Robert Rosengren
Personal information | |
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Full name | Robert Patrik Rosengren |
Nationality | Sweden |
Born |
Husie, Sweden | October 17, 1986
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Wrestling |
Event(s) | Greco-Roman |
Club | IK Sparta[1] |
Coached by | Macki Tatidis[1] |
Robert Patrik Rosengren (born October 17, 1986 in Husie) is a Swedish wrestler, who competed for the men's Greco-Roman 74 kg at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, after having qualified at the 2011 World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey for his fifth-place finish.[2] Rosengren made a surprise tactic in the round of sixteen round, as he upset and beat out the double world champion Selçuk Çebi of Turkey, with a technical score. He was subsequently eliminated in the quarterfinal round, after losing out to Lithuania's Aleksandr Kazakevič, who eventually won the bronze medal in this event.[3]
Rosengren is an information technology graduate, and works as an engineer. He is also currently a member of IK Sparta, being coached and trained by Macki Tatidis.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Robert Rosengren". London 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ↑ "Robert Rosengren". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ↑ "Robert Rosengren utslagen i kvartsfinal" [Robert Rosengren eliminated in quarterfinals] (in Swedish). Sport Bladet. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
External links
- Official website (Swedish)