Antonio Kamenjašević

Antonio Kamenjašević
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Croatia
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Warsaw 77 kg
Antonio Kamenjašević

Antonio Kamenjašević (born January 29, 1997, in Zagreb) is a male Greco-Roman wrestler from Croatia. He is a member of HK Herkul.

His best achievement is the bronze medal at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg in Warsaw, Poland.[1]

Early life

Kamenjašević started wrestling at the age of 9 in wrestling club "Metalac" in Zagreb.[2] He attended elementary school in Klinča Sela and Sport Gymnasium in Zagreb. Currently, he studies at the Faculty of Kinesiology of the University of Zagreb.[3]

Career

In 2016, he won silver medal at the European U-23 Championships in Bulgaria in 71 kg category. Following year, he won silver medal at the same competition in Hungary, but this time in 75 kg category, as well as fifth place in Turkey in 2018 in 77 kg category.[4]

Kamenjašević competed in the 77 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[5] He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[6] He was eliminated in his second match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[6] Kamenjašević also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.[7]

References

  1. ^ Na Europskom prvenstvu u hrvanju Antonio Kamenjašević osvojio broncu [Antonio Kamenjašević won bronze medal at the European wrestling championship] Hrvatska katolička mreža. Published April 24, 2021. Access date April 29, 2021.
  2. ^ Antonio Kamenjašević Archived 2021-04-29 at the Wayback Machine Hrvački klub Klinca Sela 1991 [Wrestling club Klinca Sela 1991]. Access date April 29, 2021.
  3. ^ Antonio Kamenjašević Archived 2021-04-24 at the Wayback Machine Hrvački klub Sesvetski Kraljevec [Wrestling club Sesvetski Kraljevec]. Access date April 29, 2021.
  4. ^ Greco-roman wrestling - Antonio Kamenjasevic TheSports.org. Access date April 29, 2021.
  5. ^ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  6. ^ a b "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  7. ^ "2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.


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