Josip Chorak ( Croatian Josip Chorak ; June 14, 1943 , Rastoka (according to some information Smilyan [1] ), Yugoslavia ) - Yugoslav Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestler, Olympic silver medalist, European champion, eleven-time champion of Yugoslavia (1966-1976) [2] [3] . [four]
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| Club | Hk lika |
| Date of Birth | June 14, 1943 (aged 76) |
| Place of Birth | Rastoka, Gospic , Yugoslavia |
| Trainers | Josip Maric, Lubomir Ivanovich |
| Growth | 189 cm |
| Weight | up to 90 kg |
Biography
He began to engage in wrestling only at the age of eighteen at the Partizan club in Gospic .
He made his international debut at the Ivan Poddubny tournament in 1965, where he won a silver medal. At the world championships of the same year, he remained tenth. In 1966, he was also the tenth at the European Championships.
In 1967, he took second place in the Mediterranean Games both in freestyle wrestling and in Greco-Roman wrestling, he remained seventh at the European Championships and ninth at the World Championships. In 1969 he became the champion of Europe. In 1970 he became the bronze medalist of the European Championship, and at the World Championships he remained fourth in Greco-Roman wrestling and twelfth in freestyle. In 1971 he became the champion of the Mediterranean Games, and was sixth at the World Championships.
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he fought in Greco-Roman wrestling light heavyweight (up to 90 kilograms). The tournament regulations remained the same, with the accrual of penalty points, but the number of points awarded for one or another result of the meeting changed. Now, no penalty points were awarded for a clean victory, 0.5 penalty points were awarded for a victory with a clear advantage, 1 point for a victory in points, 2 or 2.5 points for a tie, 3.5 points for a defeat with a clear advantage for the opponent defeat 4 points. As before, the wrestler who scored 6 penalty points dropped out of the tournament. The title was disputed by 13 wrestlers.
Three wrestlers reached the finals: Soviet athlete Valery Rezantsev , Pole Cheslav Kvetsinsky and Chorak. Rezantsev defeated both Kvetsinsky and Chorak, winning a gold medal. The meeting between Kvetsinsky and Chorak took place in the third round, and was brought in a draw. But since, on the whole, Kveszynski lost by penalty points, he remained third, and Chorak won the silver medal of games.
| Speech at the 1972 Olympics | ||||||
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| A circle | Rival | A country | Result | Points | Total points | Scrum time |
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| 2 | Lothar Metz | Victory On points | -one | -one | ||
| 3 | Cheslav Kvetsinsky | Draw | -2 | -3 | ||
| four | Nicolae Negut | Victory Touche | 0 | -3 | 7:36 | |
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| The final | Valery Rezantsev | Defeat On points | ||||
Actively continued to play in wrestling tournaments among veterans until 2005 and by that time became the six-time world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling and five-time in freestyle wrestling (in various age categories) [5] This served as the basis for the inclusion of a wrestler in the Guinness Book of Records . [6]
In 2005, he was Deputy Head of the Department of Education and Sports of the City of Zagreb. [5] Until 2011, he was the head of the Office of Sports Facilities in the municipality of Zagreb . Vice President of the sports club "Lika"
Lives in Zagreb .
Notes
- ↑ http://www.vila-velebita.hr/datoteke/VVbr10.pdf (unavailable link) Knjiga o Smiljanu; Ana Tomljenović. Smiljan i okolica (Brušane, Trnovac, Bužim)] piše Ivica Franić, Vila velebita, časopis za liku i velebitsko primorje, srpanj 2006., str. 61
- ↑ Josip Čorak Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
- ↑ Database | United world wrestling
- ↑ Čorak, Josip | Hrvatska enciklopedija
- ↑ 1 2 Josip Čorak u finalu veteranskog SP u hrvanju - Sport - Index.hr
- ↑ Josip Čorak 11. put svjetski veteranski prvak - Sport - Index.hr
- ↑ Josip Čorak: Milan Bandić i Duško Ljuština su štitili Nebojšu Perunovića - Jutarnji.hr
Links
- Josip Chorak - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Josip Chorak - profile on the International Wrestling Database website