Eduard Popp
 Popp at the 2016 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 June 1991 (age 33) Barnaul, Russian SFSR |
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[1] |
| Weight | 128 kg (282 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling |
| Club | Red DEVILS Heilbronn |
| Coached by | Marcus Mackamul[2] |
Eduard Popp (born 16 June 1991) is a Russian-born German heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the national title in 2013 and 2014[2] and reached semifinals at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]
In 2020, he competed in the men's 130 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[3] In 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2021 Wladyslaw Pytlasinski Cup held in Warsaw, Poland.[4][5] He also competed in the men's 130 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Personal life
[edit]When Popp was two years old, his family moved from Barnaul to Germany. In 1997, he took up Greco-Roman wrestling in the German city of Möckmühl. He is married and the father of two children.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Eduard Popp". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Über mich" [About Me]. eduard-popp.com (in German). Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (12 June 2021). "Levai misses gold after beating double Olympic champion Vlasov at UWW Poland Open". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "2021 Poland Open Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
External links
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Media related to Eduard Popp at Wikimedia Commons- Eduard Popp at the International Wrestling Database
- Eduard Popp at Olympics.com
- Eduard Popp at Olympedia
- Eduard Popp at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 February 2018)
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