Mustafa Çakmak

Mustafa Çakmak (born December 19, 1909 , † October 29, 1999 in İstanbul ) was a Turkish wrestler . He was vice European champion in 1939 and 1947 in the Greco-Roman style in the light heavy and heavyweight classes.

Career

Çakmak, who started under the name Mustafa Avcioğlu before the Second World War and belonged to the Kumpaki wrestling club, was a pioneer of sport wrestling in Turkey . Like many Turkish wrestlers, he came from an oil wrestling match . But he started wrestling at the beginning of the 1930s. He started in both the Greco-Roman and free style. In 1932 he was the first ever Balkan champion. In 1936 he was part of a Turkish wrestling team that competed in some competitions in the Soviet Union , which at the time was not yet part of the international wrestling federation. No results are known from this tour.

In 1936 Çakmak (Avcioğlu), prepared by Onni Pellinen , the Finnish coach of the Turks, started at the Olympic Games in Berlin . In the Greco-Roman style, he achieved two remarkable points victories in the light heavyweight division over the Czech Frantisek Mracek and the Hungarian Gyula Bóbis . In his third fight he was shouldered by the Latvian Edvins Bietags , who later won the silver medal. He achieved 5 missing points and had to retire. In the final statement he took eighth place. Çakmak also started in free style, but had to retire injured after winning points over Briton Thomas Ward and losing his shoulders to Swiss Paul Dätwyler .

In 1939, a strong Turkish team appeared at the last European Championship in Greco-Roman held before the Second World War. Style in Oslo , Çakmak also belonged to her. In Oslo he defeated Umberto Silvestri from Italy and the silver medalist of the 1936 Olympic Games in free style, August Neo from Estonia ; only in the final battle he was defeated by the Swede Nils Åkerlindh just on points. He was thus Vice European Champion.

After the Second World War he appeared, although almost 40 years old, in 1947 at the European Championships in Greco-Roman. Style in Prague , he reached the final fight in the heavyweight division, in which he faced none other than the two-time European champion from 1938 and 1939, the Estonian Johannes Kotkas , who was now starting for the Soviet Union. Kotkas won this fight and Mustafa Çakmak was again vice European champion.

At the Olympic Games in London in 1948 Çakmak was again in the light heavyweight division (Greco-Roman style) at the start. After a victory over an Argentine wrestler, he was surprisingly defeated by the British champion Kenneth Richmond and not unexpectedly against Karl-Erik Nilsson from Sweden , the eventual Olympic champion ; so he had to retire after the 3rd round.

After finishing his career as an active wrestler, he worked as a trainer. One of his most successful students was European champion Sirri Acar .

Results overview

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, F = free style, Hs = light heavyweight, S = heavyweight, at that time up to 87 kg or over 87 kg body weight)

• 1936, 8th place , OS in Berlin , GR, Hs, with victories over Frantisek Mracek , Czechoslovakia a . Gyula Bóbis , Hungary a . a loss to Edvīns Bietags , Latvia

• 1936, unpl. , OS in Berlin, F, Hs, after defeating Thomas Ward, United Kingdom a . a loss to Paul Dätwyler , Switzerland , retired due to injury

• 1939, 2nd place , EM in Oslo , GR, Hs, with victories over Hans Hansen, Denmark , August Neo , Estonia a . Umberto Silvestri , Italy a . a loss to Nils Åkerlindh , Sweden

• 1947, 2nd place , EM in Prague , GR, S, with victories over Pauli Riihimäki , Finland , Natale Vecchi , Italy a . Jaroslav Sysel, Czechoslovakia a. a loss to Johannes Kotkas , USSR

• 1948, 8th place , OS in London , GR, Hs, with a victory over Adolfo Ramirez, Argentina a . Defeats against Karl-Erik Nilsson , Sweden a. Kenneth Richmond , United Kingdom

In addition, Mustafa Çakmak was Balkan Champion in 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937 and 1940. Style and weight class are not known.

swell

• Professional magazine Athletik , number 31/32/1936, pages 15 and 22nd
• Documentation of International Wrestling Championships of FILA , 1976, pages O-35, O-38, E-28, E-42 and others. O-44.

Web links

Profile of Mustafa Çakmak at the Institute for Applied Training Science