Nick Matuhin Explained

Nick Matuhin
Birth Date:5 April 1990
Birth Place:Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet
Union
Weight:1200NaN0
Style:Freestyle
Club:SC Luckenwalde (GER)
Coach:Alexander Leipold
Show-Medals:yes

Nick Matuhin (born as Nikita Matuhin Russian: Никита Матюхин on 5 April 1990 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is an amateur German freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's super heavyweight category.[1] [2] He is currently a member of SC Luckenwalde in Luckenwalde, Brandenburg, and is coached and trained by four-time Olympian Alexander Leipold.[3] Matuhin stands 1.98 metres (6 ft 6 in) tall, and weighs 120 kilograms (265 lb).

Matuhin qualified for the men's 120 kg class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by placing second from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Taiyuan, China.[4] At the Olympics, he received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing to Uzbekistani wrestler and two-time Olympic champion Artur Taymazov, with a two-set technical score (0–4, 0–2), and a classification point score of 0–3.[5] Because his opponent advanced into the final, Matuhin was entered into the repechage rounds which decide the bronze medals. He was defeated in the first round of the repechage by Iran's Komeil Ghasemi, who was able to score one point each in two straight periods, leaving Matuhin without a single point.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nick Matuhin. London 2012. 27 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130402120401/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/matuhin-nick-1082749/. 2 April 2013.
  2. Nick Matuhin. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417221758/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/nick-matuhin-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 27 January 2013.
  3. News: Richter, Jörg. Nick Matuhin löst in China sein Olympia-Ticket. Nick Matuhin receives his Olympic ticket in China. German. German Wrestling Federation. 28 April 2012. 27 January 2013.
  4. News: Ringen: Matuhin holt drittes London-Ticket. Wrestling: Matuhin outdated third ticket to London. German. German Wrestling Federation. 29 April 2012. 27 January 2013.
  5. Web site: Men's 120kg Freestyle Round of 16 Final. London 2012. 27 January 2013. 27 January 2013. https://archive.today/20130127222605/www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-freestyle-120kg/match=wrm299403/index.html. dead.
  6. Web site: Men's 120kg Freestyle Repechage Round 2. London 2012. 27 January 2013. 4 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130404010756/http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-freestyle-120kg/match=wrm299351/index.html. dead.