Ed Banach

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Edward Joseph "Ed" Banach (born February 6, 1960 in Newton , New Jersey ) is a former American wrestler . He was the 1984 Olympic champion in free style light heavyweight.

Career

At the age of two, Ed Banach moved with his family to Port Jervis , New York . There he attended high school with his twin brother Lou . Under the impression of the Olympic victories of Dan Gable and the Peterson brothers at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , both decided to start wrestling together with a third brother, Steve. They did that at Port Jervis High School and the Port Jervis Varsity Wrestling Team . They were trained at the beginning of their careers by Phil Chase and Mark Fowler. As usual in high schools, they only wrestled in free style.

In 1977 Ed Banach celebrated his greatest success as a high school wrestler by winning the New York State title. From 1979 he attended the University of Iowa . He developed there with the coach Dan Gable in the Hawkeye Wrestling Club and started from 1980 at the so-called NCAA Championships, the US student championships. This championship is of enormous importance in US wrestling, because most and the best US wrestlers come from the student camp.

In 1980 he won the middleweight title at this championship in front of Dave Allen and Colin Kilrain. He was also successful the next year, but in the light heavyweight division. In 1982 he had to give way to Mark Schultz at the NCAA Championships . In 1983, however, he won his third NCAA championship title in heavyweight ahead of Mike Mann and William Scherr .

In contrast to his twin brother Lou, Ed Banach started in 1983 and 1984 in some important international championships and tournaments. He was at the world championship in Kiev in 1983 in the light heavyweight division and came there on the 7th place. In 1984 he was defeated in the final of the World Cup in Toledo to the 1980 Olympic champion Sanasar Oganessian from the Soviet Union , but came in second behind him, ahead of Shukri Akhmedov from Bulgaria .

In 1984 he started, well prepared by Dan Gable, at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in the light heavyweight division. He won there over Herbert Lins , Austria , Ismail Temiz , Turkey , Clark Davis , Canada , Abdul Majeed, Pakistan and in the final battle against Akira Ōta from Japan , which he won with 15: 3 techn. Points outclassed. With this he won the Olympic gold medal in a superior style .

Ed and Lou Banach, together with the brothers Anatoli and Sergei Beloglasow , who both became Olympic champions in wrestling in Moscow in 1980, are the only pairs of twins to each win a gold medal at the same Olympic Games.

After the Olympic Games in 1984, Ed Banach ended his international wrestling career, just like his brother Lou, although he was only 24 years old. He was an assistant coach at the University of Iowa for some time and now worked in the administration of the university's sports department. In 1993 he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame for his services to wrestling .

International success

year space competition Weight class
1983 7th World Cup in Kiev Semi-difficult Winner Petr Naniew , USSR ahead of Iwan Guinow , Bulgaria a . Uwe Neupert , GDR
1984 2. World Cup in Toledo (Ohio) Semi-difficult behind Sanasar Oganessian , USSR, in front of Schukri Akhmedov , Bulgaria, Roberto Limonta Vargas , Cuba u. Steve Marshall, Canada
1984 gold OS in Los Angeles Semi-difficult with victories over Herbert Lins , Austria , Ismail Temiz , Turkey , Clark Davis , Canada, Abdul Majeed, Pakistan and others. Akira Ōta , Japan

National successes

year space competition Weight class
1980 1. NCAA championships medium before Dave Allen et al. Colin Kilrain
1981 1. NCAA championships Semi-difficult in front of Charlie Heller u. Colin Kilrain
1982 2. NCAA championships medium behind Mark Schultz , in front of Charlie Heller
1983 1. NCAA championships Heavy before Mike Mann u. William Scherr
1983 1. World Cup elimination Semi-difficult
1984 1. Olympic elimination Semi-difficult

Note: all competitions in free style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, NCAA Championships = US ameri. Student championship, middleweight, up to 82 kg, light heavyweight, up to 90 kg and Heavy weight, up to 100 kg body weight

swell

  • Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
  • Trade journal Der Ringer
  • Website "www.wrestlingmuseum.com"

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Banach, Ed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Banach, Edward Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Newton , New Jersey