Martina Kuenz

Martina Kuenz medal table
Wrestler
Austria
World championships
bronze	2018 Budapest	72 kg
European championships
bronze	2018 Kaspiysk	68 kg
silver	2019 Bucharest	76 kg

Martina Kuenz (born November 1, 1994 in Innsbruck ) is an Austrian wrestler . At the 2018 World Championships in Budapest , she won the bronze medal in freestyle wrestling in the weight class up to 72 kg.

Life

After secondary school in Zirl, Martina Kuenz attended the commercial school for competitive sports in Innsbruck , which she graduated in 2013. She is a member of the Ring Sport Club (RSC) Inzing and has been taking part in competitions as a wrestler since 2009. In June 2017 she was presented to the Ministry of the Interior as a top athlete , and in September 2017 she began basic police training.

At the beginning of May 2018 she prevailed against Danute Domikaityte from Lithuania at the European wrestling championships 2018 in the class up to 68 kg in the fight for third place and won the bronze medal. At the 2018 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest , she defeated the Egyptian Samar Hamza on October 24, 2018 and won the bronze medal in freestyle wrestling in the weight class up to 72 kg. She won the first World Cup medal in wrestling for Austria since Nikola Hartmann in 2000.

In April 2019 she won the silver medal in the class up to 76 kilograms at the European Wrestling Championships 2019 in Bucharest . In the final she was defeated by the Turkish defending champion Yasemin Adar . With the finals she qualified for the European Games 2019 in Minsk in June .

Successes (selection)

• 2010: 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games
• 2011: Cadet Wrestling World Championships - bronze
• 2013: European Wrestling Championships - 14th place
• 2013: Klippan Lady Open - 3rd place
• 2014: European Wrestling Championships - 8th place
• 2015: European Games 2015 - 5th place
• 2017: Wrestling World Championships - 5th place
• 2018: European wrestling championships - bronze (class up to 68 kg)
• 2018: Wrestling World Championships - bronze (class up to 72 kg)
• 2019: European Wrestling Championships - silver (class up to 76 kg)

Web links

• Profile of Martina Kuenz at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Martina Kuenz in the Olympedia.org database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Profile of Martina Kuenz at the Institute for Applied Training Science . Retrieved October 30, 2018.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Baku 2015 1st European Games - Athletes - KUENZ Martina . Retrieved October 30, 2018.
3. ↑ Martina Kuenz . Retrieved October 30, 2018.
4. ^ First World Cup medal for Martina Kuenz . OTS announcement of October 25, 2018, accessed October 30, 2018.
5. ^ Kurier: EM bronze medal for wrestler Martina Kuenz . Article dated May 3, 2018, accessed October 30, 2018.
6. ^ Kurier: Wrestling: Martina Kuenz wins her first world championship medal with bronze . Article dated October 24, 2018, accessed October 30, 2018.
7. ↑ Tiroler Tageszeitung: Wrestling World Championships: With the will to medal: Tyrolean Kuenz won bronze at the World Championships . Article dated October 25, 2018, accessed October 30, 2018.
8. ↑ orf.at: Tyrolean Kuenz wins silver at European Championships . Article dated April 11, 2019, accessed April 11, 2019.