Gennadij Cudinovic

{{short description|German freestyle wrestler}}

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Gennadij Cudinovic (born 21 February 1994) is a German freestyle wrestler.

He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2017 European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Szombathely, Hungary.{{Cite news |last=Winters |first=Max |date=28 March 2017 |title=Atli wins European Under-23 Wrestling Championships gold |website=InsideTheGames.biz |publisher=Inside the Games |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1048642/atli-wins-european-under-23-wrestling-championships-gold |access-date=3 July 2021}} He competed in the men's 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Wrestling Championships in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

In 2019, Cudinovic represented Germany in the men's 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.{{Cite web |url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/results_06_minsk.pdf |title=2019 European Games Wrestling Results |website=unitedworldwrestling.org |publisher=United World Wrestling |access-date=4 April 2020}} He was eliminated in his first match by Aliaksandr Hushtyn of Belarus.

In March 2021, Cudinovic qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite news |last=Shefferd |first=Neil |date=18 March 2021 |title=Twelve wrestlers secure Tokyo 2020 places on first day of United World Wrestling European Olympic Games qualifier |website=InsideTheGames.biz |publisher=Inside the Games |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1105609/uww-europe-wrestling-qualifier-day-one |access-date=19 March 2021}}{{Cite news |date=21 March 2021 |title=Deutsche Ringer bejubeln siebtes Olympia-Ticket |language=de |work=Augsburger Allgemeine |url=https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/sport/sonstige-sportarten/Deutsche-Ringer-bejubeln-siebtes-Olympia-Ticket-id59351376.html |access-date=21 March 2021}} He competed in the men's 125{{nbsp}}kg event where he was eliminated in his second match by Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel of Mongolia.{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=7 August 2021 |access-date=8 August 2021 |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}}

In 2022, Cudinovic competed at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.{{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=UWW.org |publisher=United World Wrestling}} He also competed in the 125 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. He competed in the 125{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{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}}

Cudinovic competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.{{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 first match and he did not qualify for the Olympics. Cudinovic also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey 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}}