Rıfat Yıldız

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Rıfat Yıldız (born April 1, 1965 in Yenigazi , Kars ) is a former German wrestler , two-time world champion, European champion and silver medalist at the 1992 Olympic Games in the Greco-Roman style bantamweight.

Career

Rıfat Yıldız grew up in Germany as the son of Turkish parents . In Aschaffenburg he started wrestling at the sports club “Einigkeit” in the Damm district in 1982 and was supervised by the experienced trainer Franz Schmitt . His older brother Fuat and younger brother Harun also became successful wrestlers. Rıfat Yıldız was naturalized in 1987 and soon caused a sensation for the German Wrestling Association . At his first international tournament in 1987, the Grand Prix of the Federal Republic of Germany in Aschaffenburg, he took first place and already showed his potential for the Greco-Roman style that he had learned from Schmitt. This potential was shown again at the 1987 World Cup in Clermont-Ferrand , where Rifat immediately became vice world champion after a narrow point defeat against Patrice Mourier from France .

In the following years 1988 and 1989, however, Rifat showed weaknesses in the tactical area at the major international championships. A 4th place at the European Championship in Kolbotn / Norway was therefore the best result of those years. At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , he reached 8th place in bantamweight.

The most successful years in Rıfat Yıldız's career followed from 1990 to 1992. He is considered the best bantamweight wrestler in the world in the Greco-Roman style during these years. He became world champion in Rome in 1990 and in Varna in 1991 and also European champion in Copenhagen in 1992 , after taking 3rd place at the European Championships in Poznan and Aschaffenburg in 1990 and 1991 .

As a favorite, Rifat went to the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona . Rifat was well prepared and successfully entered the final against William Lara ( Cuba ), Alexander Ignatenko ( CIS ), András Sike ( Hungary ) and Patrice Mourier (France). There he met An Han-bong ( South Korea ), but after an early lead of 5: 2 could not keep this point advantage and was narrowly beaten.

For his sporting successes he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf on June 23, 1993.

After this defeat, Rıfat could not repeat the performance of the years from 1990 to 1992 at the major international championships. However, he continued to show exceptional performances in various tournaments, for example at the 1994 European Championship, where he started in featherweight and put the reigning world champion Sergei Martynow ( Russia ) on the shoulders. He also won bronze medals in bantamweight with very good performances at the European Championships in Budapest in 1996 and at the European Championships in Moscow in 2000 . At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , he finished 5th. After intensive preparation, Rıfat Yıldız competed in Sydney in 2000 , despite his age of 35 years. Here he failed after three victories in the semifinals against the Armenian Armen Nazarjan , who started for Bulgaria , and in the fight for the bronze medal against the Chinese Sheng Zetiang no longer had the strength, a 0: 2 point deficit, which he got right at the beginning of the fight was advised to catch up. He had to be content with 4th place.

In his career, Rifat fought for SV “Einigkeit” Aschaffenburg -Damm, KSC Hösbach , AC Goldbach , AV Markneukirchen and KSV “Germania” Aalen in the German Bundesliga. Today he works as a trainer at ASV Schaafheim . With his international success he is without a doubt one of the most outstanding German wrestlers.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, Ba = bantam weight, until 1996 up to 57 kg body weight, from 1998 up to 58 kg body weight, Fe = feather weight, up to 62 kg body weight)

  • 1987, 1st place , Grand Prix of the FRG in Aschaffenburg , GR, Ba, ahead of Sergej Bulanow, USSR, Keijo Pehkonen , Finland , Nicolae Zamfir , Romania and Jouni Luokkanen, Finland;
  • 1987, 4th place , Grand Prix tournament, GR, Ba, behind Sergej Bulanow, Emil Iwanow , Bulgaria and András Sike , Hungary and in front of Patrice Mourier , France;
  • 1987, 2nd place , World Championships in Clermont-Ferrand , GR, Ba, with victories over Jonathan Ardiv, Israel , Mieczyslaw Tracz, Poland , Emil Iwanow, Keijo Pehkonen , and one defeat against Patrice Mourier;
  • 1987, FILA Grand Prix tournament in Budapest , GR, Ba, behind Patrice Mourier, Emil Iwanow and Keijo Pehkonen and in front of Anthony Amado, USA ;
  • 1988, 4th place , EM in Kolbotn / Norway , GR, Ba, with victories over Zoran Galvic, Yugoslavia and Urbinati, Italy and defeats against Stojan Balow , Bulgaria and Andras Sike;
  • 1988, 8th place , OS in Seoul , GR, Ba, with victories over Rehdi Chaabi, Lebanon and Ramon Mena, Panama and defeats against Andras Sike, Yang Changhing, PR China and Alexander Schestakow , USSR;
  • 1988, 3rd place , FILA Grand Prix tournament in Budapest, GR, Ba, behind Alexander Schestakow and Andras Sike and in front of Geza Ivancsics, Hungary and Stojan Balow;
  • 1989, unpl ., World Championship in Martigny / Switzerland , GR, Ba, with victories over Radu Strubert, Romania and Nierens, Netherlands and defeats against Pawlowski, Poland and Emil Iwanow;
  • 1990, 3rd place , Grand Prix of the FRG in Saarbrücken , GR, Ba, behind Sergej Sabejworota , USSR and Radu Strubert and in front of Ralf Zentgraf , FRG , Angel Torrez Aldamo, Cuba and Sean-Mark Chardey, France;
  • 1990, 3rd place , EM in Posen , GR, Ba, with victories over Pierre Dikanda, Sweden , Keijo Pehkonen, Andrzej Macinniuk, Poland, Sergej Sabejworota and a point defeat (0: 1) against Patrice Mourier;
  • 1990, 1st place , World Championships in Rome , GR, Ba, with victories over Emil Iwanow, Gaspar, Portugal , Bayrakhtari, Turkey , Urbinati, Italy, Labrada Amadory Gonzalez, Cuba, Patrice Mourier and Alexander Schestakow;
  • 1991, 3rd place , EM in Aschaffenburg , GR, Ba, with victories over Zoran Galovic, Tibor Jankovics, Czechoslovakia , Patrice Mourier, Grzegorz Szyszko, Poland and Andras Sike and one defeat against Alexander Ignatenko , USSR;
  • 1991, 1st place , World Championships in Varna , GR, Ba, with victories over Pierre Dikanda, Jonathan Ardiv, Marian Sandu , Romania, Isaak Theodoridis, Greece , Andras Sike, Fujioka Michizo, Japan and Alexander Ignatenko;
  • 1992, 1st place , EM in Copenhagen , GR, Ba, with victories over Rachid Ghilmanow, France, Tibor Tahanics, Hungary, Pierre Dikanda, Zoran Galovic and Marian Sandu; in the fight Rıfat Yıldız against Nikola Dimitrov, Bulgaria, both wrestlers were disqualified, but this had no effect on the tournament victory of Rifat;
  • 1992, silver medal , OS in Barcelona , GR, Ba, with victories over William Lara , Cuba, Alexander Ignatenko, Andras Sike and Patrice Mourier and one defeat against An Han-bong , Korea ;
  • 1994, 2nd place , Grand Prix of the FRG in Koblenz , GR, Fe, behind Buda Karbunow, Russia and ahead of Petteri Meskanen, Finland, Aydin Ramazan, FRG and Dave Zuniga, USA;
  • 1994, 6th place , EM in Athens , GR, Fe, with victories over Rachid Ghilmanow, Ronny Persson, Sweden and Sergei Martynow , Russia and defeats against Aghassi Manukjan , Armenia , Ari Härkänen , Finland and Iwan Radnew, Bulgaria (without a fight);
  • 1994, 31st place , World Championships in Tampere , GR, Fe, retired due to injury after a defeat against Ivan Ivanov, Bulgaria;
  • 1995, 11th place , World Cup in Prague , GR, Ba, with victories over Zakaria Al-Nadsched, Syria , Mikael Lindgren, Sweden and Farschant Mageramow, Belarus and defeats to Dennis Hall , USA and Dimitros Miolzan, Greece;
  • 1996, 3rd place , EM in Budapest , GR, Ba, with victories over Rachid Ghilmanow, Farschant Mageramow, Rulsam Hakimow , Ukraine , Aghassi Manukjan and Alexander Ignatenko and a defeat against Vilayet Agayev , Azerbaijan ;
  • 1995, 5th place , tournament in Faenza , GR, Fe, behind Juan Magren, Cuba, Iwan Radunew, Bulgaria, Mikael Lindgren and Winston Santos, Venezuela and in front of A. Robinson, Canada ;
  • 1996, 5th place , OS in Atlanta , GR, Ba, with victories over Armando Fernandez, Mexico and Luis Sarmiento, Cuba and defeats against Yuri Melnichenko , Russia and Ruslam Hakimow;
  • 1998, 23rd place , World Championships in Gävle , GR, Ba, with a win over Maia, Portugal and defeats against Juri Melnichenko and Ichudik, Israel;
  • 1999, 14th place , World Cup in Athens , GR, Ba, with a victory over Guliaschwili, Georgia and defeats against Roberto Monzón , Cuba and István Majoros , Hungary;
  • 2000, 1st place , Olympic qualification tournament in Colorado Springs , GR, Ba, in front of Dennis Hall, Ali Askhani Agboloag, Iran, Nureddin Radschabow, Azerbaijan and Vahan Juharjan , Armenia;
  • 2000, 3rd place , EM in Moscow , GR, Ba, with victories over Jerzy Szeibinger, Poland, Paulo Goncalves, Portugal, Peter Stjernberg, Sweden and Norbert Futo, Yugoslavia and one defeat against Istvan Majoros;
  • 2000, 4th place , OS in Sydney , GR, Ba, with victories over Mohamed Bargoaoui, Tunisia , Valeri Nikonorow , Russia and Constantin Borăscu , Romania and defeats against Armen Nazarjan , Bulgaria and Sheng Zetiang , China

German championships

swell

  • The Ringer trade journal from 1987 to 2000,
  • A hundred years of wrestling in Germany. Verlag Der Ringer, Niedernberg 1991, p. 206 u. 212.
  • Wrestling Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V., VIBSS: The Federal President and his duties in the field of sport: "... on June 23, 1993, Federal President von Weizsäcker awarded ... disabled and non-disabled athletes, namely the medal winners of the 1992 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the silver laurel leaf .... "
personal data
SURNAME Yıldız, Rıfat
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Yenigazi , Kars