Felix Baldauf

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]

Felix Baldauf
Personal information
Born (1994-10-22) 22 October 1994
Sport
CountryNorway
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class97 kg
Event(s)Greco-Roman
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Norway
European Championships
2017 Novi Sad 98 kg
European Games
2019 Minsk 97 kg
Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament
2022 Istanbul97 kg

Career

In 2015, he 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]

He 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, he 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, he 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, he 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.

Major results
Year Tournament Location Result Event
2017 European Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 1st Greco-Roman 98 kg
2019 European Games Minsk, Belarus 3rd Greco-Roman 97 kg

References
  1. "2017 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. "2015 European Games Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. "2017 World Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  4. "2018 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  5. "2019 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  6. "Baldauf tok en sterk bronse i Europalekene". Nettavissen Sports (in Norwegian). 30 June 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "2019 European Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 4 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  9. "Tap for Berge & co. i OL-kvalifiseringen i bryting". Nettavisen Sport (in Norwegian). 20 March 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  11. "2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  12. "OL-håpet ute for bryte-Berge og lagkameratene". Nettavisen Sport (in Norwegian). 8 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  13. "2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
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