Egzon Shala

{{short description|Kosovo-Albanian freestyle wrestler}}

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| name = Egzon Shala

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| full_name = Egzon Shala

| nationality = Albanian
Kosovan

| sport = Wrestling

| event = Freestyle

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1990|11|23}}

| birth_place = Suva Reka, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Kosovo)

| height = 192 cm

| weight = 100kg

| updated = 31 March 2021

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{ALB}}}}

{{MedalSport|Men's Freestyle wrestling}}

{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Mersin|96 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Kanjiža|97 kg}}

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Egzon Shala (born November 23, 1990) is a Kosovan-Albanian freestyle wrestler. Representing Albania, he earned a bronze medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games. Representing Kosovo, he qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics from the 2019 World Wrestling Championships after he was promoted from 5th place as two athlete (Syrian Badzha Khutaba and Uzbek Khasanboy Rakhimov) were disqualified due to doping violations.{{cite web|title=Trio of Olympic Licenses Reassigned After Anti-Doping Rules Violations|url=https://uww.org/article/trio-olympic-licenses-reassigned-after-anti-doping-rules-violations|publisher=unitedworldwrestling.org|date=19 February 2020|accessdate=31 March 2021}}

Major results

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!Year

!Tournament

!Venue

!Result

!Event

colspan=5|Representing {{ALB}}
2011

|World Championships

|{{flagicon|TUR}} Istanbul, Turkey

| align="center" |35th

|Freestyle 84 kg

2012

|European Championships

|{{flagicon|SRB}} Belgrade, Serbia

| align="center" |21st

|Freestyle 84 kg

rowspan=3|2013

|European Championships

|{{flagicon|GEO}} Tbilisi, Georgia

| align="center" |5th

|Freestyle 96 kg

Mediterranean Games

|{{flagicon|TUR}} Mersin, Turkey

| align="center" bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|Freestyle 96 kg

World Championships

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest, Hungary

| align="center" |10th

|Freestyle 96 kg

rowspan=3|2014

|European Championships

|{{flagicon|FIN}} Vantaa, Finland

| align="center" |13th

|Freestyle 97 kg

Mediterranean Championships

|{{flagicon|SRB}} Kanjiža, Serbia

| align="center" bgcolor=gold|1st

|Freestyle 97 kg

World Championships

|{{flagicon|UZB}} Tashkent, Uzbekistan

| align="center" |6th

|Freestyle 97 kg

rowspan=2|2015

|European Games

|{{flagicon|AZE}} Baku, Azerbaijan

| align="center" |17th

|Freestyle 125 kg

World Championships

|{{flagicon|USA}} Las Vegas, United States

| align="center" |24th

|Freestyle 97 kg

2016

|European Championships

|{{flagicon|LAT}} Riga, Latvia

| align="center" |14th

|Freestyle 97 kg

2017

|European Championships

|{{flagicon|SRB}} Novi Sad, Serbia

| align="center" |15th

|Freestyle 97 kg

colspan=5|Representing {{KOS}}
rowspan=2|2019

|European Championships

|{{flagicon|ROU}} Bucharest, Romania

| align="center" |7th

|Freestyle 125 kg

World Championships

|{{flagicon|KAZ}} Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

| align="center" |5th

|Freestyle 125 kg

rowspan=2|2021

|European Championships

|{{flagicon|POL}} Warsaw, Poland

| align="center" |12th

|Freestyle 125 kg

Olympic Games

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan

| align="center" |7th

|Freestyle 125 kg

2022

|Mediterranean Games

|{{flagicon|ALG}} Oran, Algeria

| align="center" |9th

|Freestyle 125 kg

References

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