Eduard Popp

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Eduard Popp
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Popp at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born16 June 1991 (1991-06-16) (age 32)
Barnaul, Russian SFSR
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Weight128 kg (282 lb)
Sport
Sport Greco-Roman wrestling
ClubRed DEVILS Heilbronn
Coached byMarcus Mackamul [2]

Eduard Popp (born 16 June 1991) is a Russian-born German heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler . He won the national title in 2013 and 2014 [2] and reached semifinals at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [1]

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In 2020, he competed in the men's 130 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia. [3] In 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2021 Wladyslaw Pytlasinski Cup held in Warsaw, Poland. [4] [5] He also competed in the men's 130 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

Personal life

When Popp was two years old, his family moved from Barnaul to Germany. In 1997, he took up Greco-Roman wrestling in the German city of Möckmühl. He is married and the father of two children. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Eduard Popp". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Über mich" [About Me]. eduard-popp.com (in German). Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  3. "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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