Mirko Englich
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| Born | 28 August 1978 Witten, West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (225 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | 1. SC Luckenwalde Luckenwalde RSV Hansa 90 Frankfurt Oder | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Joern Levermann Maik Bullmann | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mirko Englich (born 28 August 1978) is a German Greco-Roman wrestler. He won two silver medals at the European Wrestling Championships in 2003 and 2008. Englich won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He defeated U.S.A's Adam Wheeler in the semi-finals to face Russia's Aslanbek Khushtov.[1]
He was married to national champion Yvonne Englich, and they had two children. She died in 2018 of cancer at age 38.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mirko Englich Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
- ^ "Wittener Top-Sportlerin Yvonne Englich stirbt mit 38 Jahren" [Wittener top athlete Yvonne Englich dies at the age of 38]. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
External links
[edit]- Mirko Englich at the International Wrestling Database
- Mirko Englich at Olympics.com
- Mirko Englich at Olympedia
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