Career
Throughout his sporting career, Cubukcu trained full-time for Şekerspor Wrestling Club in Ankara, under his personal coach Gürsel Uzunca. He also picked up two more medals to his career hardware with a similar color in the men"s 66 kg class at the European Championships (2003 and 2004). At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Cubukcu qualified for the Turkish squad in the men"s welterweight class (66 kg).
Earlier in the process, he placed fourth from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria to guarantee his spot on the Turkish wrestling team to the Games.
Cubukcu dominated the prelim pool matches by thrashing two-time Olympian Štefan Fernyák of Slovakia (5–1) and Hungary"s Gábor Hatos (3–1) to secure him a place for the medal rounds. As he faced against Russia"s Makhach Murtazaliev in the quarterfinals, Cubukcu could not display a phenomenal maneuver from the prelims, and lost the match with a comfortable 0–6 decision, placing seventh in the final standings.
