Cary J. Kolat

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Cary Joseph Kolat (born May 19, 1973 in Rices Landing , Pennsylvania ) is a retired American wrestler . He was runner- up in free style featherweight in 1997 .

Career

Cary J. Kolat began wrestling as a teenager in 1979. His first coach was his father, Joe Kolat. He played his first competitions at Jefferson - Morgan High School. He came in free style in 137 fights to 137 wins. During that time he won the Pennsylvania State Student Championship four times and several other regional titles. It was during this time that his first major success in an international championship fell, because he was the winner of the Junior World Championship (Cadets) in Warrensburg / USA in 1989 in the weight class up to 55 kg body weight. He then attended Pennsylvania State University from 1992 to 1994 and Luck Haven University from 1995 to 1997 , where he studied criminology.

In 1996 he became the American student bantamweight champion and 1997 featherweight (NCAA champion). In 1996 he qualified at the so-called Midlands Championships for the Olympic qualification (Trials) of the US Wrestling Association. But he could not qualify for the Olympic Games.

In 1997, Cary J. Kolat was also American featherweight champion. Then began, apart from the Junior World Cup in 1989, his international wrestling career. He took part in the world championship in free style in Krasnoyarsk that year and fought his way to the final with four wins. He also defeated the Belarusian ex-world champion Sergei Smal on points. In the final he was defeated by the Iranian Abbas Haj Kenari by just a few points (2: 4 technical points) and became vice world champion .

In 1998 Cary J. Kolat won the so-called Goodwill Games in New York City in front of Mahdi Kaveh from Iran and the multiple world champion Magomed Azizow from Russia . With his victory in a World Cup tournament in Stillwater , Oklahoma , he also managed to take revenge against Abbas Haj Kenari that year , whom he defeated on points. He also won this tournament over Jürgen Scheibe from Germany . At the 1998 World Cup in Tehran , he lost in his second fight against the Bulgarian Serafim Barzakow just on points (1: 3 technical points). Afterwards he fought his way up to the so-called "small final", in which it was a question of the bronze medal , and beat Elbrus Tedejew from Ukraine on points in the fight for this medal . Before that he had also against Jürgen Scheibe, Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbajar from Mongolia and others. Magomed Azizov won.

In 1999, Cary J. Kolat won the Pan American Games in Winnipeg in featherweight in front of the Cubans Carlos Juan Ortiz Castillo and Marty Calder from Canada . At this year's World Cup in Ankara he managed a remarkable victory over the Russian Shamil Umakhanov , but defeats against Elbrus Tedejew (1: 2 technical points) and Ramil Islamow from Uzbekistan (0: 5 technical points) threw him on the 4th place Rank back.

In 2000, Cary J. Kolat won the US Olympic elimination from Mike Zadick and represented the United States at the Olympic Games in Sydney . He won there in his first fight over Ramil Islamow , but lost in his second fight against Mohammad Talae from Iran just on points (4: 5 technical points). Since the rules at that time did not provide for a consolation round, he was eliminated and only came in 9th.

In 2001 Cary J. Kolat came in a World Cup tournament in Baltimore in featherweight behind Alireza Dabir from Iran once again on the 2nd place. He did not take part in any other international championships.

Cary J. Kolat, who was a member of the Dave Schultz Wrestling Club when he was active and was coached by Nancy Schultz and Bruce Burnett, has been a wrestler coach at the University of North Carolina since 2000. He is also head coach at the St. Paul Wrestling School for Boys . He lives in Baltimore .

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, F = free style, Ba = bantamweight, Fe = featherweight, back then up to 57 kg or 63 kg body weight)

swell

  • Trade journal Der Ringer , numbers: 9/1997, 10/1998, 10/1999 a. 9/2000
  • Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
  • Website by Cary J. Kolat

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Kolat, Cary J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kolat, Cary Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Rices Landing , Pennsylvania