Harun Dogan

Harun Doğan (* 1976 in Kahramanmaraş ) is a former Turkish wrestler . He was the 1999 world and European bantamweight free style champion.

Career

Harun Doğan began wrestling as a teenager in 1986. He belonged to the Halen Belediyesi Gebze sports club and was coached first by Mohames Oruç and then by Avni Tarhani, one of the best Turkish coaches. As an adult, the 1.65 meter tall athlete always started in bantam weight (up to 57 or 58 kg body weight), for which he had to train up to 7 kg before each competition. He wrestled exclusively in free style .

He was already very successful on the international wrestling mat as a junior. In 1990 he became Junior European Champion in Szombathely (Cadets = age group up to the age of 16) in the weight class up to 43 kg and in 1991 in Alma, Canada , Junior World Champion (Cadets) in the weight class up to 47 kg. In 1992 in Cali , Colombia , he was runner-up in the junior world champion in the weight class up to 50 kg (juniors = age group up to the age of 18) and in 1994 in Kourtane / Finland in bantamweight he was again runner-up in the junior European champion (espoirs = age group up to the age of 20).

In the senior class he started in 1995 with a 5th place at the European Championship in Friborg, Switzerland . At the world championship of the same year in Atlanta he improved further and won there in bantamweight behind Terry Brands from the United States a. Guivi Sissaouri from Canada the world championship bronze medal . At the European Championships in Budapest in 1996 , he lost after four wins in the final against Serafim Barzakow from Bulgaria and was thus runner-up European champion. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta he lost in the first round against the North Korean Ri Yong Sam on points. Then he started a winning streak and beat Talata Embalo from Guinea-Bissau, Michele Liuzzi from Italy , Arif Abdullayev from Azerbaijan , Alexander Gusow from Belarus and Šaban Trstena from Macedonia. Because of the rules in force at the time, despite these victories, he could only fight for the Olympic bronze medal. In this fight, curiously enough, he met Ri Yong Sam again and lost again on points, leaving him only the ungrateful 4th place.

In 1997, Harun Doğan achieved poor results , except for the win at the Mediterranean Games in Bari . At the European Championships this year in Warsaw he lost to Musa Saidubataow from Ukraine and Murad Umakhanov from Russia after controversial fights in extra time, which meant he was eliminated and only finished in 15th place. At the World Cup in Krasnoyarsk he scored two wins, but retired after defeats against Jung Jin-Hyuk from South Korea and Arif Abdullayew, and only reached 13th place.

In 1998, after an 8th place at the European Championships in Bratislava , where he surprisingly lost to the Romanian Adrian Stratu in the 4th round, things were looking up again. The Goodwill Games in New York , he reached behind Mohammad Talaee from Iran already, he finished second place and the same place at the World Championship in Tehran , where he met with Murad Umachanow from Russia , Sanshiro Abe from Japan, Murat Mambetow from Kazakhstan and Guivi Sissaouri initially defeated four world-class athletes before facing Alireza Dabir from Iran in the final . In a balanced battle it was after the end of the extension after techn. Points 2: 2, so that the jury had to decide, which gave the local Dabir the victory. Harun Doğan was runner-up in the world championship.

1999 was Harun Doğan's most successful year. He was first in Minsk with four wins European bantamweight champion. He defeated Otar Tuschischwili from Georgia in the semifinals and Michele Liuzzi from Italy in the final . He also triumphed at the world championship this year in Ankara and won the world championship title with six wins in a superior style . In the final, he beat Alireza Dabir, his 1998 conqueror, on points.

In 2000, he concentrated on the Olympic Games in Sydney . He won there first over Octavian Cuciuc from Romania and Damir Sachartinow from Uzbekistan . He was injured in the process and was unable to compete in his next fight against Murad Ramazanow from Russia . He was eliminated and only came in 15th place. He fared even worse at the 2001 World Cup in Sofia , where he lost to Əbil İbrahimov from Azerbaijan and Hiroki Sekikawa from Japan and ended up in 30th place.

Then Harun Doğan got involved in a doping affair and was banned from 2002 to 2004. Shortly before the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , he was eligible to start again and started there in the bantam weight class (from 2002 up to 55 kg). However, he could not compensate for the long break in international competition in Athens, dropped out early and only reached 20th place.

He then resigned from international competitive sport.

International success

year	space	event	Weight class
1990	1.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Szombathely	up to 43 kg body weight	before Abbas Haj Kenari , Iran a . Hassan Ashabov, USSR
1991	1.	Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Alma / Canada	up to 47 kg body weight	before Stephen Higgins, USA a . Anil Kumar, India
1992	2.	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Cali / Colombia	up to 50 kg body weight	behind Chan Yul Chou, South Korea u. before Marjinder Singh, India a. Kurbanali Batirov, Russia
1994	2.	Junior European Championship (Espoirs) in Kourtane / Finland	Bantam	behind Aram Margarjan, Armenia a . in front of Leonid Tschutschunow, Russia
1994	3.	"Yasar Dogu" Memorial in Istanbul	Bantam	behind Ismail Zurnacci, Turkey a. Aslambek Fidarov, Ukraine
1995	1.	"Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara	Bantam	before Ismail Zurnacci u. Alambek Fidarov
1995	1.	Grand Prix of Germany in Leipzig	Bantam	before Ismail Zurnacci u. Metin Topaktas, bde. Turkey , Juri Senjuk, Russia a. Wanu Kushitashvili, Germany
1995	5.	EM in Friborg / Switzerland	Bantam	behind Aslambek Fidarow , Serafim Barzakow , Bulgaria , Arif Abdullayev , Azerbaijan u. Anuchawan Sahakjan, Armenia
1995	3.	World Cup in Atlanta	Bantam	behind Terry Brands , USA a. Guivi Sissaouri , Canada , before Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbajar , Mongolia a . Aslambek Fidarov
1996	1.	"Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara	Bantam	before Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbajar u. Artur Fidarov, Kazakhstan
1996	2.	EM in Budapest	Bantam	behind Serafim Barzakow, in front of Arif Abdullayew, Bogdan Ciufulescu, Romania u. Shamil Daibegow, Russia
1996	4th	OS in Atlanta	Bantam	with one defeat against Ri Yong Sam, North Korea , victories over Talata Embale, Guinea-Bissau, Michele Liuzzi , Italy , Arif Abdullayew, Alexander Gusow, Belarus u. Šaban Trstena , Macedonia a. another loss to Ri Yong Sam
1997	1.	"Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara	Bantam	before Ismail Zurnacci u. Fikret Aker, bde. Turkey, Tadeusz Kowalski u. Serif Kama , Turkey
1997	15th	EM in Warsaw	Bantam	after defeats against Musa Saidubaratow, Ukraine a. Murad Umakhanov , Russia
1997	1.	Mediterranean Games in Bari	Bantam	before Konstantin Kessanidis, Greece a . Mohamed Amine Benhammadi, Algeria
1997	13.	World Cup in Krasnoyarsk	Bantam	with victories over Ruslan Madschinow, Kyrgyzstan a . Michail Tschernow, Ukraine a. Losses against Jung Jin-Hyuk, South Korea a . Arif Abdullayew
1998	1.	"Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara	Bantam	before Oyunbek, Mongolia a. Mohamed Ali Ganjabi, Iran
1998	8th.	EM in Bratislava	Bantam	after defeat by Alexander Gusow, victories over Besik Aslanaschwili, Greece a. Tadeusz Kowalski, Poland a . a loss to Adrian Stratu, Romania
1998	2.	Goodwill Games in New York	Bantam	behind Mohammad Talaee u. before Anthony Purler, USA a. Hassan Jamatov, Russia
1998	2.	World Cup in Tehran	Bantam	with victories over Murad Umachanow , Russia, Sanshiro Abe , Japan , Murat Mambetow , Kazakhstan u. Guivi Sissaouri et al. a loss to Alireza Dabir , Iran
1999	1.	"Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara	Bantam	before Otar Tuschischwili , Georgia, Matwei Matweijew, Russia a. Aurel Cimporeanu, Romania
1999	1.	EM in Minsk	Bantam	with victories over Gordan Nikolow, Macedonia, Zsolt Markus, Hungary , Otar Tuschischwili , Georgia a . Michele Liuzzi , Italy
1999	1.	World Cup in Ankara	Bantam	with victories over Octavian Cuciuc, Republic of Moldova , Tadeusz Kowalski, Asset Mambetow, Kazakhstan, Eric S. Guerrero , USA, Martin Berberjan , Armenia a. Alireza Dabir
2000	1.	"Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara	Bantam	before Petru Toarcă , Romania a. Alexander Kaliwanow, Russia
2000	15th	OS in Sydney	Bantam	with victory over Octavian Cuciuc, defeat against Damir Sachartinow , Uzbekistan a . Without a fight, they lost to Murad Ramazanov , Russia
2001	30th	World Cup in Sofia	Bantam	after defeats against Əbil İbrahimov , Azerbaijan a. Hiroki Sekikawe , Japan
2004	20th	OS in Athens	Bantam	after defeats against Martin Berberjan u. Amiran Kartanow , Greece a. a non-combat loss to O Song Nam, North Korea

Note: OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship. All free style competitions. Bantam weight up to 1996 up to 57 kg, from 1998 to 2001 up to 58 kg and from 2002 up to 55 kg body weight

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

Web links

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