Yvonne Englich (née Hees; 5 December 1979 – 8 January 2018) was 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 competed since age nine, entering junior local, national, and world competitions. She continued wrestling into adulthood, winning three national championships and a bronze medal in women's freestyle -67kg at the
2011 European Wrestling Championships
The 2011 FILA European Wrestling Championships were held in Dortmund, Germany, from 29 March to 3 April 2011.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal summary Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
Women's freestyle
External linksOfficial website
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. She was married to Olympic silver medalist
Mirko Englich
Mirko Englich (born 28 August 1978) is a German Greco-Roman wrestler. He won two silver medals at the European Wrestling Championships in 2003 and 2008. Englich won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He defeated U.S.A's Adam Wheeler i ...
, and they had two children. In her later years, she coached youth wrestling.
Yvonne Englich died on 8 January 2018 of cancer at age 38.
References
1979 births
2018 deaths
German female sport wrestlers
People from Witten
Sportspeople from Arnsberg (region)
21st-century German women
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