Tehran, a team competition won by Iran. There he won over Basan Enes, Turkey, Krisztian Jäger, Hungary and the 2012 Olympic champion Omid Haji Noroozi , Iran. At the World Championships in Tashkent in September 2014, Adam Kurak only managed one victory over Ismael Navarro, Spain. In his second fight he lost to Tamás Lőrincz from Hungary. Since this did not reach the final, he was eliminated and only finished in 13th place.

At the 2015 World Championships in Las Vegas, Adam Kurak was used in the weight class up to 71 kg body weight. He initially defeated Zhang Ridong, China, but then lost to Rasul Chunayev from Azerbaijan. Since he reached the final, Adam Kurak was able to continue in the consolation round and he secured a bronze medal with victories over Franck Hassli, Monaco, Justin Harry Lester from the United States and Timur Berdijew from Belarus.

In 2016 Adam Kurak took 3rd place in the Russian lightweight championship behind Islambek Albijew and Artem Surkow. He therefore got no chance to qualify for the Olympic Games this year in Rio de Janeiro. In September 2016 he started in Skopje at the military world championship and finished there in the weight class up to 71 kg body weight behind Hassan Aliyev from Azerbaijan. In December 2016 he was also used at the World Championships in the non-Olympic weight classes in Budapest. He finished 5th in the same weight class in Budapest. Bálint Korpási from Hungary became world champion.

In 2017 Adam Kurak was the Russian champion in the weight class up to 71 kg, ahead of Abujasid Manzigow . In August 2018 it was used at the World Cup in Paris. He came to three wins in Paris, but lost to Demeu Schadrajew from Kazakhstan and in the battle for a bronze medal against Bálint Korpási. In September 2017 he was again military world champion in Klaipeda in front of Armen Hakobjan from Armenia.

In May 2018 Adam Kurak became European champion for the second time in his career in Kaspiisk. He won the title in the weight class up to 71 kg with victories over Bálint Korpási, Jan Zizka from the Czech Republic, Gevorg Sahakjan, Poland and Rasul Chunayew.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2009	2.	"Wladislaw-Pytlasinski" Memorial in Myslowice	Light	behind Marcus Thätner , Germany, in front of Edgaras Venckaitis , Lithuania and Steeve Guénot , France
2010	5.	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	Light	behind Islambek Albijew, Russia, Tamás Lőrincz, Hungary, Tomasz Swierk, Poland and Mathias Günther, Sweden
2010	3.	Vantaa Cup	Light	behind Yuri Denisov and Tschingis Labasanow, both Russia
2011	3.	"Ivan Poddubny" Memorial in Tyumen	Light	behind Juri Denissow and Migran Arutjunjan , both Russia
2011	1.	Grand Prix of Slovenia in Murska Sobota	Light	before Victor Nemes, Serbia, Zigel Pepa, Slovenia and Vahan Juhanjan , Armenia
2011	5.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Light	behind Tamás Lőrincz, Afschin Byabangard, Iran, Darchan Bayachmetow, Kazakhstan and Vitali Rahimow, Azerbaijan
2011	2.	FILA test tournament in London	Light	behind Kim Hyeon-woo , South Korea, ahead of Jarkko Ala-Huikku, Finland and Artak Margarjan
2012	2.	"Moscow Lights"	Light	behind Islambek Albijew, in front of Rusal Chunajew, Azerbaijan and Denis Demjankow, Ukraine
2012	1.	Presidents Cup of Kazakhstan in Astana	Light	in front of Aschkat Shanbirow, Kazakhstan, Xie Zhen, China and Mehdi Zaidvand, Iran
2013	1.	"Ivan Poddubny" Memorial in Tyumen	Light	before Islambek Albiejew, Samir Sagaschtokow and Yuri Denissow, all Russia
2013	1.	World Cup in Tehran	Light	in front of Atakan Yüksel, Turkey, Rasul Chunajew and Michail Semenow, Belarus
2013	2.	EM in Tbilisi	Light	after victories over Benedikt Puffer, Austria, Artak Margarjan, France and Atakan Yüksel and a defeat against Tamás Lörincz
2013	3.	"Wladyslaw-Pytlasinski" Memorial in Warsaw	Light	behind Tamás Lőrincz and Frank Stäbler , Germany, together with Sachina Dawitaja, Georgia
2014	1.	"Ivan Poddubny" Memorial in Tyumen	up to 66 kg	before Islambek Albijew , Artem Surkow and Asker Orschokdugow, all Russia
2014	1.	EM in Vantaa / Finland	up to 66 kg	after victories over Rewas Laschchi, Georgia, Benedikt Puffer, Austria, Denis Demjanenko, Ukraine, Istvan Levai, Slovakia and Hassan Aliyev , Azerbaijan
2014	13.	World Cup in Tashkent	up to 66 kg	after a victory over Ismael Navarro, Spain and a defeat against Tamás Lőrincz , Hungary
2015	2.	"Wladyslaw-Pytlasinski" Cup in Warsaw	up to 66 kg	behind Frank Stäbler, Germany, in front of Mateusz Bernatek, Poland and Dominik Ettlinger, Croatia
2015	3.	World Cup in Las Vegas	up to 71 kg	after a victory over Zhang Ridong, China, a defeat against Rasul Chunayev , Azerbaijan and victories over Franck Hassli, Monaco, Justin Harry Lester, USA and Timur Berdijew , Belarus
2016	3.	"Ivan Poddubny" Memorial in Tyumen	up to 66 kg	behind Islambek Albijew and Artem Surkow, both Russia
2016	3.	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	up to 71 kg	behind Maximilian Schwabe and Timo Badusch, both from Germany
2016	2.	Military World Cup in Skopje	up to 71 kg	behind Hassan Aliyev, in front of Nikolai Savchenko, Ukraine and Mohammad Ali Garaei, Iran
2016	5.	World Cup in Budapest	up to 71 kg	behind Balint Korpási, Hungary, Daniel Cataraga, Moldova, Hassan Alijew and Ilie Cojocaru, Romania
2017	5.	World Cup in Paris	up to 71 kg	after a victory over Grzegorz Wanke, Poland, a defeat against Demeu Schadrajew, Kazakhstan, victories over Petter Karlsen, Norway and Nurgasi Asangulow, Kyrgyzstan and a defeat against Bálint Korpási
2017	1.	Military World Cup in Klaipeda	up to 71 kg	in front of Armen Hakobjan, Armenia, Afschin Bjabangard, Iran and Maxim Yevtushenko, Ukraine
2018	1.	"Ivan Poddubny" Memorial in Moscow	up to 71 kg	before Artem Tarsjan, Magomed Jarbilow and Jegor Depzow, all Russia
2018	1.	"Kristjan-Palusalu" Memorial in Tallinn	up to 71 kg	before Kristupas Sleiva, Lithuania, Daniel Soini, Sweden and Ilie Cojocaru
2018	1.	EM in Kaspiisk	up to 71 kg	after victories over Bálint Korpási, Jan Zizka, Czech Republic, Gevorg Sahakjan, Poland and Rasul Chunayew, Azerbaijan
2018	1.	Military World Cup in Moscow	up to 72 kg	before Ulvi Ganizadeh, Azerbaijan, Petros Manoulidis, Greece and Armen Hakobjan
2018	2.	Ljubomir-Ivanovic-Gedza-Intern. in Kragujevac	up to 72 kg	behind Abujasid Manzigow , Russia, in front of Alexandar Erski, Serbia and Seiran Simonjan, Armenia
2019	1.	City of Sassari Tournament	up to 72 kg	before Bálint Korpási, Hungary, Selcuk Can and Ahmed Ylmaz, both Turkey

Russian championships

year	space	Weight class	Results
2009	1.	Light	before Arunat Kuchinov, Sejran Simonjan and Ilyas Magomadow
2010	2.	Light	behind Islambek Albijew, in front of Arunat Kuchinow and Yuri Denissow
2011	3.	Light	behind Yuri Denisov and Migran Arutjunjan
2012	3.	Light	behind Migran Arutjunjan and Juri Denisov
2016	3.	Light	behind Islambek Albijew and Artem Surkow
2017	1.	up to 71 kg	before Abujasid Manzigow, Garik Gjulmunjan and Rinat Akhmedov
2019	2.	up to 72 kg	behind Abujasid Manzigow, in front of Tschingis Labasanow and Magomed Jarbilow

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Lightweight, weight class up to 66 kg body weight (until December 31, 2013; from January 1, 2014, a new weight class classification by the FILA applies); this was changed again on January 1, 2018, so there is no longer any naming, but only the specification of the weight limit

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Adam Michailowitsch Kurak at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Курак Адам Михайлович , wrestrus.ru (Russian)
• Adam Michajlowitsch Kurak in the infosport.ru database (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Адам Курак , akwrest.ru (Russian)