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

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. 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. 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 Sportspeople from Witten German male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for 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 sportsmen 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-wrestling-bio-stub