Mirko Englich (born 28 August 1978) is a German

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wrestler. He won two silver medals at the

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in 2003 and

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. Englich won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He defeated U.S.A's

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in the semi-finals to face Russia's

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. He was married to national champion

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, and they had two children. She died in 2018 of cancer at age 38.

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