Amer Hrustanović (born 11 June 1988) is an amateur Austrian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's

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category. He holds both Austrian and Bosnian

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in order to compete internationally in wrestling, including the

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. Hrustanovic is also a member of the wrestling team for AC Wals in

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, and is coached and trained by Marco Haring Hannes. Representing his adopted nation

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, Hrustanović qualified for the men's 84 kg class at the

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, by placing second in his division from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in

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. He defeated

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's Lee Se-Yeol in the qualification rounds, before losing out his next match to

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'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. Because Beleniuk reached the final, Hrustanovic participated in the repechage, beating Laimutis Adomaitis and then Aleksey Mishin in his bronze medal match. At the

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, he again competed in the

category, beating Rami Hietaniemi in the last 16, before losing to Javid Hamzatau in the quarterfinals.

References

External links

NBC Olympics Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hrustanovic, Amer Bosnia and Herzegovina male sport wrestlers 1988 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Austria Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Austria Sportspeople from Zvornik Sportspeople from Salzburg European Games competitors for Austria Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games Austrian male sport wrestlers 21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen