Mindaugas Ežerskis

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Mindaugas Ežerskis
Personal information
Nationality Lithuania
Born (1977-08-02) August 2, 1977 (age 44)
Tauragė, Lithuanian SSR,
Soviet Union
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
Event(s)Greco-Roman
ClubSK Hallbergmos (GER)
Coached byRuslan Vartanov
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Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Lithuania
World Wrestling Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Baku 96 kg
European Wrestling Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Vilnius 96 kg
Silver medal – second place 2012 Belgrade 96 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Varna 96 kg

Mindaugas Ežerskis (born August 2, 1977 in Tauragė) is a three-time Olympic wrestler from Lithuania, who competed for the heavyweight division and wrestling coach.[1] He also won the bronze medal for his category at the 2005 European Wrestling Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, and silver at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, losing out to Georgia's Ramaz Nozadze.[2]

At the Olympics, Ežerskis was eliminated in a pool of wrestlers for the heavyweight division in Sydney, and in Athens. With his poor Olympic performance at two previous games, he managed to improve his skills, tactics, and training, and fought successfully against his opponents at various wrestling tournaments. After winning a silver medal at the World Championships in 2007, Ežerskis received an automatic qualifying place at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and competed for the men's under-96 kg category in Greco-Roman wrestling. He was eliminated in the first official round of the competition, after being defeated by Russia's Aslanbek Khushtov, with a technical score of 1–3. Because his opponent advanced successfully into the final round, Ežerskis automatically qualified for the bronze medal bouts by competing in the repechage round. However, he was lost to Kazakhstan's Asset Mambetov, with a technical score of 4–5, finishing only in seventh place.[3]

Ežerskis is currently one of the coaches of the national Greco-Roman wrestling team.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mindaugas Ežerskis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling 96 kg". CBC Sports. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Men's Greco-Roman 96kg – Repechage Round 2 Official". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Europos imtynių čempionate E.Sekus susitiks su olimpiniu čempionu" [European wrestling champion E.Sekus meet with Olympic champion] (in Lithuanian). Sportas Lietuva. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.

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