Felix Baldauf Explained

Felix Baldauf
Birth Date:1994 10, df=yes
Country:Norway
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:97 kg
Event:Greco-Roman

Felix Baldauf (born 22 October 1994) is a Norwegian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the men's 98kg event at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia.[1]

Career

In 2015, Baldauf represented Norway at the European Games in the men's 98kg event without winning a medal.[2] He was eliminated from the competition in his first match by Vilius Laurinaitis.[2]

Baldauf competed in the men's 98kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France.[3] He was eliminated in his second match by Rustam Assakalov of Uzbekistan. In 2018, he competed in the men's 97kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[4] He was eliminated in his second match by Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia.[4]

In 2019, Baldauf competed in the men's 97kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[5] In that same year, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 97kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.[6] [7] In his bronze medal match he defeated Cenk İldem of Turkey.[7] In 2019, he also competed in the men's 97kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan where he was eliminated in his first match by Mélonin Noumonvi of France.[8]

In March 2021, Baldauf was scheduled to compete at the European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary but he was unable to do so as he tested positive for COVID-19.[9] [10] In May 2021, he was able to compete at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria but he failed to qualify.[11] He won his first match but he was then eliminated in his next match by Nikoloz Kakhelashvili of Italy.[12]

In 2022, Baldauf won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[13] He lost his bronze medal match in the 97kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. A few months later, he competed at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[14] He competed in the 97kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[15]

Baldauf won the gold medal in his event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[16] He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[17] He was eliminated in his second match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[17] Baldauf also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.[18]

Achievements

YearTournamentLocationResultEvent
2017European ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia1stGreco-Roman 98kg
2019European GamesMinsk, Belarus3rdGreco-Roman 97kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017 European Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. 15 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201215230213/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/results_05_novisad_v2.pdf. 15 December 2020.
  2. Web site: 2015 European Games Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200415162443/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_06_baku_0.pdf. 15 April 2020. 15 April 2020.
  3. Web site: 2017 World Wrestling Championships. United World Wrestling. live. 13 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190501222916/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/final-book_1.pdf. 1 May 2019.
  4. Web site: 2018 World Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200414123246/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/2018-world-championships_final-book.pdf. 14 April 2020. 14 April 2020.
  5. Web site: 2019 European Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. dead. 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.
  6. News: Baldauf tok en sterk bronse i Europalekene. 30 June 2019. Nettavissen Sports. 29 January 2020. no.
  7. Web site: 2019 European Games Wrestling Results. United World Wrestling. 4 April 2020.
  8. Web site: 2019 World Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf. 12 April 2020. 12 April 2020.
  9. News: 20 March 2021. Tap for Berge & co. i OL-kvalifiseringen i bryting. no. Nettavisen Sport. 20 March 2021.
  10. Web site: 2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf. 24 March 2021. 24 March 2021. United World Wrestling.
  11. 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.
  12. News: 8 May 2021. OL-håpet ute for bryte-Berge og lagkameratene. no. Nettavisen Sport. 9 May 2021.
  13. Web site: 2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302085143/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final-book-ranking-series-istambul-2022-light.pdf?VersionId=BMipbXFVxzXXeonWOfeVdKVeNlWlxYzt . 2 March 2022 . 2 March 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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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