Cenk İldem
Cenk İldem (born January 5, 1986 in Şişli , Istanbul Province ) is a Turkish wrestler . He won a bronze medal in Greco-Roman style light heavyweight at the European Championships in 2010 and at the World Championships in 2011 .
Career
Cenk İldem started wrestling as a teenager in Şişli in 1996. His coach has been his father Huseyin İldem, himself a former wrestler, since then. Now he belongs to the Büyüksehir Belediyespor Istanbul sports club . He focuses on the Greco-Roman style and wrestles light heavyweight . Cenk İldem attended university and is a teacher.
His international wrestling career began in May 2005 when he finished 8th in the middleweight division at the Junior World Championships in Vilnius . A month later he was then in Wrocław Junior European Middleweight Champion in front of Adlan Bisojew, Russia , Jan Fischer , Germany and Timofei Deinichenko , Belarus . He was also extraordinarily successful in 2006, because he was first in Szombathely Junior European Champion before Artur Schalinjan, Armenia and in Guatemala City also Junior World Champion before Jan Fischer, Dawit Karchawa , Georgia and Oleg Schokalow , Russia, both in the middleweight division.
With the seniors, Cenk İldem needed some start-up time to achieve success there too. After all, he was in 2008 in Thessaloniki universities world light heavyweight champion in front of Balasz Kiss from Hungary and Ioannis Arzoumanidis , Greece . In April 2010 he was then used at the European Championships 2010 in Baku in the light heavyweight division. He came there to victories over Bentsion Chundaschwili from Georgia, Dimitri Timchenko from Ukraine and David Vála from the Czech Republic . In the semifinals he was defeated by his old competitor from their junior years , Timofei Deinitschenko , only to fight for a bronze medal in the European Championship with a victory over Mirko Englich from Germany .
The next start at an international championship took place at the 2011 European Championships in Dortmund . He won there over Sinisa Hogac, Croatia and Frederik Schoen from Sweden and then lost to the Albanian Elis Guri, who was naturalized in Bulgaria . Since this did not reach the final, he was eliminated and only came in 8th place. He did much better at the 2011 World Cup in Istanbul . He won there over An Chang-gun, South Korea , Balasz Kiss, Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu, Romania and Artur Aleksanjan , Armenia . In the semifinals he suffered a defeat against Jimmy Lidberg from Sweden. By defeating Tomofei Deinichenko, he then won a bronze medal at the World Championships, combined with the right to start at the 2012 Olympic Games in London .
At the Olympic Games in London, however, Cenk İldem had no luck. He lost both fights that he played, first against Ghasem Rezaei , Iran, the later Olympic champion and against Artur Aleksanjan , Armenia, the later Olympic third, eliminated and only finished 11th.
He won a medal again at the 2013 European Championships in Tbilisi. On the way to this success he defeated Villius Laurinaitis, Lithuania and Nikita Melnikow , Russia, lost to Artur Aleksanjan and then won over Soso Jabidze , Georgia and Schalwa Gadabadse, Azerbaijan.
International success
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
| 2005 | 8th. | Junior World Championships in Vilnius | medium | Winner: Yanarbek Kenjajew , Kyrgyzstan ahead of Ghasem Rezaei , Iran |
| 2005 | 1. | Junior European Championship in Wrocław | medium | before Adlan Bisojew, Russia , Jan Fischer , Germany and Timofei Deinichenko , Belarus |
| 2006 | 1. | Junior European Championship in Szombathely | medium | before Artur Schalinjan, Armenia , Saur Karechew, Russia and Sergei Yeroshkin, Ukraine |
| 2006 | 1. | Junior World Championships in Guatemala City | medium | before Jan Fischer, Dawit Karchawa , Georgia and Oleg Schokalow , Russia |
| 2007 | 10. | Dan Kolow & Nikola Petrow Memorial in Sofia | Semi-difficult | Winner: Kalojan Dinchew , Bulgaria ahead of Wassili Teplouchow , Russia |
| 2008 | 1. | Universities World Cup in Thessaloniki | Semi-difficult | before Balasz Kiss , Hungary , Ioannis Arzoumanidis , Greece and Mojtaba Kababi, Iran |
| 2009 | 8th. | Golden Grand Prix in Baku | Semi-difficult | Winner: Rustam Totrow , Russia ahead of Ramas Nosadze , Georgia, Denis Mishin, Azerbaijan and Balasz Kiss |
| 2010 | 2. | "Vehbi-Emre" Memorial in Istanbul | Semi-difficult | behind Aslanbek Chuschtow , Russia, in front of Oleg Kryoka, Ukraine and Ahmet Tacyldiz, Turkey |
| 2010 | 9. | World Cup in Yerevan | Semi-difficult | Winner: Balasz Kiss ahead of Arman Geghamjan, Armenia, Babak Hossein Ghorbani Goldasteh , Iran and Ahmet Tacyldiz |
| 2010 | 3. | EM in Baku | Semi-difficult | after victories over Bentsion Chudaschwili, Georgia, Dimitri Timchenko , Ukraine and David Vála , Czech Republic , a defeat against Timofei Deinichenko and a victory over Mirko Englich , Germany |
| 2011 | 11. | World Cup in Minsk | Semi-difficult | Winner: Babak Hossein Ghorbai Goldasteh ahead of Timofei Deinichenko, Schalwa Gabadadze , Georgia and Rustam Totrow , Russia |
| 2011 | 3. | Golden Grand Prix in Szombathely | Semi-difficult | behind Jimmy Lidberg , Sweden and Ewgeni Askarow, Uzbekistan , together with György Rizmajer , Hungary |
| 2011 | 8th. | EM in Dortmund | Semi-difficult | after victories over Sinisa Hogac, Croatia and Frederik Schoen, Sweden and a defeat against Elis Guri , Bulgaria |
| 2011 | 10. | Givi Kartosija & Wachtang Balawadze Memorial in Tbilisi | Semi-difficult | Winner: Irakli Kadschaia, Georgia ahead of Majid Aliyan Feyzabadi, Iran |
| 2011 | 5. | Golden Grand Prix in Baku | Semi-difficult | behind Babak Hossein Ghorbani Goldasteh, Aslanbek Chuschtow, Jimmy Lidberg and Balasz Kiss |
| 2011 | 17th | "Wladislaw-Pytlasinksi" Memorial in Radom | Semi-difficult | Winner: Rustam Totrow ahead of Timofei Deinichenko, Irakli Kadschaia and Nikita Melnikow, Russia |
| 2011 | 3. | World Cup in Istanbul | Semi-difficult | after victories over An Chang-gun, South Korea , Balasz Kiss, Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu, Romania , Artur Aleksanjan , Armenia, a defeat against Jimmy Lidberg and a victory over Timofei Deinichenko |
| 2011 | 11. | FILA test tournament in London | Semi-difficult | Winner: Ghasem Rezaie ahead of Daigoro Timoncini , Italy , György Rizmajer and Rami Hietaniemi , Finland |
| 2012 | 3. | World Cup in Saransk | Semi-difficult | behind Schalwa Gabadadze and György Rizmajer, together with Timofei Deinichenko |
| 2012 | 5. | Azovmash Cup in Mariupol | Semi-difficult | behind Nikita Melnikow, Witali Raganin, Russia, Nazmi Avluca , Turkey and Jimmy Lidberg |
| 2012 | 11. | OS in London | Semi-difficult | after defeats against Ghasem Rezaei, Iran and Artur Aleksanjan |
| 2013 | 1. | "Vehbi-Emre" Memorial in Istanbul | Semi-difficult | before Rustam Totrow, Ahmet Tacyldiz, Turkey and Michail Kadschaia, Georgia |
| 2013 | 2. | World Cup in Tehran | Semi-difficult | behind Sargis Tonojan, Armenia, in front of Nikita Melnikow and Mahmoud Alijari, Iran |
| 2013 | 3. | EM in Tbilisi | Semi-difficult | after victories over Villius Laurinaitis, Lithuania and Nikita Melnikow, a defeat against Artur Aleksanjan and victories over Soso Jabise, Georgia and Schalwa Gadabadse, Azerbaijan |
| 2013 | 2. | Trophee Milone in Sassari | Semi-difficult | behind Artur Aleksanjan, in front of Adrian Mocanu, Moldova |
Explanations
- all competitions in Greco-Roman style
- OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
- Weight classes: medium up to 84 kg, semi-heavy up to 96 kg body weight
swell
- Trade journal Der Ringer
- Foeldeak Wrestling Database website
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | İldem, Cenk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th January 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Şişli , Istanbul Province |