Mahmut Demir

Mahmut Demir medal table
Wrestler
Turkey
Olympic Games Freestyle
gold	1996 Atlanta	Super heavy
World Championships Freestyle
gold	1994 Istanbul	Super heavy

Mahmut Demir (born January 21, 1970 in Suluova , Amasya ) is a former Turkish wrestler .

Career

Demir started wrestling in 1984. In a short time he developed into an excellent freestyle wrestler who soon moved to the top Turkish club "TEDAS" Ankara . With a height of 1.84 m he soon grew from the heavyweight to the super heavyweight, whereby he usually weighed around 120 kg. His coaches were Alaattin Yildirim and Nabi Bayram and national coach Yakup Topuz.

At the age of 16 Demir started his international wrestling career with a 2nd place at the Balkan Junior Championships in Sonbor . From 1986 to 1990 he started regularly at the Junior World and European Championships. In 1990 he won the title of junior European heavyweight champion.

He made his debut among the seniors with a 5th place in the heavyweight division at the 1989 World Cup in Martigny / Switzerland . He achieved this place with a 2-0 point win over Sandor Kiss from Hungary . At the European Championships in Poznan in 1990 , Demir won his first senior medal with 3rd place in the heavyweight division. In the fight for this bronze medal, he defeated the junior world champion Heiko Balz from the GDR .

In 1991 Demir won another bronze medal at the European Championships in Stuttgart , but this time in the super heavyweight division. In a preliminary round fight he suffered a defeat on the shoulder from German champion Andreas Schröder .

In the 1992 Olympic year, Demir became vice European super heavyweight champion in Kaposvár . In the final battle he had to admit defeat to Andreas Schröder again. At the Olympic Games in Barcelona , he scraped a 4th place after defeats against Dawit Gobedschishvili from the CIS and Jeff Thue from Canada just past a medal.

Mahmut Demir's most successful years began after the 1992 Olympic Games. As early as 1993 he became European super heavyweight champion in Istanbul with a victory over Mirabi Valiyev from Ukraine . In 1994 he finished 2nd at the European Championships in Rome , this time behind Valiyev, but was able to celebrate winning his first world championship at the World Championships in Istanbul. In the final he defeated Olympic champion Bruce Baumgartner from the USA 1-0 on points.

In 1995 Demir won against Mirabi Valiew in Freiburg im Üechtland and thus his second European title. At the world championship of the same year in Atlanta he lost to Bruce Baumgartner and finished in 5th place.

The high point of Mahmut Demir's career was the 1996 Olympic year. In spring, he was European champion for the third time in superior style in Budapest and he won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Atlanta. In the final he defeated Aljaksej Mjadswedseu from Belarus, the son of Olympic champion Alexander Medved , with 3-0 on points.

After this victory, Demir resigned from active wrestling. He is now a businessman in Ankara.

Competition balance (overview)

year	competition	place	space	Style	Weight class
1986	Balkan Championships (Juniors)	Sonbor	2	Freestyle	Heavyweight
1986	Junior World Championships	Stuttgart	6th	Freestyle	Super heavyweight
1986	U20 world championships	Lidköping	4th	Freestyle	Super heavyweight
1987	Junior European Championships	Katowice	3	Freestyle	Super heavyweight
1988	U20 European Championships	Wałbrzych	5	Freestyle	Super heavyweight
1989	World championships	Martigny	5	Freestyle	Heavyweight
1989	U20 world championships	Ulaanbaatar	2	Freestyle	Heavyweight
1990	U20 European Championships		1	Freestyle	Heavyweight
1990	World cup	Toledo	3	Freestyle	Heavyweight
1990	European championships	Poses	3	Freestyle	Heavyweight
1990	World championships	Tokyo	7th	Freestyle	Heavyweight
1990	Balkan Championships (U20)	Sakarya	1	Freestyle	Heavyweight
1991	European championships	Stuttgart	3	Freestyle	Super heavyweight
1991	Mediterranean Games	Athens	1	Freestyle	Super heavyweight
1991	World championships	Varna	5	Freestyle	Super heavyweight
1992	European championships	Kaposvár	2	Freestyle	Super heavyweight
1992	Olympic Summer Games	Barcelona	4th	Freestyle	Super heavyweight
1992	World cup	Moscow	4th	Freestyle	Super heavyweight
1993	European championships	Istanbul	1	Freestyle	Super heavyweight
1994	European championships	Rome	1	Freestyle	Super heavyweight
1994	World championships	Istanbul	1	Freestyle	Super heavyweight
1995	European championships	Freiburg in Üechtland	1	Freestyle	Super heavyweight
1995	World cup	Chattanooga	3	Freestyle	Super heavyweight
1995	World championships	Atlanta	5	Freestyle	Super heavyweight
1996	European championships	Budapest	1	Freestyle	Super heavyweight
1996	Olympic Summer Games	Atlanta	1	Freestyle	Super heavyweight

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, F = Freestyle, S = Heavyweight, SS = Super Heavyweight, up to 100 kg or 130 kg body weight)

• 1986, 2nd place , Balkan Championships for Juniors in Sonbor , F, S;
• 1986, 6th place , Junior World Championships in Stuttgart , F, SS, behind Oleg Naniew , USSR , Petrisor Cruceanu, Romania , Dimitar Marinow, Bulgaria , Ferenc Takacs , Hungary and Andrew Borodow , Canada ;
• 1987, 3rd place , Junior EM in Katowice , F, SS, behind Oleg Naniew and Petrosor Cruceanu and in front of Iwailo Gaschew, Bulgaria and Sven Thiele , GDR ;
• 1989, 2nd place , Junior World Championships in Ulaanbaatar , F, S, behind Heiko Balz , GDR and in front of Konstantin Alexandrow, USSR and Ideal Stevens, Cuba ;
• 1989, 5th place , World Championship in Martigny / Switzerland , F, S, behind Achmed Atawow , USSR , William Scherr , USA , Uwe Neupert , GDR and Steve Marshall, Canada and in front of Sandor Kiss , Hungary ;
• 1990, 1st place , Junior European Championship, F, S, ahead of Pal Kaliszik, Poland and Dawud Magomedow , USSR;
• 1990, 3rd place , EM in Posen , F, S, behind Arawat Sabejew , USSR and Andrzej Radomski , Poland and in front of Heiko Balz, Stojan Nentschew , Bulgaria and Sandor Kiss, Hungary;
• 1990, 3rd place , World Cup tournament in Toledo / USA, F, S, behind William Scherr , USA and Leri Chabelowi , USSR,
• 1991, 3rd place , EM in Stuttgart , F, SS, behind Andreas Schröder , Germany and Oleg Naniew, and in front and Tomasz Kupis, Poland, Miroslaw Luberda, CSSR and Kiril Barbutow , Bulgaria;
• 1991, 5th place , World Championships in Varna , F, SS, behind Andreas Schröder, Gennadi Schilzow , USSR, Jeff Thue , Canada , Alireza Soleimani , Iran and in front of Zsolt Gombos , Hungary;
• 1992, 2nd place , EM in Kaposvár , F, SS, behind Andreas Schröder and in front of Kiril Barbutow, Tomasz Kupis, Juraj Stech, CSSR and Sandor Valentinyi, Hungary;
• 1992, 4th place , World Cup tournament in Moscow , F, SS, behind Tom Eriksson , USA, Georgi Kaysynov, Russia and Ali Reza Lorestani, Iran;
• 1992, 4th place , OS in Barcelona , D, SS, behind Bruce Baumgartner , USA, Jeff Thue and Dawit Gobedschischwili , GUS and in front of Andreas Schröder and Alireza Soleimani;
• 1993, 1st place , EM in Istanbul , F, SS, in front of Mirabi Walijew , Ukraine , Gennadi Schilzow, Sven Thiele, Germany , Alexej Medwedew , Belarus and Kiril Barbutow,
• 1994, 1st place , EM in Rome , F, SS, in front of Mirabi Waliev, Gennadi Schilzow, Sven Thiele, Alexej Medwedew and Kiril Barbutow;
• 1994, 1st place , World Championships in Istanbul , F, Ss, ahead of Bruce Baumgartner, Alexej Medwedew, Mirabi Walijew, Zsolt Gombos and Hiroyuki Obata, Japan ;
• 1995, 1st place , EM in Freiburg im Üechtland , F, SS, ahead of Mirabi Walijew, Leri Chabelowi, Alexej Medwedew, Zsolt Gombos and Petros Bourdoulis, Greece;
• 1995, 3rd place , World Cup tournament in Chattanooga / USA, F, SS, behind Andrei Schumilin, Russia and Bruce Baumgartner and in front of Ebrahim Merabi, Iran and Andrew Borodow;
• 1996, 1st place , EM in Budapest , F, SS, ahead of Sven Thiele, Mirabi Walijew, Alexej Medwedew, Zsolt Gombos and Georgi Kaysynov, Russia;
• 1996, gold medal , OS in Atlanta , F, SS, ahead of Aljaksej Mjadswedseu, Bruce Baumgartner, Andrei Schumilin, Russia, Alexander Kowalewski, Kyrgyzstan and Sven Thiele

swell

• International Wrestling Database of the University of Leipzig
• Trade journal "Der Ringer", numbers: 05/91, 10/91, 05/92, 09/92, 05/93, 09/93, 04/94, 09/94, 06/95, 10/95, 04 / 96 and 09/96

Web links

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