Łukasz Banak (born September 4, 1983 in
Międzyrzecz
Międzyrzecz (; la, Meserici, german: link=no, Meseritz) is a town in western Poland, on the Obra and Paklica river, with 17,667 inhabitants (2020). The capital of Gmina Międzyrzecz and Międzyrzecz County. Since the Local Government Reorganiz ...
) is an amateur Polish Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's super heavyweight category.
He won a bronze medal in his division at the
2007 CISM World Military Games in
Hyderabad, India
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the '' de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern In ...
. He is also a member of WKS Slansk in
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
, and is coached and trained by Jozef Tracz.
[
Banak represented ]Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
at the 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in London
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, where he competed in the men's 120 kg class. He defeated Tunisia's Radhouane Chebbi
Radhouane Chebbi ( ar, رضوان الشابي; born August 8, 1986, in Tunis) is an amateur Tunisian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's super heavyweight category. Chebbi represented Tunisia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
...
in the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out the quarterfinal match to Estonia's Heiki Nabi
Heiki Nabi (born 6 June 1985) is an Estonian Olympic champion Greco-Roman wrestler.
Nabi was born in Hilleste, Hiiumaa. At the 2006 World Wrestling Championships he won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman (96 kg) category and became ...
, who was able to score one point each in two straight periods, leaving Banak without a single point. Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Banak had another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage bouts. Unfortunately, he was defeated in the first round by Belarus' Ioseb Chugoshvili
Ioseb Ivanesh Chugoshvili ( ka, იოსებ ივანეს ჩუგოშვილი; born July 29, 1986 in Telavi, Georgia) is an amateur Belarusian Greco-Roman wrestler of Georgian origin, who competes in the men's super heavyweight ...
, with a technical score of 0–3.
References
External links
Profile – International Wrestling Database
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Polish male sport wrestlers
1983 births
Living people
Olympic wrestlers of Poland
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
People from Międzyrzecz
Sportspeople from Lubusz Voivodeship
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