Aydın Polatçı

Mehmet Aydın Polatçı (born May 15, 1977 in Hafik , Sivas ) is a Turkish wrestler . He was 2005 World Champion in free style at heavyweight.

Career

Aydın Polatçı grew up in his birthplace and started wrestling there in 1993, after having previously played in the Turkish national sport of oil wrestling . He became a heavyweight with a height of 1.90 meters and a body weight of about 125 kg. After initial success in the junior area, he became a member of the Aski Ankara wrestling club , where Mehmet Polatçı was his coach. Aydın Polatçı preferred the free style throughout his career. Only in the military world championships did he also work twice in the Greco-Roman style.

He made his first international start in 1995 at the European Junior Championships in Witten , where he took first place in the heavyweight division of the juniors (up to the age of 18) in free style ahead of Tamás Ábrahám from Hungary and Oleg Chorpjakow from Russia .

In 1997 he competed in several international championships with the juniors, but also with the seniors. At this year's military World Cup, he came in second place in the Greco-Roman heavyweight division behind Alexei Kolesnikov from Russia and in third place behind David Musuľbes from Russia and Alireza Rezaei from Iran . At the Junior European Championships in 1997 in Istanbul and at the Junior World Championships in 1997 in Helsinki , he took first place. In Istanbul he won ahead of Artyom Aschigew from Russia and Aleksi Modebadse from Georgia and in Helsinki ahead of Alexis Rodríguez Valera from Cuba and Artyom Aschigew. After the resignation of the 1996 Olympic champion Mahmut Demir , he was also used in 1997 at the Senior European Championships in Warsaw . But he just missed a medal there. At the 1997 World Cup, Turkey used Zekeriya Güçlü .

In 1998 he became European champion in Bratislava , defeating David Musuľbes, Krassimir Kotschew from Bulgaria , Sven Thiele and Milan Mazáč from Slovakia in sequence. At the 1998 World Cup in Tehran, he lost his first fight against Andrei Shumilin from Russia. After four victorious fights, he then lost in the battle for the bronze medal against the American Kerry McCoy .

1999 Aydın Polatçı lost at the European Championships in Minsk after four victories in the final again against Andrei Schumilin (3: 4 technical points). At the 1999 World Cup in Ankara, he lost in his third fight against the unknown American Stephen Neal , who then became world champion, on points (6:10 technical points). According to the regulations valid at that time, he had to retire and only came in 5th place.

In 2000 he only started at the Olympic Games in Sydney . He won his first fight there against Zsolt Gombos from Hungary, but then lost to the later silver medalist Artur Taymazov from Uzbekistan , which meant his departure.

At the 2001 World Cup in Sofia , Aydın Polatçı finished fifth after losing in the third fight against David Musuľbes. At the 2002 World Cup in Tehran, he won a bronze medal. After a loss in the semifinals against David Musuľbes, he defeated the Georgian Dawit Otiaschwili .

In 2004 Aydın Polatçı won his second international senior title at the European Championships in Ankara. It beat Boschidar Bojadschiew from Bulgaria, Zoltán Farkas from Hungary, Radosław Jankowski from Poland, Sven Thiele and Kuramagomed Kuramagomedow from Russia. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens he met after victories over Rareş Daniel Chintojan from Romania, Sven Thiele and Alexis Rodríguez Valera on Artur Taymazov, against whom he was again defeated on points. In the battle for the Olympic bronze medal, he defeated Marid Mutalimov from Kazakhstan . This bronze medal remained the only Olympic medal in his career.

After winning the Mediterranean Games in Almería in 2005 , he joined the World Cup in Budapest that year . There he succeeded with victories over Tolly Thompson from the United States, Rareş Daniel Chintojan, Kurmagomed Kuramagomedow and Alexis Rodríguez Valera for the first time the title win at a world championship.

After that, Aydın Polatçı only started in the Turkish oil rings in 2006 and 2007. In 2008 he tried a comeback. He finished fifth at the European Championships in Tampere after losing to David Musuľbes and Bakhtiyar Akhmedov from Russia. He was also unsuccessful at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing . After beating Ivan Ishchenko from Ukraine, he lost to Marid Mutalimov and ended up in 9th place.

International success

year	space	competition	style	Weight class
1995	1.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Witten	F.	up to 115 kg body weight	before Tamás Ábrahám, Hungary a . Oleg Khorpyakov , Russia
1996	2.	"Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara	F.	Heavy	behind Mahmut Demir u. before Zekeriya Güçlü , bde. Turkey
1997	2.	"Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara	F.	Heavy	behind Zekeriya Güçlü, in front of Zsolt Gombos , Hungary a. Ziya Guler, Turkey
1997	2.	CISM military world championship	GR	Heavy	behind Alexei Kolesnikow , Russia, in front of Dirk Zimmermann, Germany
1997	3.	CISM military world championship	F.	Heavy	behind David Musuľbes , Russia a. Alireza Rezaei , Iran
1997	4th	EM in Warsaw	F.	Heavy	behind David Musuľbes, Aljaksej Mjadswedseu , Belarus u. Sven Thiele , Germany, ahead of Jurij Schobitko , Ukraine
1997	1.	Junior European Championship in Istanbul	F.	Heavy	in front of Artyom Aschigew, Russia, Aleksi Modebadze , Georgia a . Efstathios Topalidis, Greece
1997	1.	Junior World Championships in Helsinki	F.	Heavy	in front of Alexis Rodríguez Valera , Kuba , Artjom Aschigew a. Alireza Chawoshi, Iran
1998	1.	"Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara	F.	Heavy	before Tom Erikson , USA a . Alexander Kowalewski , Russia
1998	2.	FILA tournament in Clermont-Ferrand	F.	Heavy	behind David Musuľbes, in front of Davoud Khorshid, Iran a. Kim Tae-ho, South Korea
1998	1.	EM in Bratislava	F.	Heavy	with victories against David Musuľbes, Krassimir Kotschew , Bulgaria , Sven Thiele u. Milan Mazáč , Slovakia
1998	3.	Goodwill Games in New York	F.	Heavy	behind Andrei Schumilin , Russia a. Kerry McCoy , USA, in front of Rasoul Khadem u. Alireza Rezaei, bde. Iran
1998	5.	World Cup in Tehran	F.	Heavy	with a defeat against Andrei Shumilin, victories over Alexander Enew, Bulgaria, Mushtaq Abdulla, Australia , Aleksi Modebadse u. Sven Thiele u. a loss to Kerry McCoy
1999	1.	"Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara	F.	Heavy	in front of Zekeriya Güçlü u. Kerry McCoy, USA
1999	2.	EM in Minsk	F.	Heavy	with victories over Tomasz Szewczyk, Poland , Sven Thiele, Efstahios Topalidis u. Aljaksej Mjadswedseu u. a loss to Andrei Shumilin
1999	5.	World Cup in Ankara	F.	Heavy	with victories over Chen Xing Qiang, People's Republic of China a . Aleksi Modebadse u. a loss to Stephen Neal , USA
2000	1.	"Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara	F.	Heavy	in front of Zekeriya Güçlü u. Ziya Guler
2000	11.	OS in Sydney	F.	Heavy	with a victory over Zsolt Gombos, Hungary a. a loss to Artur Taymazov , Uzbekistan
2000	1.	CISM Military World Championships at Camp Lejeune	GR	Heavy	before Corej Farkas, USA a. Nico Schmidt , Germany
2000	1.	CISM Military World Championships at Camp Lejeune	F.	Heavy	before Arawat Sabejew , Germany a. To Yu, China
2001	2.	World Cup in Baltimore	F.	Heavy	behind Kerry McCoy, in front of Ebrahim Mehrabi, Iran a. Nikolai Telegin, Russia
2001	5.	World Cup in Sofia	F.	Heavy	with victories over Marek Garmulewicz , Poland a. Mirko Silian, Switzerland a. a loss to David Musuľbes
2002	2.	"Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara	F.	Heavy	behind Zekeriya Güçlü, in front of Recep Kara, Turkey
2002	1.	"Oleg-Naniev" Memorial in Vladikavkaz	F.	Heavy	before Artur Taymazov, Dawit Otiaschwili , Thomas Rowlands , USA a. Markus Hamann, Germany
2002	3.	World Cup in Tehran	F.	Heavy	with victories over Alireza Rezaei, Serhij Prjadun , Ukraine a. Markus Hamann, a loss to David Musuľbes u. a victory over Dawit Otiashvili, Georgia
2003	5.	EM in Riga	F.	Heavy	with victories over Arman Ghumaschjan, Armenia a . Mirko Silian u. a loss to Aleksi Modebadse
2004	1.	EM in Ankara	F.	Heavy	with victories over Boschidar Bojadschiew , Bulgaria, Zoltán Farkas, Hungary, Radosław Jankowski, Poland, Sven Thiele u. Kuramagomed Kuramagomedow , Russia
2004	bronze	OS in Athens	F.	Heavy	with victories over Rareș Daniel Chintojan , Romania , Sven Thiele u. Alexis Rodríguez Valera, a loss to Artur Taymazov a. a victory over Marid Mutalimov , Kazakhstan
2005	3.	"Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara	F.	Heavy	behind Recep Kara u. Şaban Yılmaz, both Turkey
2005	1.	Mediterranean Games in Almería	F.	Heavy	in front of Hisham Abdulwahib Abdelmoamen, Egypt
2005	1.	World Cup in Budapest	F.	Heavy	with victories over Tolly Thompson , USA, Wadym Tassoew , Ukraine, Rareș Daniel Chintojan, Kuramagomed Kuramagomedow u. Alexis Rodríguez Valera
2008	3.	"Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara	F.	Heavy	behind Fardin Masoumi Valadi , Iran u. Boschidar Bojadschiew, Bulgaria, together with Lasare Marsagishvili, Georgia
2008	3.	"Alexander Medved" tournament in Minsk	F.	Heavy	behind Rareș Daniel Chintojan, Romania a. Fatih Çakıroğlu , together with Recep Kara, bde. Turkey
2008	5.	EM in Tampere	F.	Heavy	with victories over Dimitar Kumchev , Bulgaria a. Wadym Tassoew et al. Defeats against David Musuľbes, Slovakia a. Bakhtiyar Akhmedov , Russia
2008	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	F.	Heavy	behind Əli İsayev , Azerbaijan u. Alireza Rezaei, in front of Lasare Marsagishvili, Georgia a. Maksim Proxorov, Azerbaijan
2008	9.	OS in Beijing	F.	Heavy	with a victory over Ivan Ishchenko , Ukraine a. a loss to Marid Mutalimov

Note: F = free style, GR = Greco-Roman style, heavyweight, up to 2001 up to 130 kg, from 2002 up to 120 kg body weight

swell

• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
• Trade journal Der Ringer
• US Wrestling Association website

Web links

• Profile of Aydın Polatçı at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Aydın Polatçı in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )