Eduard Popp

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Eduard Popp
Eduard Popp Rio 2016b.jpg
Popp at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born16 June 1991 (1991-06-16) (age 30)
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight128 kg (282 lb)
Websitewww.eduard-popp.com
Sport
SportGreco-Roman wrestling
ClubRed DEVILS Heilbronn
Coached byMarcus Mackamul[2]

Eduard Popp (born 16 June 1991) is a heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Germany. He won the national title in 2013 and 2014[2] and reached semifinals at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]

In 2020, he competed in the men's 130 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[3] In 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2021 Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.[4][5] He also competed in the men's 130 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

Personal life[]

Popp took up Olympic Wrestling in 1997. He is married.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Eduard Popp". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Über mich. eduard-popp.com (in German)
  3. ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  4. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (12 June 2021). "Levai misses gold after beating double Olympic champion Vlasov at UWW Poland Open". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  5. ^ "2021 Poland Open Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.

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