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Full name | Matti Elias Kuosmanen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Järvenpää, Uusimaa, Finland [1] | 2 September 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 97 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Matti Elias Kuosmanen (born 2 September 1995) is a Finnish Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. [2] [3] He also competed at the World Wrestling Championships in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2023.
Kuosmanen represented Finland at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [4] [5] He competed in the men's 130 kg event. [6]
Kuosmanen represented Finland at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China and he won the silver medal in the 97 kg event. [7] In 2020, Kuosmanen lost his bronze medal match in the 97 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy. [8]
In 2021, Kuosmanen won one of the bronze medals in the 97 kg event at the Grand Prix Zagreb Open held in Zagreb, Croatia. [9]
Kuosmanen won one of the bronze medals in the 130 kg event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria. [10] He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. [11] He was eliminated in his first match and he did not qualify for the Olympics. [11] Kuosmanen also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics. [12]
Year | Tournament | Location | Result | Event |
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2018 | European Championships | Kaspiysk, Russia | 3rd | Greco-Roman 97 kg |
2019 | European Championships | Bucharest, Romania | 3rd | Greco-Roman 97 kg |
Military World Games | Wuhan, China | 2nd | Greco-Roman 97 kg |
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