Elias Kuosmanen Explained

Elias Kuosmanen
Full Name:Matti Elias Kuosmanen
Birth Date:1995 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Järvenpää, Uusimaa, Finland[1]
Country:Finland
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:97 kg
Event:Greco-Roman

Matti Elias Kuosmanen (born 2 September 1995) is a Finnish Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.[2] [3] He also competed at the World Wrestling Championships in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2023.

Kuosmanen represented Finland at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4] [5] He competed in the men's 130kg event.[6]

Career

Kuosmanen represented Finland at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China and he won the silver medal in the 97kg event.[7] In 2020, Kuosmanen lost his bronze medal match in the 97kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.[8]

In 2021, Kuosmanen won one of the bronze medals in the 97kg event at the Grand Prix Zagreb Open held in Zagreb, Croatia.[9]

Kuosmanen won one of the bronze medals in the 130kg event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[10] He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[11] He was eliminated in his first match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[11] Kuosmanen also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.[12]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2018European ChampionshipsKaspiysk, Russia3rdGreco-Roman 97kg
2019European ChampionshipsBucharest, Romania3rdGreco-Roman 97kg
Military World GamesWuhan, China2ndGreco-Roman 97kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elias Kuosmanen . . 22 January 2024.
  2. Web site: 2018 European Wrestling Championships Results . United World Wrestling . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200412211223/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/results_04_kaspiisk.pdf . 12 April 2020 . 12 April 2020.
  3. Web site: 2019 European Wrestling Championships Results . United World Wrestling . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200412162932/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/opt-final-book_european_bucharest_2019.pdf . 12 April 2020 . 12 April 2020.
  4. News: Shefferd . Neil . 8 May 2021 . Armenia and Romania book multiple Tokyo 2020 places at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier . InsideTheGames.biz . 8 May 2021.
  5. Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210509161754/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf . 9 May 2021 . 9 May 2021 . United World Wrestling.
  6. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . 7 August 2021 . 8 August 2021 . 2020 Summer Olympics.
  7. Web site: Results . 2019 Military World Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20191112134942/https://results.wuhan2019mwg.cn/file/RESULTS-7th%20CISM%20Military%20World%20Games-%E6%80%BB%E6%88%90%E7%BB%A9%E5%86%8C.pdf . dead . 14 February 2020 . 12 November 2019.
  8. Web site: 2020 European Wrestling Championships Results . United World Wrestling . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200412124934/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf . 12 April 2020 . 12 April 2020.
  9. Web site: 2021 Grand Prix Zagreb Open Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211107150312/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-01/results_01_zagreb.pdf?VersionId=pRLHK4V9.EF957exJQFDTZlQYqtSm8Ae . 7 November 2021 . 7 November 2021 . United World Wrestling.
  10. Web site: 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230307130300/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-03/results_03_sofia.pdf?VersionId=g1eemM9v2lRqcW08Qi8J8daZveFnBhke . 7 March 2023 . 7 May 2023 . United World Wrestling.
  11. Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf . 8 April 2024 . 8 April 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  12. Web site: 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf . 14 May 2024 . 14 May 2024 . United World Wrestling.

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