Mesut Okcu

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Mesut Okcu (born March 13, 1974 ) is a German wrestler .

As a junior European champion in the light heavyweight up to 90 kg , Okcu, who was starting for the Turkish Wrestling Club Berlin at the time , missed the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , although he was considered a star of the Bundesliga at the time. National coach Wolfgang Nitschke nominated instead of his Heiko Balz because of an unexcused absence from the national team's courses . In 1996 Okcu won the German championship title in freestyle. He was able to repeat this success in the middleweight division the following year. Okcu started in 2000 for AC 1897 Werdau in the 1st Bundesliga. In 2002 he moved back to the Turkish Wrestling Club in Berlin in the 2nd Bundesliga. In 2004 he started for VfL Neckargartach in the 2nd Bundesliga. At the 65th German Wrestling Championships in 2005 in Waldkirch , he was unable to defend another heavyweight freestyle championship title from 2004 and came third. In the 2006/07 season, Okcu came back for the colors of the Turkish Wrestling Club Berlin in the 1st Bundesliga.

In 2011 he trained as a trainer at the Wrestling Association of Saxony .

successes

  • Junior European Champion
  • 1996: German champion (freestyle)
  • 1997: German champion (freestyle)
  • 2004: German champion (freestyle)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "So fit is ... Mesut Okcu", Sport-Bild from June 26, 1996, p. 44.
  2. ^ "Splitter of successes 1990 - 1999" on the website of the 1st Luckenwalder Sport Club , accessed on December 11, 2011
  3. ↑ a b Statistics of the German wrestling champions at www.sport-komplett.de , accessed on December 11, 2011
  4. ↑ "Werurance Ringer Chronicle" ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of AC 1897 Werdau , accessed on December 11, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ac1897werdau.de
  5. ^ "Ringen im magischen Viereck" in taz of September 9, 2002, accessed on December 11, 2011
  6. ↑ "Wrestling 2nd Bundesliga: VfL Neckargartach - TSV Westendorf 20: 12.5 - Lars Petzold celebrates a brilliant comeback" on VfL Neckargartach's website, accessed on December 11, 2011
  7. ^ "Sport compact" in Berliner Morgenpost from March 13, 2005, accessed on December 11, 2011
  8. ^ German Championships Men 2005 Freestyle 2005 , accessed on December 11, 2011
  9. ↑ "Ringer 2007 1st Ringer - Bundesliga Group North" on the website of the German Wrestling Association , accessed on December 11, 2011
  10. ↑ Training and further education - course participant training course trainer - C competitive sport 2011
personal data
SURNAME Okcu, Mesut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1974