Felix Baldauf

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Felix Baldauf (born 22 October 1994) is a Norwegian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a European champion and won the gold medal in the men's 98{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2017 European Wrestling Championships.{{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}} Baldauf is also a European Games, World Junior Championships and European U23 Championships bronze medallist.

Career

Baldauf represented Norway in the men's 98{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2015 European Games in Baku, where he was eliminated from the competition in his first match.{{Cite web |title=2015 European Games Results |url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_06_baku_0.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415162443/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_06_baku_0.pdf |archive-date=15 April 2020 |access-date=15 April 2020 |website=United World Wrestling}} He competed in the men's 98{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, where he was eliminated in his second match by Rustam Assakalov of Uzbekistan.{{Cite web |url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/final-book_1.pdf |title=2017 World Wrestling Championships |website=United World Wrestling |url-status=live |access-date=13 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501222916/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/final-book_1.pdf |archive-date=1 May 2019}} In 2018, Baldauf competed in the men's 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest.{{Cite web |url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/2018-world-championships_final-book.pdf |title=2018 World Wrestling Championships Results |website=United World Wrestling |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414123246/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/2018-world-championships_final-book.pdf |archive-date=14 April 2020 |access-date=14 April 2020}} He was eliminated in his second match by Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia.

In 2019, Baldauf competed in the men's 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest.{{Cite web |url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/opt-final-book_european_bucharest_2019.pdf |title=2019 European Wrestling Championships Results |website=United World Wrestling |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412162932/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/opt-final-book_european_bucharest_2019.pdf |archive-date=12 April 2020 |access-date=12 April 2020}} In that same year, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nettavisen.no/sport/baldauf-tok-en-sterk-bronse-ieuropalekene/3423808306.html |title=Baldauf tok en sterk bronse i Europalekene |date=30 June 2019 |work=Nettavissen Sports |access-date=29 January 2020 |language=no}}{{Cite web |url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/results_06_minsk.pdf |title=2019 European Games Wrestling Results |website=United World Wrestling |access-date=4 April 2020}} In his bronze medal match he defeated Cenk İldem of Turkey. In 2019, he also competed in the men's 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, where he was eliminated in his first match by Mélonin Noumonvi of France.{{Cite web |url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf |title=2019 World Wrestling Championships Results |website=United World Wrestling |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf |archive-date=12 April 2020 |access-date=12 April 2020}}

In March 2021, Baldauf was scheduled to compete at the European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Budapest, but he was unable to do so as he tested positive for COVID-19.{{Cite news |date=20 March 2021 |title=Tap for Berge & co. i OL-kvalifiseringen i bryting |language=no |work=Nettavisen Sport |url=https://www.nettavisen.no/sport/tap-for-berge-amp-co-i-ol-kvalifiseringen-i-bryting/s/12-95-3424104668 |access-date=20 March 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}} In May 2021, he was able to compete at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, but failed to qualify.{{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}} He won his first match but he was then eliminated in his next match by Nikoloz Kakhelashvili of Italy.{{Cite news |date=8 May 2021 |title=OL-håpet ute for bryte-Berge og lagkameratene |language=no |work=Nettavisen Sport |url=https://www.nettavisen.no/sport/ol-hapet-ute-for-bryte-berge-og-lagkameratene/s/12-95-3424124963 |access-date=9 May 2021}}

In 2022, Baldauf won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament held in Istanbul.{{Cite web |title=2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final-book-ranking-series-istambul-2022-light.pdf?VersionId=BMipbXFVxzXXeonWOfeVdKVeNlWlxYzt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302085143/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-03/final-book-ranking-series-istambul-2022-light.pdf?VersionId=BMipbXFVxzXXeonWOfeVdKVeNlWlxYzt |archive-date=2 March 2022 |access-date=2 March 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}} He lost the bronze medal match in the 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest. A few months later, he competed at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome.{{Cite web |title=Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625194934/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW |archive-date=25 June 2022 |access-date=25 June 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}} He competed in the 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade.{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}

Baldauf won the gold medal in his event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia.{{Cite web |title=2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-03/results_03_sofia.pdf?VersionId=g1eemM9v2lRqcW08Qi8J8daZveFnBhke |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307130300/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-03/results_03_sofia.pdf?VersionId=g1eemM9v2lRqcW08Qi8J8daZveFnBhke |archive-date=7 March 2023 |access-date=7 May 2023 |website=United World Wrestling}} He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-date=8 April 2024 |access-date=8 April 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}} He was eliminated in his second match and failed to qualify for the Olympics. Baldauf also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, without qualifying for the Olympics.{{Cite web |title=2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2024 |access-date=14 May 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}