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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Faenza, Italy | 13 December 1985
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Wrestling |
Event | Greco-Roman |
Club | GS Forestale (ITA) |
Coached by | Domenico Giuffrida |
Medal record |
Daigoro Timoncini (born 13 December 1985 in Faenza, Ravenna) is an Italian Greco-Roman wrestler. [1] [2] He is also a two-time Olympian, and a six-time Italian national wrestling champion for the heavyweight category.
Timoncini qualified for the 96-kg category in men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing fifth at the 2007 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. He first defeated Japan's Kenzo Kato in the qualifying round, but lost to Russia's Aslanbek Khushtov in the second round, without receiving a technical score. Because his second opponent advanced further into the final match, Timoncini automatically qualified for the first repechage bout, where he was defeated by Kazakhstan's Asset Mambetov, who scored a double reversed exposure for the entire period, finishing in tenth place. [3]
At his second Olympics in London, Timoncini improved his tactics and strategy in men's heavyweight division. However, he was eliminated in the first round, after being defeated by Armenia's Artur Aleksanyan, who eventually won the bronze medal in this event. Timoncini finished in eighteenth place. [4]
Tsimafei Aliaksandravich Dzeinichenka is an amateur Belarusian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's heavyweight category. He won a silver medal for his division at the 2010 European Wrestling Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, and eventually defeated Armenia's Artur Aleksanyan for the gold at the 2011 European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany. He also captured a silver medal in the same division at the 2010 World Wrestling Championships in Moscow, Russia, losing out to Iran's Amir Aliakbari. Dzeinichenka is a member of the wrestling team for Dynamo Homel, and is coached and trained by Ihar Piatrenka.
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Marek Švec is an amateur Greco-Roman wrestler from the Czech Republic. He is a three-time Olympian, and also, a multiple-time medalist at both the World and European Championships. He also won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Łukasz Banak is an amateur Polish Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's super heavyweight category. He won a bronze medal in his division at the 2007 CISM World Military Games in Hyderabad, India. He is also a member of WKS Slansk in Wrocław, and is coached and trained by Jozef Tracz.
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David Vála is an amateur Czech Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's heavyweight category. He won a silver medal in his division at the 2007 European Wrestling Championships in Moscow, Russia, losing out to Russian wrestler and former Olympic champion Khasan Baroyev. Vala is also a three-time Olympian, and a member of the wrestling team for PSK Olymp Praha under his personal coach Ervin Varga.
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Hassine Ayari is an amateur Tunisian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's heavyweight category. Ayari represented Tunisia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's 96 kg class. He defeated Morocco's Choucri Atafi in the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out in the quarterfinal match to Cuban wrestler and Pan American Games champion Yunior Estrada, who was able to score one point each in two straight periods, leaving Ayari without a single point.
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