Heinrich Barnes (born 12 December 1986, in

Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends ...

) is a male freestyle wrestler from

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

. He participated in Men's freestyle 66 kg at

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. He was eliminated in the 1/16 of final losing to

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

Buyanjavyn Batzorig Buyanjav Batzorig (born March 9, 1983) is a former Olympian freestyle wrestler and a Mongolian national wrestling team coach. Since January 2017, he has been working as coach. As a wrestler he participated in Men's freestyle 66 kg at 2008 Summer ...

. He also competed in collegiate wrestling for two years at

Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It has the 10th largest engineering co ...

where he earned All-American status placing 8th in the 2009

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...

Championships.

External links

Wrestler bio on beijing2008.com
Living people 1986 births Olympic wrestlers for South Africa Oregon State Beavers wrestlers South African male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Pretoria Wrestlers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{SouthAfrica-wrestling-bio-stub