Mihai Mihuț Explained
Mihai Radu Mihuț (born 16 March 1995) is a Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a gold medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.
Career
Mihuț won the gold medal in the 63kg event at the 2018 European Wrestling Championships held in Kaspiysk, Russia.[1] [2] In the final, he defeated Stig-André Berge of Norway. In that same year, Mihuț also won the gold medal in the men's 63kg event at the 2018 European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Istanbul, Turkey.[3]
In 2020, Mihuț competed in the men's 63kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[4] In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5] He was eliminated in his first match by Islambek Dadov of Azerbaijan.[5]
In 2022, Mihuț competed in the 67kg event at the European Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary where he was eliminated in his first match. A few months later, he lost his bronze medal match in his event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.[6]
Mihuț competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[7] He was eliminated in his second match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[7] Mihuț also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.[8]
Notes and References
- News: Vlasov wins gold medal on mixed night for host country Russia at European Wrestling Championships. Giles. Thomas. 1 May 2018. InsideTheGames.biz. 27 January 2020.
- 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.
- Web site: 2018 European U23 Wrestling Championship. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140722/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-06/results_06_istanbul.pdf. 12 June 2018. 9 August 2020. United World Wrestling.
- Web site: 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212337/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf. 18 December 2020. 18 December 2020. United World Wrestling.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
