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.[1]
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Full name | Egzon Shala | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Albanian Kosovan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Suva Reka, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Kosovo) | 23 November 1990||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 31 March 2021 |
Major results
editReferences
edit- ^ "Trio of Olympic Licenses Reassigned After Anti-Doping Rules Violations". unitedworldwrestling.org. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
External links
edit- Egzon Shala at the International Wrestling Database
- Egzon Shala at Olympedia