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2012 European Wrestling Championships
The 2012 European Wrestling Championships were held in Belgrade, Serbia, from 8 March to 11 March 2012.https://web.archive.org/web/20120311105538/http://www.fila-official.com/sites/ultimate2/index.php Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Participating nations 478 competitors from 41 nations participated: * (10) * (14) * (9) * (21) * (21) * (18) * (7) * (10) * (2) * (3) * (7) * (9) * (12) * (14) * (21) * (17) * (7) * (18) * (1) * (6) * (15) * (12) * (13) * (9) * (19) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (7) * (19) * (4) * (20) * (20) * (20) * (12) * (1) * (10) * (14) * (10) * (21) * (21) References External links {{European Wrestling Championships Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ... European Wrestling ...
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Belgrade
Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. Nearly 1,166,763 million people live within the administrative limits of the City of Belgrade. It is the third largest of all List of cities and towns on Danube river, cities on the Danube river. Belgrade is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe and the world. One of the most important prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved within the Belgrade area in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thracians, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region and, after 279 BC, Celts settled the city, naming it ''Singidunum, Singidūn''. It was Roman Serbia, conquered by the Romans under the reign ...
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Denis Tsargush
Denís Tsargúsh ( ab, Дени́с Царгәы́ш, IPA /dɛˈnis t͡sʰɑrˈgʷɨʂ/, born 1 September 1987 in Gudauta, Abkhazia, Georgia, also known as Dinislam Tsargush, is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Abkhaz descent. He is a three-time European Champion, three-time World Champion and also won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is a Grand Master of Sports in Freestyle Wrestling. He won the 74 kg weight class at the 2009, 2010 and 2014 FILA Wrestling World Championships. He won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's 74 kg category. At the 2014 World Wrestling Championships in the men's 74 kg category, Tsargush scored a 9–2 victory over Jordan Burroughs Jordan Ernest Burroughs (born July 8, 1988) is an American freestyle wrestler and former folkstyle wrestler who currently competes at 79 kilograms, and previously competed at 74 kilos. In freestyle, he was the 2012 Olympic gold medalist, is ... (U.S.), who had won the last ...
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Dániel Ligeti
Dániel Ligeti (born July 31, 1989 in Szombathely) is an amateur Hungarian freestyle wrestler, who competes in the men's super heavyweight category. He won the bronze medal for his division at the 2011 European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany, and silver at the 2012 European Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. Ligeti stands 1.92 metres (6 ft 3.5 in) tall and weighs 115 kilograms (254 lb). He is also currently a member of TuS Adelhausen in Rheinfelden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and is coached by Istvan Gulyas from the national wrestling team. Ligeti represented Hungary at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the 120 kg class in men's freestyle wrestling. He received a bye for the second preliminary match, before losing out to Belarus' Aleksey Shemarov, who was able to score four points in two straight periods, leaving Ligeti with a single point. He competed at the 2016 Olympics, beating Florian Temengil to reach the quart ...
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Taha Akgül
Taha Akgül (born 22 November 1990 in Sivas, Turkey) is an Olympic, World, and European champion Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 125 kg division. He is a 3 time world (2014, 2015, 2022) and 10 time European (2012-2015, 2017-2019, 2021-2023) champion. He won the gold medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics at 125 kg. He has been the president of the Athlete Commission of the Turkish National Olympic Committee since 2016. He is a graduate of the Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University Physical Education and Sports Academy and completed his master's degree at Sivas Cumhuriyet University. Wrestling career Akgül took up wrestling in 2003 following his father and brother. He won the gold medal at the 40th Yaşar Doğu International Wrestling Tournament held in 2012. At the 2012 European Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, Taha Akgül became champion in his weight category. He is now considered the best active wrestler ...
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Ivan Yankouski
Ivan Yankouski is a Belarusian freestyle wrestler. He is a silver medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a three-time medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. Career In 2016, he won the silver medal in the men's 97 kg event at the 2016 European Wrestling Championships The 2016 European Wrestling Championships were held in Riga, Latvia, from 8 March to 13 March 2016. Medal overview Medal table Team ranking Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle References External links Official site< ...
held in Riga, Latvia. In 2018, he won the silver medal in the men's 92 kg event at the
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Serhat Balcı
Serhat Balcı (; born March 15, 1982 in Üsküdar, Istanbul) is a male sport wrestler from Turkey competing in the 96 kg division of freestyle wrestling. The tall athlete is a member of the Sancaktepe Belediye S.K. in Sancaktepe, Istanbul. Serhat Balcı holds a silver medal won at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships in Istanbul, Turkey and another silver medal won at the 2005 European Wrestling Championships in Varna, Bulgaria. He represented Turkey at the 2008 Summer Olympics without winning a medal. He qualified for the participation at the 2012 Summer Olympics representing Turkey where he lost to Magomed Musaev of Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C .... References External links * * Living people 1982 births Turkish male sport wrestl ...
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Valerii Andriitsev
Valerii Oleksandrovych Andriitsev ( uk, Валерій Олександрович Андрійцев; born 27 February 1987 in Kozelets) is a male freestyle wrestler from Ukraine. He won the silver medal in the Men's freestyle 96 kg at 2012 Summer Olympics. He won the silver in the 2012 European Wrestling Championships. At the 2014 World Wrestling Championships he took the bronze medal after winning a rematch against American Jake Varner, who beat him in the gold medal match at the 2012 Olympics. In June 2015, he earned bronze at the inaugural European Games for Ukraine in wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ..., more specifically, in the men's freestyle in the - 97 kg division. References External links bio on fila-wrestling.com* 1987 births ...
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Abdusalam Gadisov
Abdusalam Mamatkhanovich Gadisov (born 26 March 1989) is a Russian freestyle wrestler. He competed in the freestyle 96 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; after defeating Taimuraz Tigiyev in the qualification round, he was eliminated by Reza Yazdani in the 1/8 finals. In 2014 he became World freestyle wrestling champion at the 97 kg division, and was the runner-up in 2015. At the national level, he became Russian national champion in 2012. In the final he defeated Olympic Champion and five time World Champion Khadzhimurat Gatsalov. He won the Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships again in 2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri .... He is a devout Sunni Muslim. References External links * * * * 1989 births Living people Sportspe ...
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Anzor Urishev
Anzor Suadinovich Urishev (russian: Анзор Суадинович Уришев; born January 23, 1987) is a male Kabardin-Russian wrestler, who competed for the men's freestyle 84 kg at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He was eliminated in the quarterfinal rounds, after being defeated by Iran's Ehsan Lashgari, based on the technical score. Urishev won gold medals each at the 2010 European Wrestling Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, and at the 2011 European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany. He is also currently a member of SC Gladiator in his home town Nalchik Nalchik (russian: Нальчик, p=ˈnalʲtɕɪk; Kabardian: //; krc, Нальчик //) is the capital city of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia, situated at an altitude of in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains; about northwe ..., being coached and trained by Anzor Tembotov. References External links * 1987 births Living people People from Kabardino-Balkaria Wrestle ...
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Mihail Ganev
Mihail Petrov Ganev (Bulgarian: Михаил Петров Ганев, born January 5, 1985) is a freestyle wrestler from Bulgaria who won the world title in the 84 kg division in 2010. He was eliminated in the second bout at the 2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro .... In December 2010 he was stabbed in the stomach with a knife and was out of training for a month. He lost another four months from March to July 2015 due to an injury. He withdrew from the 2016 European Championships due to another injury, to a knee ligament. References External links * Living people 1985 births Bulgarian male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers for Bulgaria European Wrestling C ...
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Dato Marsagishvili
Dato Marsagishvili ( ka, დათო მარსაგიშვილი; born March 30, 1991) is a male wrestler from Georgia, born in Stepantsminda. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, despite losing the quarterfinals against Jaime Espinal of Puerto Rico, he was offered another shot in the repechage rounds, winning against Nigeria's Andrew Dick via walkout and defeating Soslan Gattsiev of Belarus, thus winning the bronze medal 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 the men's 84 kg category. Dato Marsagishvili retired from Olympic wrestling in 2021 and stopped competing for a spot in the Tokyo Olympics. References External links * Living people 1991 births Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country) Olympic wre ...
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