Reşit Karabacak

Reşit Karabacak (born June 7, 1954 in Erzurum ) is a former Turkish wrestler and European champion in free style in 1983 in the middleweight division.

Career

Reşit Karabacak began as a teenager with the Turkish national sport of oil wrestling . It was not until he was 19 years old that he began to practice Olympic wrestling in 1973 in Izmir . His coach there was Muharren Atik, who came to Turkey from Bulgaria in 1971 . During his career, in which he was active in free style, he also belonged to the sports clubs Tofas "Sas Spor" Külübü and Ankara "TEDAS" Külübü.

Reşit was first used in 1974 at an international championship, the European Championship in Madrid . He just missed the medal ranks in the lightweight with a 4th place. After a 6th place at the 1976 European welterweight championship in Leningrad , he was able to celebrate his first major success in 1977 with second place at the European championship in Bursa . He defeated Dan Karabín from the ČSSR and Alexander Nanew from Bulgaria. Only the Soviet athlete Peter Marta turned out to be stronger.

Also at the world championship of the same year Reşit u. a. against the multiple world champion Ruslan Aschuraliew from the USSR, but had to be content with the 4th place after defeats against Günter Busarello from Austria and Stanley Dziedzic from the USA .

1978 Reşit won again a medal at the European Welterweight Championships in Sofia . He won u. a. also against Gerald Brauer from the GDR and Jancho Pavlov from Bulgaria. After a long unsuccessful time, he surprisingly won the Middleweight Championship in 1983 in Budapest . With Josef Lohyna from the Czechoslovakia, Efraim Kamberow from Bulgaria and Georgi Makarasaschwili from the USSR he defeated three top wrestlers.

At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles , Reşit injured himself in the first fight against Mark Schultz from the USA and had to give up. Finally he won a bronze medal in the light heavyweight division at the European Championships in Leipzig in 1985 and in Tampere in 1987 .

In his career, Reşit Karabacak ensured the specialty that he rose from lightweight (up to 68 kg body weight) to light heavyweight (up to 90 kg body weight) and always found himself at the top in his new weight class. After the end of his active career, Reşit became a coach.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, F = free style, Le = lightweight, We = welterweight, Mi = middleweight, Hs = light heavyweight, back then up to 68 kg, 74 kg, 82 kg and 90 kg body weight)

1974, 4th place , EM in Madrid , F, Le, with victories over Viktor Meier, Switzerland , Marian Jaros, ČSSR and Zygmunt Kudelski, Poland and defeats against Iwan Vassiliew, Bulgaria and Gerald Brauer , GDR ;
1974, 4th place , Balkan Games of the Juniors in Gorna Orahovitza / Bulgaria, F, Le, behind Claudiu Zeiner, Romania , Dimitar Stojanow, Bulgaria and Kiro Ristov , Yugoslavia ;
1976, 6th place , EM in Leningrad , F, We, with victories over Juhani Hakola, Finland and Giuseppe Spagnoli, Italy and defeats against Fred Hempel , GDR and Marin Pârcălabu , Romania;
1977, 1st place , "Dan Petrow" tournament in Jambol , F, We, ahead of Peter Marta , USSR and Sotirow, Bulgaria;
1977, 2nd place , EM in Bursa , with victories over Kiro Ristov, Alexander Nanew , Bulgaria, Emilian Christian, Romania and Dan Karabín , ČSSR and one defeat against Peter Marta;
1977, 4th place , World Championships in Lausanne , F, We, with victories over Suehira Fujita, Japan , Ruslan Aschuraliew , USSR and Emilian Christian and defeats against Günter Busarello , Austria and Stanley Dziedzic , USA ;
1978, 3rd place , EM in Sofia , F, We, with victories over Gerold Brauer, Jean-Michel Legrande, France, Jancho Pawlow , Bulgaria and Iraklis Deskoulidis, Greece and defeats to Marin Pârcălabu and Peter Marta;
1979, 4th place , EM in Bucharest , F, Wed, with victories over Jimmy Martinetti, Switzerland, Pawel Szabo, ČSSR, Efraim Kamberow , Bulgaria and defeats against István Kovács , Hungary and Adolf Seger , FRG ;
1980, 9th place , EM in Prievidza , F, Wed, after defeats against Günter Busarello and Peter Syring , GDR;
1980, 1st place , tournament in Łódź , F, Hs, ahead of Krwnig, USSR, Jan Gorski , Poland and Radu, Romania;
1981, 12th place , EM in Łódź, F, Wed, after defeats against Leszek Ciota , Poland and Juras Kuciurko, ČSSR;
1983, 1st place , Mediterranean Games in Casablanca , F, Wed, ahead of Adnan Elezi, Yugoslavia, Luciano Ortelli, Italy and Kassem Aloulabi, Syria ;
1983, 1st place , EM in Budapest , F, Wed, ahead of Efraim Kamberow, Bulgaria, Georgi Makrasaschwili , USSR, Josef Lohyna , ČSSR and Georgiu Fodor, Romania;
1983, 5th place , World Championships in Kiev , F, Wed, behind Taimuras Dzgojew , USSR, Dzewegiin Düwchin , Mongolia , Efraim Kamberow and Josef Lohyna, and in front of Leszek Ciota;
1984, unpl. , OS in Los Angeles , F, Wed, resignation due to injury in the 1st fight against Mark Schultz , USA,
1985, 3rd place , EM in Leipzig , F, Hs, behind Robert Tibilow, USSR and Julian Risnoveano, Romania and in front of Jan Gorski, Torsten Wagner , GDR and Juras Kuciurko;
1987, 3rd place , EM in Tampere , F, Hs, behind Macharbek Chadarzew , USSR and Efraim Kamberow and in front of Iraklios Deskoulidis, Bodo Lukowski , FRG and Jerzy Niec , Poland;
1987, 1st place , Mediterranean Games in Latakia , F, Hs, in front of Zouhair Saghaier, Tunisia , Iraklios Deskoulidis and Jaber Ali Alsaid, Egypt ;
1987, 15th place , World Championships in Clermont-Ferrand , F, Hs, winner: Maharbeg Chadarzew ahead of James Scherr , USA and Jerzy Niec

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Various issues of the specialist magazines Athletik from 1973 to 1975 and Der Ringer from 1976 to 1987,
International Wrestling Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences of the University of Leipzig (in this the result of the European Championship 1983 was forgotten)

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personal data
SURNAME	Karabacak, Resit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Turkish wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH	June 7, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Erzurum