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Kristijan Fris ( sr-cyrl, Кристијан Фрис, hu, Frisz Krisztián; born 21 April 1984 in

Senta Senta ( sr-cyrl, Сента, ; Hungarian: ''Zenta'', ; Romanian: ''Zenta'') is a town and municipality located in the North Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the bank of the Tisa river in the ge ...

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Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

) is a

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wrestler 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 sport ...

. He won a bronze medal at the

2007 World Wrestling Championships The 2007 World Wrestling Championships were held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan. The event took place from September 17 to September 23, 2007. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's ...

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. He also won a bronze medal at the

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. At the

Mediterranean Games The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event organised by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM). It is held every four years among athletes from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. The fir ...

Kristijan won two gold medals. Fris represented Serbia at the

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and

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. He is an ethnic Hungarian. In 2020, he won one of the bronze medals in the 60 kg event at the

2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup The inaugural 2020 Individual World Wrestling Cup was held in Belgrade, Serbia from 12–18 December 2020. It was a replacement event for the 2020 World Championships, which should have taken place in the same location, but since some criteria wer ...

held in Belgrade, Serbia.

References

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list of Kristijan's medals at SrbijaSport.com

External links

* 1984 births Living people People from Senta Serbian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Serbia Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists European Games competitors for Serbia Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Serbia Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Serbia Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling European champions for Serbia European Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century Serbian people 21st-century Serbian people {{Serbia-wrestling-bio-stub