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'''Laura Mertens''' (born 25 May 1993) is a German freestyle wrestler. In 2017, she won one of the bronze medals in the [[2017 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 58 kg|58 kg]] event at the [[2017 European Wrestling Championships]] held in Novi Sad, Serbia.<ref name="uww_european_wrestling_championships_2017">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/results_05_novisad_v2.pdf|title=2017 European Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|access-date=15 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="turkey_akgul_reclaims_crown_2017">{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1050039/turkeys-akgul-reclaims-crown-at-european-wrestling-championships|title=Turkey's Akgul reclaims crown at European Wrestling Championships|last=Etchells|first=Daniel|date=5 May 2017|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=18 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
'''Laura Mertens''' (born 25 May 1993) is a German [[Freestyle wrestling|freestyle wrestler]]. She won one of the bronze medals in the [[2017 European Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 58 kg|58{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2017 European Wrestling Championships]] held in Novi Sad, Serbia.<ref name="uww_european_wrestling_championships_2017">{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/results_05_novisad_v2.pdf|title=2017 European Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|access-date=15 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215230213/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/results_05_novisad_v2.pdf|archive-date=15 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="turkey_akgul_reclaims_crown_2017">{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1050039/turkeys-akgul-reclaims-crown-at-european-wrestling-championships|title=Turkey's Akgul reclaims crown at European Wrestling Championships|last=Etchells|first=Daniel|date=5 May 2017|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=18 January 2020}}</ref>


== Career ==
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In 2010, she competed in the [[Wrestling at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' freestyle 46 kg|girls' freestyle 46 kg]] event at the [[2010 Summer Youth Olympics]] without winning a medal. She lost her bronze medal match against [[Petra Olli]] of Finland. In 2013, she competed in the [[2013 European Wrestling Championships – Women's Freestyle 55 kg|women's 55 kg]] event at the [[2013 European Wrestling Championships]] held in Tbilisi, Georgia where she was eliminated in her second match by [[Emese Barka]] of Hungary.


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In 2010, Mertens competed in the [[Wrestling at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' freestyle 46 kg|girls' freestyle 46{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2010 Summer Youth Olympics|Summer Youth Olympics]] without winning a medal. She lost her bronze medal match against [[Petra Olli]] of Finland. In 2013, Mertens competed in the [[2013 European Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 55 kg|women's 55{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2013 European Wrestling Championships|European Wrestling Championships]] held in Tbilisi, Georgia where she was eliminated in her second match by [[Emese Barka]] of Hungary.
== Major results ==


In 2020, Mertens competed in the [[2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup – Women's freestyle 57 kg|women's 57{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup|Individual Wrestling World Cup]] held in Belgrade, Serbia where she was eliminated in the repechage by [[Alyona Kolesnik]] of Azerbaijan.<ref name="uww_individual_world_cup_results_book_2020">{{Cite web|title=2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212337/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf|archive-date=18 December 2020|access-date=18 December 2020|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> In March 2021, she competed at the [[2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament|European Qualification Tournament]] in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="european_olympic_qualifier_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf|archive-date=24 March 2021|access-date=24 March 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> Mertens was eliminated in her second match by Johanna Lindborg of Sweden.<ref name="european_olympic_qualifier_2021"/> She also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the [[2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament|World Olympic Qualification Tournament]] held in Sofia, Bulgaria.<ref name="uww_world_olympic_qualification_tournament_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509161754/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf|archive-date=9 May 2021|access-date=9 May 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 13:21, 7 April 2024

Laura Mertens
Personal information
Born (1993-05-25) 25 May 1993 (age 31)
Height163 cm (5.35 ft; 64 in)
Sport
CountryGermany
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class57 kg
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Germany
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Novi Sad 58 kg

Laura Mertens (born 25 May 1993) is a German freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the 58 kg event at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia.[1][2]

Career[edit]

In 2010, Mertens competed in the girls' freestyle 46 kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics without winning a medal. She lost her bronze medal match against Petra Olli of Finland. In 2013, Mertens competed in the women's 55 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia where she was eliminated in her second match by Emese Barka of Hungary.

In 2020, Mertens competed in the women's 57 kg event at the Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia where she was eliminated in the repechage by Alyona Kolesnik of Azerbaijan.[3] In March 2021, she competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4] Mertens was eliminated in her second match by Johanna Lindborg of Sweden.[4] She also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[5]

Achievements[edit]

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2017 European Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 3rd Freestyle 58 kg

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2017 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. ^ Etchells, Daniel (5 May 2017). "Turkey's Akgul reclaims crown at European Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  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.
  4. ^ a b "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  5. ^ "2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

External links[edit]

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