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Born | 22 October 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 97 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Felix Baldauf (born 22 October 1994) is a Norwegian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the men's 98 kg event at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia. [1]
In 2015, Baldauf represented Norway at the European Games in the men's 98 kg event without winning a medal. [2] He was eliminated from the competition in his first match by Vilius Laurinaitis. [2]
Baldauf competed in the men's 98 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France. [3] He was eliminated in his second match by Rustam Assakalov of Uzbekistan. In 2018, he competed in the men's 97 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. [4] He was eliminated in his second match by Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia. [4]
In 2019, Baldauf competed in the men's 97 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. [5] In that same year, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 97 kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. [6] [7] In his bronze medal match he defeated Cenk İldem of Turkey. [7] In 2019, he also competed in the men's 97 kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan where he was eliminated in his first match by Mélonin Noumonvi of France. [8]
In March 2021, Baldauf was scheduled to compete at the European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary but he was unable to do so as he tested positive for COVID-19. [9] [10] In May 2021, he was able to compete at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria but he failed to qualify. [11] He won his first match but he was then eliminated in his next match by Nikoloz Kakhelashvili of Italy. [12]
In 2022, Baldauf won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. [13] He lost his bronze medal match in the 97 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. A few months later, he competed at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy. [14] He competed in the 97 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. [15]
Baldauf won the gold medal in his event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria. [16] He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. [17] He was eliminated in his second match and he did not qualify for the Olympics. [17] Baldauf also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics. [18]
Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2017 | European Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | 1st | Greco-Roman 98 kg |
2019 | European Games | Minsk, Belarus | 3rd | Greco-Roman 97 kg |