Łukasz Banak
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Łukasz Banak (born 4 September 1983 in
Międzyrzecz Międzyrzecz (; , , ) is a town in western Poland, on the Obra (river), Obra and Paklica river, with 17,667 inhabitants (2020). The capital of Gmina Międzyrzecz and Międzyrzecz County. Since the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998, it ha ...
) 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
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. He is also a member of WKS Slansk in
Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...
, and is coached and trained by Jozef Tracz. Banak represented
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at the
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in
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, where he competed in the men's 120 kg class. He defeated Tunisia's
Radhouane Chebbi Radhouane Chebbi (; 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 London is the Capital c ...
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 becam ...
, 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 (country), Georgia) is an amateur Belarusian Greco-Roman wrestler of Georgian origin, who competes in the men's ...
, with a technical score of 0–3.


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Profile – International Wrestling Database


* Polish male sport wrestlers 1983 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Poland Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Międzyrzecz Martial artists from Lubusz Voivodeship 20th-century Polish sportsmen 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-wrestling-bio-stub