Yüksel Şanlı

Yüksel Şanlı (born November 14, 1973 ) is a former Turkish wrestler and current coach . In 1998 he was European champion in free style in the lightweight.

Career

Yüksel Şanlı started wrestling as a teenager in 1984. He belonged to the renowned Ankara Tedaş Spor Kulübü sports club and was mainly trained by Yakup Topuz. The 1.69 meter tall athlete only wrestled in free style and always started with the seniors in the lightweight.

His international career began in 1988, when he took second place behind the Soviet athlete Sultan Kipkejew at the European Junior Championships (Cadets, the age group up to the age of 16) in Izmir in the weight class up to 47 kg body weight. His next use at an international championship he had then again in 1991. He finished at the Junior World Championship (the age group up to the age of 18) in Istanbul in the lightweight behind Araik Geworgjan from Armenia , who will be one of his main rivals in future championships should be and Fulvio Verde from Italy .

At the Junior European Championships (Espoirs, the age group up to the age of 20) in Székesfehérvár in 1992 , he only reached 9th place in the lightweight. At the Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in Athens in 1993 he reached the final battle again, which he lost against Araik Geworgjan . He became vice world champion of the juniors.

Yüksel Şanlı's first start at an international senior championship was very successful. In Friborg he was runner-up in the lightweight European champion behind the Russian Vadim Bogijew and thus placed himself in front of Araik Geworgjan , who took 3rd place. He also did well at the World Championships this year in Atlanta with a 5th place. The winner there was his old rival Araik Geworgjan.

In the 1996 Olympic year, Yüksel Şanlı was not in good shape. He was only seventh at the European Championships in Budapest and disappointed at the Olympic Games in Atlanta in the lightweight with two defeats against Townsend Saunders from the United States and the until then largely unknown Syrian wrestler Ahmad Al-Aosta . He ended up in 15th place.

He was again Vice European Champion in 1997 in Warsaw . There he even managed the feat of defeating the Russian Adam Saitijew on points and thus throwing him out of the competition. In the final battle he was defeated by Araik Geworgjan just 1: 2 techn. Points. At the world championship this year in Krasnoyarsk he got four wins. But defeats against Igor Kupejew from Uzbekistan and against Adam Saitijew threw him back to 8th place.

In 1998, Yüksel Şanlı achieved the greatest success of his wrestling career in Bratislava . He was with wins over Janos Fórizs from Hungary , Welichan Alachwerdijew from Russia, Mehmet Ahmet Edjevit from Bulgaria and Zaza Zazirow from Ukraine European champion . Unfortunately, he was unable to take part in this year's World Cup due to an injury.

At the European Championships in 1999 in Minsk he was able to take part again and came in 6th place with two wins and one loss in the third round against Welichan Alachwerdijew. He won a medal again at the 1999 World Cup in Ankara . It took him five wins. The American Lincoln McIlravy , against whom he lost on points, denied him a place in the final . He won the World Cup bronze medal by defeating Emzarios Bentinidis from Greece .

In 2000, Yüksel Şanlı focused entirely on the Olympics in Sydney . But he did not succeed in winning a medal there either. After a victory over Ibo Oziti from Nigeria , he lost again in his second fight against Lincoln McIlravy and only came in 9th place. Yüksel Şanlı ended his career in 2001 with a win at the Mediterranean Games in Tunis . He studied sport and is now (2009) the Turkish national coach for freestyle wrestlers. In 2010 he became Turkish champion with Ankara Tedaş Spor Kulübü.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
1988	2.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Izmir	up to 47 kg	behind Sultan Kipkejew, USSR , in front of Robert Szabo, Hungary
1991	3.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Istanbul	feather	behind Araik Geworgjan , Armenia a . Fulvio Verde, Italy , ahead of Falk Diener, Germany
1992	9.	Junior European Championship (Espoirs) in Székesfehérvár	Light	Winner: Araik Geworgjan in front of Kullo Koiv, Estonia a . Zaza Zazirow , Ukraine
1992	3.	"Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara	Light	behind Fatih Özbas , Turkey a . Andreas Kubiak , Germany
1993	2.	Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in Athens	Light	behind Araik Geworgjan, in front of Igor Kopejew, Russia
1994	9.	World Cup in Istanbul	Light	Winner: Alexander Leipold , Germany ahead of Jesús E. Rodríguez Garzón , Cuba a . Kenibek Omuraliev, Kyrgyzstan
1995	1.	German Grand Prix in Leipzig	Light	before Tibor Copik, Slovakia , Kullo Koiv, Estonia a. Ahmet Çakıcı , Germany
1995	2.	EM in Friborg	Light	behind Wadim Bogijew , Russia, in front of Araik Geworgjan , Zaza Zazirow u. Plamen Paskalew , Bulgaria
1995	5.	World Cup in Atlanta	Light	behind Araik Geworgjan, Akbar Fallah, Iran , Jesús E. Rodríguez Garzón u. Vadim Bogiev
1996	5.	German Grand Prix in Leipzig	Light	behind Yosmany Sanchez Larrudet , Cuba, Sihamir Osmanow, Russia, Fatih Özbas u. Emzar Bedineishvili ( Emzarios Bentinidis ), Georgia
1996	7th	EM in Budapest	Light	Winner Wadim Bogijew ahead of Araik Geworgjan and Zaza Zazirow
1996	15th	OS in Atlanta	Light	after losing to Townsend Saunders , USA a . Ahmad Al-Aosta , Syria
1997	1.	"Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara	Light	before John Giura , USA a. Adem Kaya, Turkey
1997	2.	EM in Warsaw	Light	with victories over Ivan Diaconu , Romania , Andreas Zabel, Germany, Adam Saitijew , Russia a. Elchad Alachwerdijew, Azerbaijan a. a loss to Araik Geworgjan
1997	1.	Mediterranean Games in Bari	Light	before Ahmat Al-Osta a. Salvatore Rinella, Italy
1997	8th.	World Cup in Krasnoyarsk	Light	with a defeat against Igor Kupejew, Uzbekistan, victories over Juan Carlos Suarez Rivera, Venezuela , Robert Betz, Canada , Ryusaburo Katsu, Japan and others. Ruslan Weliew, Kazakhstan a. a loss to Adam Saitijew
1998	3.	"Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara	Light	behind Terry Steiner, USA a. Orusow Taimasow, Uzbekistan
1998	1.	EM in Bratislava	Light	with victories over Janos Forizs, Hungary , Welichan Alachwerdijew , Russia, Mehmet Ahmet Edjevit, Bulgaria a. Zaza Zazirow
1999	1.	"Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara	Light	before Ahmet Gülhan , Turkey a. Daniel Igali , Canada
1999	6th	EM in Minsk	Light	with victories over Dima-Ian Andronic, Romania a. Ibrahim Selloum, France a . a loss to Welichan Alachwerdijew
1999	3.	World Cup in Ankara	Light	with victories over Sergei Demtschenko , Belarus a . Takahira Wada, Japan, a defeat against Emzarios Bentinidis, Greece, victories over Ivan Diaconu u. Nikolaos Loizidis, Greece, a loss to Lincoln McIlravy , USA a. a victory over Emzarios Bentinidis
2000	9.	OS in Sydney	Light	with a victory over Ibo Oziti u. a loss to Lincoln McIlravy
2001	1.	Mediterranean Games in Tunis	Light	before Ahmat Al-Osta a. Theodoris Kemenidis, Greece

Note: all competitions in free style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, featherweight, up to 1996 up to 63 kg, lightweight, up to 1996 up to 68 kg, from 1997 to 2001 up to 69 kg body weight

swell

• Website of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig,
• Trade journal Der Ringer ,
• Website www.güresdosyasi.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ŞAMPİYON ANKARA TEDAŞ SPOR! ( Memento of the original from April 20, 2012 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. , accessed June 18, 2012 (Turkish)  

Web links

• Profile of Yüksel Şanlı at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Yüksel Şanlı in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )