Mindaugas Ežerskis (born 2 August 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]
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| Nationality |  Lithuania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 August 1977 Tauragė, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SK Hallbergmos (GER) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ruslan Vartanov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling 96 kg". CBC Sports. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ "Men's Greco-Roman 96kg – Repechage Round 2 Official". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ "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.
External links
edit- Mindaugas Ežerskis at the International Wrestling Database
- Mindaugas Ežerskis at Olympics.com
- Mindaugas Ežerskis at Olympic.org (archived)
- Mindaugas Ežerskis at Olympedia (archive)
- Mindaugas Ežerskis at the Lietuvos tautinis olimpinis komitetas (in Lithuanian)
- Profile at Lithuanian Wrestling Federation at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 August 2011) (in Lithuanian)
- Profile at NBC 2008 Olympics website at the Wayback Machine (archived 25 August 2012)