Radosław Baran (born 5 November 1989 in

Krotoszyn Krotoszyn (, ''Krotoshin'') is a town in west-central Poland with 29,485 inhabitants . It is the seat of Krotoszyn County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. Founded in the late medieval period, Krotoszyn prospered as a regional center of tra ...

, Poland) is a Polish

freestyle wrestler Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ...

. He competed in the men's freestyle 97 kg event at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

, in which he was eliminated in the repechage by

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. In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in Tokyo, Japan. He won his first match against Samuel Scherrer of Switzerland but he was then eliminated from the competition in his next match against Erik Thiele of Germany. He competed at the

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in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the

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in Paris, France. He was eliminated in his second match and he did not qualify for the Olympics. His brother

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is also a freestyle wrestler.

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* 1989 births Living people Polish male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Poland Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Krotoszyn Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games European Games competitors for Poland European Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Polish sportsmen Martial artists from Greater Poland Voivodeship {{Poland-wrestling-bio-stub