Mirko Englich
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| Born | 28 August 1978 Witten, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (225 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | 1. SC Luckenwalde Luckenwalde RSV Hansa 90 Frankfurt Oder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Joern Levermann Maik Bullmann | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mirko Englich (born 28 August 1978) is a German Greco-Roman wrestler. He won two silver medals at the European Wrestling Championships in 2003 and 2008. Englich won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He defeated U.S.A's Adam Wheeler in the semi-finals to face Russia's Aslanbek Khushtov.[1]
He was married to national champion Yvonne Englich, and they had two children. She died in 2018 of cancer at age 38.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Mirko Englich Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
- ^ "Wittener Top-Sportlerin Yvonne Englich stirbt mit 38 Jahren" [Wittener top athlete Yvonne Englich dies at the age of 38]. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2018.
External links[]
- Mirko Englich at United World Wrestling
- Mirko Englich at Olympics.com
- Mirko Englich at Olympedia
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