Mirko Englich (born 28 August 1978) is a German Greco-Roman wrestler. He won two silver medals at the

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in 2003 and 2008. Englich won a silver medal at the

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. He defeated U.S.A's Adam Wheeler in the semi-finals to face Russia's

Aslanbek Khushtov Aslanbek Vitalievich Khushtov (russian: Асланбек Витальевич Хуштов; born 1 July 1980 in Beloglinka, Kabardino-Balkarian ASSR) is a Circassian ( Kabarday) wrestler, who has won a gold medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics ...

. He was married to national champion Yvonne Englich, and they had two children. She died in 2018 of cancer at age 38.

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* 1978 births Living people People from Witten Sportspeople from Arnsberg (region) German male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of Germany Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics European Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century German people 21st-century German people {{Germany-wrestling-bio-stub