{{Short description|Estonian wrestler (born 1992)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = | image = Epp Mäe 2.JPG | image_size = | caption = Mäe in 2021 | birth_date = {{birth date and age text|2 April 1992}} | birth_place = Rakvere, Estonia | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.70 m | weight = 72-75 kg | sport = Freestyle wrestling | weight_class = 76 kg | club = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's freestyle wrestling }} {{MedalCountry | {{EST}} }} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalSilver| 2021 Oslo | 76 kg }} {{MedalBronze|2015 Las Vegas|75 kg }} {{MedalBronze|2019 Nur-Sultan|76 kg}} {{MedalBronze| 2022 Belgrade | 76 kg }} {{MedalCompetition | European Games}} {{MedalBronze|2019 Minsk|76 kg}} {{MedalCompetition | European Championships }} {{MedalGold | 2021 Warsaw | 76 kg }} {{MedalSilver | 2022 Budapest | 76 kg }} {{MedalBronze | 2017 Novi Sad | 75 kg }} {{MedalSport | Women's sumo }} {{MedalCompetition | World Games }} {{MedalGold | 2009 Kaohsiung | 80 kg}} }}
'''Epp Mäe''' (born 2 April 1992) is an Estonian freestyle wrestler. She won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.<ref name="adelaine_maria_gray_wins_sixth_title_wrestling_world_championships_2021">{{Cite news|last=Burke|first=Patrick|date=6 October 2021|title=Adelaine Maria Gray wins sixth title at Wrestling World Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1113900/uww-world-championships-day-five|access-date=6 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="uww_results_book_world_wrestling_championships_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114828/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf|archive-date=16 October 2021|access-date=16 October 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> She won a bronze medal at the 2015, 2019 and 2022 World Wrestling Championships.<ref name=r1 /><ref name=r2 /><ref name="uww_world_wrestling_championships_2015">{{Cite web|title=2015 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_09_lasvegas_1.pdf|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530151426/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/media/document/event/results/results_09_lasvegas_1.pdf|archive-date=30 May 2020|access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref>
== Career == Mäe took up wrestling in 1998, trained by her father.<ref name=r1 /> She has also competed in sumo and in judo.
Mäe competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she finished in 13th place in the Women's 76{{nbsp}}kg class.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/epp-mae|title=Epp MAE - Olympic - Estonia|date=11 April 2017|publisher=olympic.org}}</ref>
Mäe represented Estonia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Women's 76{{nbsp}}kg class.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sport.err.ee/981579/epp-mae-teenis-olumpiapileti-ja-maadleb-neljapaeval-mm-pronksile|title=Epp Mäe teenis olümpiapileti ja maadleb neljapäeval MM-pronksile|date=2019-09-18|website=ERR|language=et|access-date=2020-02-24}}</ref> In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the 76 kg event at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021 held in Nice, France.<ref name="results_book_grand_prix_de_france_henri_deglane_2021">{{Cite web|title=Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021 Results Book|url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-01/results_01_nice.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023195336/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2021-01/results_01_nice.pdf|archive-date=23 October 2021|access-date=23 October 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> She also won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.<ref name="stadnik_unstoppable_on_day_one_poland_open_2021">{{Cite news|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|date=10 June 2021|title=Stadnik unstoppable on day one of women's wrestling at Poland Open|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1108889/uww-poland-open-warsaw|access-date=4 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="uww_poland_open_results_book_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 Poland Open Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/results_06_warsaw.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704164819/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/results_06_warsaw.pdf|archive-date=4 July 2021|access-date=4 July 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref>
She won the silver medal in the women's 76{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.<ref name="two_golds_apiece_moldova_turkey_2022">{{Cite news |last=Lloyd |first=Owen |date=31 March 2022 |title=Two golds apiece for Moldova and Turkey at European Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1121307/european-wrestling-championships-hungary |access-date=31 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="results_book_european_wrestling_championships_2022">{{Cite web |title=2022 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403191311/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-04/2022_senior_european_championships_official_results.pdf?VersionId=KEoKJnjfNdVsB13voNEJO9gMUHnyIlq0 |archive-date=3 April 2022 |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> A few months later, she competed at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.<ref name="results_book_matteo_pellicone_ranking_series_2022">{{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}}</ref> She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 76{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.<ref name="susaki_morikawa_earn_japanese_double_2022">{{Cite news |last=Burke |first=Patrick |date=14 September 2022 |title=Susaki and Morikawa earn Japanese double at World Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1128068/world-wrestling-champs-2022-day-5 |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="results_book_world_wrestling_championships_2022">{{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}}</ref>
In 2023, Mäe competed at the Ibrahim Moustafa Tournament held in Alexandria, Egypt. She also competed in her event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia and finished ninth. She was eliminated in her first match by Adeline Gray in the 76{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
Mäe competed in the 76{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.<ref name="european_wrestling_championships_results_book_2024">{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219213412/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2024-02/results_02_bucharest.pdf?VersionId=XkE2ZnjNmXYzWNF1si8_Od9HuEOhuMrM |archive-date=19 February 2024 |access-date=19 February 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> She was eliminated in her first match.<ref name="european_wrestling_championships_results_book_2024"/> Mäe competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.<ref name="european_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024">{{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}}</ref> She was eliminated in her first match and she did not qualify for the Olympics.<ref name="european_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024"/> Mäe also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.<ref name="world_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024">{{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}}</ref> She was eliminated in her second match.<ref name="world_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024"/>
== Achievements ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !Year !Tournament !Location !Result !Event |- |2015 |World Championships |Las Vegas, United States |align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Freestyle 75 kg |- |2017 |European Championships |Novi Sad, Serbia |align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Freestyle 75 kg |- |rowspan=2 | 2019 |European Games |Minsk, Belarus |align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Freestyle 76 kg |- |World Championships |Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan |align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Freestyle 76 kg |- |rowspan=2 | 2021 |European Championships |Warsaw, Poland |align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Freestyle 76 kg |- |World Championships |Oslo, Norway |align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Freestyle 76 kg |- |rowspan=2 | 2022 |European Championships |Budapest, Hungary |align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Freestyle 76 kg |- |World Championships |Belgrade, Serbia |align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Freestyle 76 kg |}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=r1>{{cite web|url=http://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/Epp_M%E4e|title=MÄE, EPP|work=esbl.ee}}</ref> <ref name=r2>{{cite web|url=http://www.sport24.ee/index.php?ac=otsinimidet&id=13988&#tulemusedlist|title=Tulemused|work=sport24.ee}}</ref> }}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{UWW|mae-epp}} * {{sports links}}
{{s-start}} {{s-ach|aw}} {{Succession box | title = Estonian Sportswoman of the Year | before = Erika Kirpu | after = Ksenija Balta | years = 2015 }} {{s-end}}
{{European Champions freestyle wrestling women's heavyweight}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mae, Epp}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:Estonian female judoka Category:Estonian sumo wrestlers Category:Estonian female sport wrestlers Category:Sportspeople from Rakvere Category:World Wrestling Championships medalists Category:Female sumo wrestlers Category:Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic wrestlers for Estonia Category:World Games gold medalists Category:Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games Category:Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games Category:Medalists at the 2019 European Games Category:European Games bronze medalists for Estonia Category:European Games medalists in wrestling Category:European Wrestling Championships medalists Category:Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:European Wrestling Champions Category:21st-century Estonian sportswomen Category:Medalists at the 2009 World Games