Felix Baldauf
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| Born | 22 October 1994 Köthen, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 97 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Felix Baldauf (born 22 October 1994) is a Norwegian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a European champion and won the gold medal in the men's 98 kg event at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships.[1] Baldauf is also a European Games, World Junior Championships and European U23 Championships bronze medallist.
Career
[edit]Baldauf represented Norway in the men's 98 kg event at the 2015 European Games in Baku, where he was eliminated from the competition in his first match.[2] He competed in the men's 98 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, where he was eliminated in his second match by Rustam Assakalov of Uzbekistan.[3] In 2018, Baldauf competed in the men's 97 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest.[4] He was eliminated in his second match by Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia.[4]
In 2019, Baldauf competed in the men's 97 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest.[5] In that same year, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 97 kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk.[6][7] In his bronze medal match he defeated Cenk İldem of Turkey.[7] In 2019, he also competed in the men's 97 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, where he was eliminated in his first match by Mélonin Noumonvi of France.[8]
In March 2021, Baldauf was scheduled to compete at the European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Budapest, but he was unable to do so as he tested positive for COVID-19.[9][10] In May 2021, he was able to compete at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, but failed to qualify.[11] He won his first match but he was then eliminated in his next match by Nikoloz Kakhelashvili of Italy.[12]
In 2022, Baldauf won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul.[13] He lost the bronze medal match in the 97 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest. A few months later, he competed at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome.[14] He competed in the 97 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade.[15]
Baldauf won the gold medal in his event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia.[16] He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[17] He was eliminated in his second match and failed to qualify for the Olympics.[17] Baldauf also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, without qualifying for the Olympics.[18]
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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| 2017 | European Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | 1st | Greco-Roman 98 kg |
| 2019 | European Games | Minsk, Belarus | 3rd | Greco-Roman 97 kg |
References
[edit]- ^ "2017 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "2015 European Games Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "2017 World Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ a b "2018 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "2019 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Baldauf tok en sterk bronse i Europalekene". Nettavissen Sports (in Norwegian). 30 June 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ a b "2019 European Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Tap for Berge & co. i OL-kvalifiseringen i bryting". Nettavisen Sport (in Norwegian). 20 March 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ "2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "OL-håpet ute for bryte-Berge og lagkameratene". Nettavisen Sport (in Norwegian). 8 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ a b "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
External links
[edit]- Felix Baldauf at the International Wrestling Database
