Amer Hrustanović Explained

Amer Hrustanović
Fullname:Amer Hrustanović
Birth Date:11 June 1988
Birth Place:Zvornik, SR Bosnia and
Herzegovina
, SFR Yugoslavia
Weight:840NaN0
Style:Greco-Roman
Club:AC Wals Salzburg
Coach:Marco Haring Hannes
Show-Medals:yes

Amer Hrustanović (born 11 June 1988) is an amateur Austrian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's light heavyweight category.[1] [2] He holds both Austrian and Bosnian citizenship in order to compete internationally in wrestling, including the Olympic games.[3] Hrustanovic is also a member of the wrestling team for AC Wals in Salzburg, and is coached and trained by Marco Haring Hannes.[1]

Representing his adopted nation Austria, Hrustanović qualified for the men's 84 kg class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by placing second in his division from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.[4] He defeated South Korea's Lee Se-Yeol in the qualification rounds, before losing out his next match to Poland's Damian Janikowski, who was able to score a total of five points in two straight periods, leaving Hrustanovic without a single point.[5]

He won the bronze medal at the 2014 European Championships. He lost in the last 16 to eventual champion Zhan Beleniuk. Because Beleniuk reached the final, Hrustanovic participated in the repechage, beating Laimutis Adomaitis and then Aleksey Mishin in his bronze medal match.[6]

At the 2016 Olympics, he again competed in the light heavyweight category, beating Rami Hietaniemi in the last 16, before losing to Javid Hamzatau in the quarterfinals.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amer Hrustanović. London 2012. 6 February 2013. 5 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130405213726/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/hrustanovic-amer-1121506/. dead.
  2. Amer Hrustanović. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110748/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hr/amer-hrustanovic-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 6 February 2013.
  3. News: Hrustanovic: "Lauere auf meine Chance". Hrustanovic: "lurking on my opportunity". German. Sport 10 Austria. 17 July 2012. 6 February 2013.
  4. News: Öhlinger, Gerhard. Hrustanovic für Olympia qualifiziert. Hrustanovic qualifies for Olympics. German. Salzburgen Nachrichten. 22 April 2012. 6 February 2013.
  5. Web site: Men's 84kg Greco-Roman Round of 16 Finals. London 2012. 6 February 2013. 11 April 2013. https://archive.today/20130411072806/www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-84kg/match=wrm184408/index.html. dead.
  6. Web site: European Championship - Apr 2014 COMPLETE RESULTS. https://web.archive.org/web/20140513150605/http://www.painiliitto.net/2014/huhtikuu/1-6ytk/ukreti.pdf. 2014-05-13. live. 12 August 2017.
  7. Web site: Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg. https://web.archive.org/web/20160922181853/https://www.rio2016.com/en/wrestling-standings-wr-mens-greco-roman-85-kg. dead. 2016-09-22. 2016-09-22. 2017-08-12.