Stefan Kehrer (born January 18, 1985, in
Mannheim
Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's 2 ...
,
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
) is an amateur German freestyle wrestler, who played for the men's heavyweight category. He won a bronze medal for his division at the 2006 European Wrestling Championships in
Moscow, Russia
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.
Kehrer represented
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, where he competed for the
men's 96 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Turkey's
Hakan Koç
Hakan Koç (born November 25, 1980 in Sivas) is an amateur Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the heavyweight division. He studied at Selçuk University.
He defeated France's Vincent Aka-Akesse for the gold medal in the 96 kg division ...
, who was able to score one point each in two straight periods, leaving Kehrer with a single point.
References
External links
Profile – International Wrestling Database
1985 births
Living people
Olympic wrestlers for Germany
Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Mannheim
German male sport wrestlers
21st-century German people
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