Epp Mäe Explained

Birth Place:Rakvere, Estonia
Height:1.7m (05.6feet)
Weight:72-75 kg
Sport:Freestyle wrestling
Weight Class:76 kg
Show-Medals:yes

Epp Mäe (born 2 April 1992) is an Estonian freestyle wrestler. She won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[1] [2] She won a bronze medal at the 2015, 2019 and 2022 World Wrestling Championships.[3]

Career

Mäe took up wrestling in 1998, trained by her father. She has also competed in sumo and in judo.

Mäe competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she finished in 13th place in the Women's 76kg class.[4]

Mäe represented Estonia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Women's 76kg class.[5] In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the 76 kg event at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021 held in Nice, France.[6] She also won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.[7] [8]

She won the silver medal in the women's 76kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[9] [10] A few months later, she competed at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[11] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[12] [13]

In 2023, Mäe competed at the Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt. She also competed in her event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia and finished ninth. She was eliminated in her first match by Adeline Gray in the 76kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.

Mäe competed in the 76kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[14] She was eliminated in her first match.[14] Mäe competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[15] She was eliminated in her first match and she did not qualify for the Olympics.[15] Mäe also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.[16] She was eliminated in her second match.[16]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2015World ChampionshipsLas Vegas, United States3rdFreestyle 75 kg
2017European ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia3rdFreestyle 75 kg
2019European GamesMinsk, Belarus3rdFreestyle 76 kg
World ChampionshipsNur-Sultan, Kazakhstan3rdFreestyle 76 kg
2021European ChampionshipsWarsaw, Poland1stFreestyle 76 kg
World ChampionshipsOslo, Norway2ndFreestyle 76 kg
2022European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary2ndFreestyle 76 kg
World ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rdFreestyle 76 kg

Notes and References

  1. News: Burke. Patrick. 6 October 2021. Adelaine Maria Gray wins sixth title at Wrestling World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 6 October 2021.
  2. Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114828/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf. 16 October 2021. 16 October 2021. United World Wrestling.
  3. Web site: 2015 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200530151426/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_09_lasvegas_1.pdf. 30 May 2020. 30 May 2020.
  4. Web site: Epp MAE - Olympic - Estonia. 11 April 2017. olympic.org.
  5. Web site: Epp Mäe teenis olümpiapileti ja maadleb neljapäeval MM-pronksile. 2019-09-18. ERR. et. 2020-02-24.
  6. Web site: Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021 Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211023195336/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-01/results_01_nice.pdf. 23 October 2021. 23 October 2021. United World Wrestling.
  7. News: Rowbottom. Mike. 10 June 2021. Stadnik unstoppable on day one of women's wrestling at Poland Open. InsideTheGames.biz. 4 July 2021.
  8. Web site: 2021 Poland Open Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210704164819/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/results_06_warsaw.pdf. 4 July 2021. 4 July 2021. United World Wrestling.
  9. News: Lloyd . Owen . 31 March 2022 . Two golds apiece for Moldova and Turkey at European Wrestling Championships . . 31 March 2022.
  10. Web site: 2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220403191311/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 . 3 April 2022 . 3 April 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  11. Web site: Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220625194934/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW . 25 June 2022 . 25 June 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  12. News: Burke . Patrick . 14 September 2022 . Susaki and Morikawa earn Japanese double at World Wrestling Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 15 September 2022.
  13. Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  14. Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240219213412/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM . 19 February 2024 . 19 February 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  15. 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.
  16. 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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