Necmi Gençalp

Necmi Gençalp (born January 1, 1960 in Yozgat ) is a former Turkish wrestler .

Career

Necmi Gençalp comes from Yozgat and started wrestling there in 1975. After initial success in the national field, he moved to the sports club "Seker" Ankara . As early as 1979 he started at the Balkan Games in Yambol / Bulgaria and came there on a good 2nd place in the free style in welterweight. In the junior area, Necmi also tried Greco-Roman. Style and came in 4th place in the welterweight division at the European Junior Championships in 1980 in Bursa :

In 1980 and 1981 Necmi was used by the Turkish Wrestling Association at an international championship, but could not assert himself in the front field. From 1983 to 1986 Necmi often had to struggle with injuries and therefore could not achieve any particular success. From 1987 to 1990, however, came the best years for Necmi Gençalp, which culminated in winning the Olympic silver medal in 1988 in Seoul in the middleweight division. Necmi lost in the final fight against the local wrestler Han Hyung-woo, who was driven by the fanatical South Korean crowd. Necmi proved that this success was not a flash in the pan in 1989 when he also became vice European champion. In the final, he wrestled against the experienced Czech Jozef Lohyňa . Both wrestlers could not score until the end of the fight. The jury then disqualified both wrestlers for being passive and did not award a gold medal.

In 1991 Necmi Gençalp ended his international wrestling career. He is now a trainer in Yozgat.

The results of the international championships and some of the other tournaments in which he participated can be found in the following section.

International championships

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, F = Freestyle, GR = Greek-Roman style, We = welterweight, Mi = middleweight, back then up to 74 kg or 82 kg body weight)

• 1979, 2nd place , Balkan Games in Yambol / Bulgaria , F, We, behind Valentin Rajtschew, Bulgaria and ahead of Heraklis Deskoulidis, Greece ;
• 1980, 4th place , Junior European Championship in Bursa , GR, We, behind Alexander Kudrjawzew , USSR , Ronald Schulz, GDR and Stojan Vassiliew, Bulgaria;
• 1981, 7th place , EM in Łódź , F, We, with victories over Ricardo Niccolini, Italy and Philippe Mathis, France and defeats against Valentin Rajtschew and Pekka Rauhala , Finland ;
• 1982, 12th place , World Championships in Edmonton , F, We, winner: Leroy Kemp , USA ahead of Dan Karabín , Czechoslovakia and Juri Vorobjew , USSR;
• 1985, 10th place , EM in Leipzig , F, Wed, with a victory over Korpas, Great Britain and defeats against Jozef Lohyna, Czechoslovakia and Juri Vorobjew;
• 1986, 1st place , “Yasar Dogu” Memorial in Istanbul , F, Wed, ahead of Erol Yildirim and Senol Tenekecioglu , bde. Turkey ;
• 1987, 5th place , EM in Tampere , F, Wed, behind Alexander Nanew , Bulgaria, Wladimir Modosjan , USSR, Jozef Lohyna and Ion Matu, Romania and in front of Kostas Avramis, Greece;
• 1987, 1st place , Mediterranean Games in Latakia , F, Wed, ahead of Mohamed Akrad, Syria and Kostas Avramis;
• 1987, 6th place , World Championships in Clermont-Ferrand , F, Wed, behind Mark Schultz , USA, Alexander Nanew, Wladimir Modosjan, Andrzej Radomski , Poland and Reiner Trik , FRG ;
• 1987, 2nd place , “Yasar Dogu” memorial in Istanbul, F, Wed, behind Mehmet Turkaya, Turkey and in front of Mohamed Akrad;
• 1988, silver medal , OS in Seoul , F, Wed, behind Han Hyung-woo, South Korea and in front of Jozef Lohyna, Alexander Tamboroutschew, USSR, Puntsagiin Süchbat , Mongolia and Mark Schultz;
• 1988, 2nd place , “Yasar Dogu” memorial in Istanbul, F, Wed, behind Alexander Sawko , USSR and in front of Andrzej Radomski;
• 1989, 2nd place , EM in Ankara , F, Wed, together with Jozef Lohyňa and ahead of Elmadi Dschabrailow , USSR, Gheorghe Mitu, Romania, Pekka Rauhala and Kostas Avramis;
• 1989, 4th place , World Championships in Martigny , F, Wed, behind Elmadi Jabrailow, Melvin Douglas , USA and Alcide Legrand , France and in front of Jozef Lohyna and Greg Edgelow, Canada ;
• 1990, 2nd place , World Cup tournament in Toledo / USA, F, Wed, behind Juri Vorobjew and in front of Melvin Douglas, Orlando Hernandez, Cuba and Chris Rinke , Canada

swell

• International Wrestling Database of the University of Leipzig
• Trade journal "Der Ringer", numbers: 05/81, 09/82, 05/85, 06/87, 09/87, 10/88, 05/89, 09/89

Web links

• Necmi Gençalp in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )