Robert Baran (born 3 July 1992, in
Jarocin
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Jarocin is a historical town, having been founded and granted city rights in the 13th century. ...
) is a Polish
freestyle wrestler
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. He reached the quarter-finals in the
men's freestyle 125 kg event at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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, and finished fifth in the same
competition
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at the
2024 Summer Olympics
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.
In 2020, Baran won the silver medal in the men's 125 kg event at the
2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup
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held in Belgrade, Serbia.
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.
In 2022, Baran won one of the bronze medals in the
125 kg event at the
European Wrestling Championships
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held in Budapest, Hungary.
A few months later, he won the silver medal in his event at the
Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022
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held in Rome, Italy.
He competed in the
125kg event at the
2022 World Wrestling Championships
The 2022 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia.
The UWW Bureau approved the candidature of Belgrade, Serbia as ...
held in Belgrade, Serbia.
He lost his bronze medal match in the
men's freestyle 125kg event at 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.
His brother
Radosław is also a freestyle wrestler.
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Robert Baranat the
Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
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1992 births
Living people
People from Jarocin
Martial artists from Greater Poland Voivodeship
Polish male sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers for Poland
Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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
Military World Games silver medalists for Poland
Military World Games medalists in wrestling
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