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 (age 33) Białogard, Poland
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Freestyle Wrestling
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  Poland World Cup 2020 Belgrade 86 kg European Championships 2019 Bucharest 92 kg 2022 Budapest 97 kg Poland Open (Wacław Ziółkowski Memorial) 2023 Warsaw 97 kg

He took silver at the 2016 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov international wrestling tournament.^{[citation needed]}

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 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.^[6][7]

In 2022, Baranowski won one of the bronze medals in the 97 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.^[8][9] He competed in the 97 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.^[10]

Baranowski earned a quota place for Poland for the 2024 Summer Olympics at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.^[11]

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 (24 April 2016). "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.
8. Pavitt, Michael (29 March 2022). "Egorov wins rare North Macedonian gold at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
9. "2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
10. "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
11. "2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

External links

• Zbigniew Baranowski at United World Wrestling
• Zbigniew Baranowski at the International Wrestling Database
• Zbigniew Baranowski at Olympics.com
• Zbigniew Baranowski at Olympedia
• Zbigniew Baranowski at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (archive) (in Polish)
• Zbigniew Baranowski at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Zbigniew Baranowski on Instagram