Felix Baldauf (born 22 October 1994) is a
Norwegian
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Greco-Roman wrestler
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. He won the gold medal in the
men's 98kg event at the
2017 European Wrestling Championships
The 2017 European Wrestling Championships was held in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 2 to 7 May 2017.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal summary Men's freestyle
* The winner of the silver medal in the 97 kg category, Anzor Boltukayev from Russia, was ...
held in Novi Sad, Serbia.
Career
In 2015, Baldauf
represented Norway at the
European Games
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in the
men's 98kg event without winning a medal.
He was eliminated from the competition in his first match by Vilius Laurinaitis.
Baldauf competed in the
men's 98kg event at the
2017 World Wrestling Championships
The 2017 World Wrestling Championships were the 14th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from August 21 to 27 in Paris, France.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal summary
Men's freestyle
Men's Gre ...
held in Paris, France.
He was eliminated in his second match by
Rustam Assakalov of Uzbekistan. In 2018, he competed in the
men's 97kg event at the
World Wrestling Championships
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held in Budapest, Hungary.
He was eliminated in his second match by
Artur Aleksanyan
Artur Aleksanyan ( hy, Արթուր Ալեքսանյան, born 21 October 1991) is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is an Olympic Champion (2016) as well as silver medalist (2021) and bronze medalist (2012), a four-time World Champion (2014 ...
of Armenia.
In 2019, Baldauf competed in the
men's 97kg event at the
European Wrestling Championships
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held in Bucharest, Romania.
In that same year, he won one of the bronze medals in the
men's 97kg event at the
2019 European Games
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, athletes participating = 4,082
, events = 200 in 15 sports
, opening ceremony = 21 June
, closing ceremony = 30 June
, officially opened ...
held in Minsk, Belarus.
In his bronze medal match he defeated
Cenk İldem
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of Turkey.
In 2019, he also competed in the
men's 97kg event at the
World Wrestling Championships
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held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan where he was eliminated in his first match by
Mélonin Noumonvi
Mélonin Noumonvi (born 10 October 1982 in Paris) is a French Greco-Roman (under 84 kg) wrestler.
At the Beijing 2008 Olympics, he lost to the eventual champion Andrea Minguzzi of Italy in the round of 16 and lost the bronze medal bout t ...
of France.
In March 2021, Baldauf was scheduled to compete at the
European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary but he was unable to do so as he tested positive for
COVID-19
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.
In May 2021, he was able to compete at the
World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria but he failed to qualify.
He won his first match but he was then eliminated in his next match by
Nikoloz Kakhelashvili of Italy.
In 2022, Baldauf won one of the bronze medals in his event at the
Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.
He lost his bronze medal match in the
97kg event at the
2022 European Wrestling Championships
The 2022 European Wrestling Championships was held from 28 March to 3 April 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. Belarusian and Russian wrestlers did not compete at the event after a ban as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Competition schedule
...
held in Budapest, Hungary. A few months later, he competed at the
Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022
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held in Rome, Italy.
He competed in the
97kg event at the
2022 World Wrestling Championships
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The UWW Bureau approved the candidature of Belgrade, Serbia ...
held in Belgrade, Serbia.
Baldauf won the gold medal in his event at the
2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament
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This international tournament included competition in both men's and women's freestyle wrestling and men's Greco-Roman wrestlin ...
held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
He competed at the
2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament
The 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament was the third regional qualifying tournament for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The event was held from 5 to 7 April 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Qualification summary
Men's freestyle 57 kg ...
in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the
2024 Summer Olympics
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in Paris, France.
He was eliminated in his second match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.
Achievements
References
External links
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Living people
1994 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
Norwegian male sport wrestlers
Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games
Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games
European Games bronze medalists for Norway
European Games medalists in wrestling
European Wrestling Championships medalists
21st-century Norwegian people