Damian Janikowski

Damian Janikowski
Personal information
Nationality Polish
Born June 27, 1989 (1989-06-27) (age 29)
Wrocław, Poland
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)[1]
Sport
Weight class Middleweight
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
2012 London 84 kg
World Championships
2011 Istanbul84 kg
European Championships
2012 Belgrade 84 kg
2014 Vantaa 85 kg

Damian Janikowski (born June 27, 1989 in Wrocław) is a male wrestler from Poland.

Wrestling career

At the 2011 World Championships, he won the silver medal in the 84 kg men's Greco-Roman division. He beat Pedro Garcia Perez, Alan Khugaev, Eerik Aps and Nazmi Avluca before losing to Alim Selimov in the final.[2]

At the 2012 European Championships, he beat Zhan Belenyuk, Jim Petterson and Andrea Minguzzi, before losing to Hristo Marinov.[3]

Janikowski represented his native Poland at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he won the bronze medal. He beat Nazmi Avluca in the first round, Amer Hrustanović in the next and Pablo Shorey in the quarter final before losing to Karam Gaber in the semifinal.[4] Janikowski was entered in to the repechage, where he beat Mélonin Noumonvi to win his bronze medal.[4] He is 180 centimetres (5 ft 11 in) tall and weighs 85 kilograms (187 lb).

At the 2014 European Championships, he beat Javid Hamzatov before losing to Rami Hietaniemi. Because Hietaniemi reached the semifinals, Janikowski was entered into the repechage. In the repechage, he beat Ahmet Yildirim, Jim Petterson and Robert Kobliashvili, before beating Jan Fischer to win his bronze medal.[5]

Mixed martial arts career

In 2017, Janikowski opted to try his hand at mixed martial arts and signed with the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki organization. He made his debut at KSW 39 on May 27, 2017. He faced Julio Gallegos and won the fight via TKO due to knees and punches in the first round.

Mixed martial arts record

Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 3-0 Yannick Bahati TKO (Punches) KSW 43: Soldić vs. Du Plessis April 14, 2018 1 0:18 Wrocław, Poland
Win 2-0 Antoni Chmielewski TKO (Punches) KSW 41: Mankowski vs. Soldić December 23, 2017 2 2:33 Katowice, Poland
Win 1-0 Julio Gallegos TKO (Knee and Punches) KSW 39: Colosseum May 27, 2017 1 1:26 Warsaw, Poland

References

  1. 1 2 http://ipd.home.pl/pudzian/mariusz.php
  2. ↑ "International Wrestling Database - 2011 World Championship". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  3. ↑ "International Wrestling Database - 2012 European Championships". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  4. 1 2 "Damian Janikowski Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  5. ↑ "International Wrestling Database - 2014 European Championships". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 2018-04-19.


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