Josip Čorak
Croatian wrestler (1943–2023)
 Čorak circa 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1943-06-14)14 June 1943 Rastoka, Independent State of Croatia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 November 2023(2023-11-28) (aged 80) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | HK Lika, Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Josip Maric Ljubomir Ivanović | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Josip Čorak (14 June 1943 – 28 November 2023) was a Croatian wrestler. Competing as a senior in the 90 kg Greco-Roman division he won gold medals at the 1969 European Championships and 1967 Mediterranean Games and a silver medal at the 1972 Olympics.[1][2] Čorak later won a record 11 world titles in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling in the masters category.[3] Čorak died on 28 November 2023, at the age of 80.[4]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Josip Čorak". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ Corak, Josip (YUG). iat.uni-leipzig.de
- ^ Josip Čorak 11. put svjetski veteranski prvak. Index.hr (24 July 2005)
- ^ Preminuo bivši član Guinnessove knjige rekorda, najveći lički sportaš 20. stoljeća (in Croatian)
External links
- Josip Čorak at the International Wrestling Database
- Josip Čorak at Olympics.com
- Josip Čorak at Olympedia
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Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport – Life Achievement
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- Franjo Frntić (1992)
- Miljenko Finderle (1993)
- Herman Vukušić (1994)
- Rudolf Carek, Nikola Turk (1995)
- Milan Blašković, Marijan Malović (1996)
- Filip Ćurković, Zdravko Kovačević (1997)
- Josip Marić, Boris Volščanšek (1998)
- Vladimir Findak, Katica Ileš (1999)
- Miloš Marković, Matija Ljubek (2000)
- Zlatko Šimenc, Slavko Podgorelec (2001)
- Žarko Dolinar, Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Petrović (2002)
- Milan Antolković, Vicko Lučić (2003)
- Miro Mihovilović, Antun Vrdoljak (2004)
- Irislav Dolenec, Vicko Šoljan (2005)
- Nikola Jurković, Stjepan Korbar, Veljko Rogošić (2006)
- Miroslav Blažević, Ante Pavlović, Žarko Susić (2007)
- Ivo Cipci, Željko Mataja, Josip Modrić (2008)
- Zdravko Baršnik, Ivan Janjić, Renato Vučetić (2009)
- Josip Čorak, Darko Dujmović, Velimir Kljaić (2010)
- Ivan Fattorini, Dragan Milanović, Vinko Tomljanović (2011)
- Ivan Ivančić, Marinko Mikulandra, Ratko Rudić (2012)
- Jozo Alebić, Erna Hawelka Rađenović, Fredi Kramer (2013)
- Vinko Bajrović, Anto Ćavar, Giuseppe Giergia (2014)
- Gojko Arneri, Đurđica Bjedov, Janko Goleš (2015)
- Ivo Vidović*, Jelica Pavličić-Štefančić, Luciano Sušanj (2016)
- Zdenko Zorko, Zdravko Hebel*, Zina Urlić (2017)
- Vladimir Janković, Milka Babović, Mate Parlov* (2018)
- Zdenko Kobeščak, Duško Antunović*, Zdravko Malić (2019)
- Ante Kostelić, Petar Skansi, Ivo Trumbić (2020)
- Željko Klarić, Mihovil Nakić, Đurđa Fočić-Šourek (2021)
- Nikola Plećaš, Boško Lozica, Edo Pezzi (2022)
* – posthumously
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