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Damian Janikowski
Damian Janikowski (born 27 June 1989) is a Polish mixed martial artist and former wrestler who won the bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics in the Greco-Roman 84 kg category. He is currently ranked #2 in the KSW Middleweight rankings. Wrestling career At the 2011 World Championships, he won the silver medal in the 84 kg men's Greco-Roman division. He beat Pedro Garcia Perez, Alan Khugaev, Eerik Aps and Nazmi Avluca before losing to Alim Selimov in the final. At the 2012 European Championships, he beat Zhan Belenyuk, Jim Petterson and Andrea Minguzzi, before losing to Hristo Marinov. Janikowski represented his native Poland at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he won the bronze medal. He beat Nazmi Avluca in the first round, Amer Hrustanović in the next and Pablo Shorey in the quarter final before losing to Karam Gaber in the semifinal. Janikowski was entered in to the repechage, where he beat Mélonin Noumonvi to win his bronze medal. He is tall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrocław
Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly from the Sudetes, Sudeten Mountains to the north. In 2023, the official population of Wrocław was 674,132, making it the third-largest city in Poland. The population of the Wrocław metropolitan area is around 1.25 million. Wrocław is the historical capital of Silesia and Lower Silesia. The history of the city dates back over 1,000 years; at various times, it has been part of the Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Habsburg monarchy of Austria, the Kingdom of Prussia and German Reich, Germany, until it became again part of Poland in 1945 immediately after World War II. Wrocław is a College town, university city with a student population of over 130,000, making it one of the most yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (English: ''Martial Arts Confrontation''), better known by its initials KSW, is widely considered to be the premier mixed martial arts organization in Poland and one of the leading in Europe. Awards *Violent Money TV **VMTV European Promotion of the Year 2022 History Martin Lewandowski had been the manager of the Hotel Marriott in Warsaw when he met Maciej Kawulski in 2002. Kawulski was organizing one of the biggest sports expos in Poland at that time, and as both businessmen come from martial arts backgrounds, they quickly found a common subject. Eighteen months later the first KSW show was born. The promotion is famed for its four and eight-man tournaments, which until KSW X - Dekalog took place over the period of one night, but since KSW XI they are split, with the tournament final taking place on the next event. KSW XV is the first event without a new tournament, only with extra fights and finals from previous tournaments. Different from other bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Kobliashvili
Robert Kobliashvili (born 6 December 1993) is a Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships. He is a European Champion (2018). He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 85 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he was eliminated in the round of 16 by Denis Kudla. He won one of the bronze medals in the 87 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. He competed in the 87kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan and he earned a quota place for Georgia for the 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ... in Paris, France. He competed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rami Hietaniemi
Rami Antero Hietaniemi (born 28 December 1982 in Perho Perho is a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located in the provinces of Finland, province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia regions of Finland, region. The distance between Perho and the regional c ...) is a Finnish former Greco-Roman wrestler who has competed in the men's -84 kg division. External links * Living people 1982 births Finnish male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Finland Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists European Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century Finnish people 21st-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mélonin Noumonvi
Mélonin Noumonvi (born 10 October 1982 in Paris) is a French Greco-Roman (under 84 kg) wrestler. At the Beijing 2008 Olympics, he lost to the eventual champion Andrea Minguzzi of Italy in the round of 16 and lost the bronze medal bout to Sweden's Ara Abrahamian. However, after Abrahamian refused to take home the bronze medal, he decided to take it. However, the IOC would not allow him that medal, as it was not affected by Abrahamian's tantrum. Furious, Noumonvi began to attack the IOC, but was stopped by security. He was eventually banned from wrestling for a year, but as of 2010, his ban has been lifted. At the London 2012 Olympics, he controversially lost his quarter-final bout to Egypt's Karam Gaber. Two seconds from the end of the third period of that bout, he appeared to manage to take down his opponent. The referees validated the takedown but the judge overruled it. He subsequently lost the bronze medal bout to Poland's Damian Janikowski Damian Janikowski (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karam Gaber
Karam Ibrahim Gaber (, born 1 September 1979) is an Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Gaber won the silver medal at the 2003 World Championships. At the 2012 London Olympics, he won his second Olympic medal, winning a silver. Career Gaber won at the 2004 Olympics Greco-Roman finals with a gap of 12 points (12–1), having competed against Ramaz Nozadze of Georgia who won the silver and Mehmet Özal of Turkey, whom Gaber defeated in the semifinals with 11 points (11–0). Gaber won the second gold medal for Egypt in Greco-Roman wrestling, the other being from the 1928 Summer Olympics. Gaber competed in a mixed martial arts match against Kazuyuki Fujita (Greco-Roman Wrestling) at K-1's ''Dynamite'' event on 31 December 2004. Gaber was Egypt's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, although he failed to qualify for the quarter finals in Beijing. He won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Shorey
Pablo Enrique Shorey Hernandez (born December 4, 1983) is a male wrestler from Cuba. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... in the men's Greco-Roman 84 kg. External links * Living people 1983 births Sportspeople from Camagüey Cuban male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2011 Pan American Games Olympic wrestlers for Cuba World Wrestling Championships medalists Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games gold medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban people 21st-century Cuban sportsmen {{Cuba-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amer Hrustanović
Amer Hrustanović (born 11 June 1988) is an amateur Austrian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's light heavyweight category. He holds both Austrian and Bosnian citizenship in order to compete internationally in wrestling, including the Olympic Games. Hrustanovic is also a member of the wrestling team for AC Wals in Salzburg, and is coached and trained by Marco Haring Hannes. Representing his adopted nation Austria, Hrustanović qualified for the men's 84 kg class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by placing second in his division from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. He defeated South Korea's Lee Se-Yeol in the qualification rounds, before losing out his next match to Poland's Damian Janikowski, who was able to score a total of five points in two straight periods, leaving Hrustanovic without a single point. He won the bronze medal at the 2014 European Championships. He lost in the last 16 to eventual champion Zhan Beleniuk. Becaus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hristo Marinov
Hristo Marinov (born March 14, 1987, Stara Zagora) is a male wrestler from Bulgaria. He competes in men's -84 kg Greco-Roman wrestling. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was knocked out after his first match which he lost to Kazakh wrestler Daniyal Gadzhiyev Daniyal Gadzhiyev (born 20 February 1986 in Kizilyurt, Dagestan ASSR, Soviet Union) is a Kazakhstani born-Dagestani Wrestling, wrestler who competes for Republic of Kazakhstan. He won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Gre .... References External links bio on fila-wrestling.com Living people 1987 births Bulgarian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Bulgaria Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists Sportspeople from Stara Zagora European Wrestling Championships medalists 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{bulgaria-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Minguzzi
Andrea Minguzzi (born 1 February 1982) is an Italian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won a gold medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Biography Minguzzi was born on 1 February 1982 in Castel San Pietro Terme. His father was also a wrestler in the 1970s. He began his club career in the US Placci Bubano of Mordano. After moving to the Club Atletico CISA of Faenza, he was coached by Olympic champion Vincenzo Maenza. Since 2004 he competed under the Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro, the sports group of the ''Polizia di Stato''. He won a team title in 2006 and 10 individual titles from 2000 to 2013 at the Italian Championships. In 2007 and 2008, Minguzzi won a bronze medal at the European Wrestling Championships. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Minguzzi defeated Mélonin Noumonvi (France) in the first turn, the former Olympic Champion and current World Champion Aleksey Mishin (Russia) in the quarterfinals, Ara Abrahamian (Sweden) by controversial judging in the semifinals, and Zoltán F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhan Beleniuk
Zhan Vensanovych Beleniuk (; born 24 January 1991) is a Ukrainian politician and retired Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a three-time Olympic Games, Olympic medalist and won the gold medal in the Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg, Greco-Roman 87 kg at the 2020 Summer Olympics, the silver medal in the Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg, Greco-Roman 85 kg at the 2016 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal in the Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg, Greco-Roman 87 kg at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Beleniuk is also a two-time World Wrestling Championships, world champion, a three-time European Wrestling Championships, European champion and a European Games, European Games champion. In 2019, he became the first Afro-Ukrainians, black member of the Ukrainian parliament, Ukrainian Parliament. Early life Beleniuk was born in 1991 in Kyiv to a father from Rwanda and a mother from Ukr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
