Laura Mertens (born 25 May 1993) is a German

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling i ...

. She won one of the bronze medals in the 58kg 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 2010, Mertens competed in the girls' freestyle 46kg event at the

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without winning a medal. She lost her bronze medal match against

Petra Olli Petra Maarit Olli (born June 5, 1994) is a retired Finnish freestyle wrestler. She won the silver medal at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in the Women's freestyle 58 kg-event. In March 2016 Olli won her first European Championship gold m ...

of Finland. In 2013, Mertens competed in the women's 55kg event at the

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held in Tbilisi, Georgia where she was eliminated in her second match by

Emese Barka Emese Barka (born 4 November 1989 in Budapest) is a Hungarian freestyle wrestler. She won the bronze medal in the 55 kg division at the 2013 World Wrestling Championships. She won a gold medal in the 58 kg at the 2015 European Games. In ...

of Hungary. In 2020, Mertens competed in the women's 57kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia where she was eliminated in the repechage by Alyona Kolesnik of Azerbaijan. In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the

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in Tokyo, Japan. Mertens was eliminated in her second match by Johanna Lindborg of Sweden. She also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mertens, Laura Living people 1993 births Place of birth missing (living people) German female sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics European Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century German women