Zbigniew Baranowski

Zbigniew Baranowski (born 2 July 1991 in Białogard)[1] is a Polish wrestler who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

Zbigniew Baranowski
Baranowski at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1991-07-02) 2 July 1991
Białogard, Poland
Sport
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle Wrestling
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Poland
Individual World Cup
2020 Belgrade86 kg
European Championships
2019 Bucharest 92 kg
2022 Budapest 97 kg

He took silver at the 2016 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov international wrestling tournament.

At the 2016 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 he lost in the quarterfinals to eventual winner J'den Cox.[3] However, due to Cox making the finals, he was able to compete in the Repechage where he won both a bronze medal and the final Olympic qualifying spot in the tournament 4-3.[4]

He has been ranked as high as 19th in the world.[5]

In 2020, he won the silver medal in the men's 86 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[6][7]

In 2022, he won one of the bronze medals in the 97 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.

References
  1. Polish 2016 Olympic team at the Polish Olympic Committee website
  2. "Zbigniew Mateusz Baranowski". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  3. Toppmeyer, Blake. "Cox achieves Olympic goal he set for himself as a youngster - Columbia Daily Tribune | Columbia Missouri: Mu". Columbiatribune.com. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  4. Morgan, Liam. "Three countries secure two Rio 2016 quotas on final day of Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament". Insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  5. "Zapasy. Marcinkiewicz i Brzozowski są najwyżej z Polaków w rankingu". nto.pl. 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  6. Shefferd, Neil (18 December 2020). "Russia close UWW Individual Championships in style with four more golds on final day". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  7. "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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