Robert Baran

{{short description|Polish freestyle wrestler}} {{Infobox sportsperson | honorific_prefix = | name = Robert Baran | honorific_suffix = | image = Robert Baran 3.JPG | image_size =  | alt = | caption = Robert Baran at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway | headercolor = | textcolor =  | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name =  | full_name =  | nickname = | nationality = {{POL}} | national_team =  | ethnicity = | citizenship = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|7|3}} | birth_place = Jarocin, Poland | death_date =  | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | hometown = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | agent = | height = 183 cm | weight =  | spouse = | life_partner = | other_interests = | website =  | module =  | country = {{POL}} | sport = Wrestling | position = | disability = | disability_class = | weight_class = 125 kg | weight_class_type = | rank = | event = Freestyle | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's freestyle wrestling}} {{MedalCountry|{{POL}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2025 Zagreb | 125 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|Individual World Cup}} {{MedalSilver|2020 Belgrade|125 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2020 Rome|125 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Riga|125 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Budapest|125 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Kaspiysk|125 kg}} {{Medal|Competition| Military World Games }} {{Medal|Silver| 2019 Wuhan |125 kg}} {{MedalCompetition | World Military Championships }} {{MedalGold|2025 Warendorf|125 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2021 Tehran|125 kg}} {{MedalCompetition |Yasar Dogu Tournament|Yasar Dogu Tournament]] }} {{MedalBronze|2017 Istanbul|125 kg}} {{Medal|Competition|Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament}} {{MedalBronze|2016 Sofia|125 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|Grand Prix}} {{MedalGold|2015 Tunis|125 kg}} {{MedalGold|2020 Warsaw|125 kg}} {{MedalGold|2022 Madrid|125 kg}} {{Medal|Gold|2024 Warsaw|125 kg}} {{MedalGold|2024 Madrid|125 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2018 Warsaw|125 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2018 Grozny|125 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2019 Kyiv|125 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2021 Nice|125 kg}} {{MedalSilver|2022 Rome|125 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2016 Sassari|125 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2017 Tbilisi|125 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2017 Khasavyurt|125 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Kiev|125 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2019 Warsaw|125 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2023 Zagreb|125 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2023 Warsaw|125 kg}} {{MedalBronze|2025 Budapest|125 kg}} {{Medal|Bronze|2025 Warsaw|125 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|European Juniors Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2010 Samokov|84 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|European Cadets Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2009 Zrenjanin|85 kg}} }} '''Robert Baran''' (born 3 July 1992, in Jarocin)<ref>[http://www.olimpijski.pl/pl/rio2016/t/639,30650,zapasy.html Polish 2016 Olympic team] at the Polish Olympic Committee website</ref> is a Polish freestyle wrestler. He reached the quarter-finals in the men's freestyle 125 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics,<ref>{{cite web|title=Robert Baran |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/robert-baran |website=Rio 2016 |accessdate=October 2, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826111907/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/robert-baran |archivedate=August 26, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Men's Freestyle 125 kg - Standings |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/wrestling-standings-wr-mens-freestyle-125-kg |website=Rio 2016 |accessdate=October 2, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922184447/https://www.rio2016.com/en/wrestling-standings-wr-mens-freestyle-125-kg |archivedate=September 22, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and finished fifth in the same competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pietraszko |first1=Justyna |title=Robert Baran przegrał walkę o brązowy medal igrzysk olimpijskich |url=https://sport.tvp.pl/79756336/robert-baran-przegral-walke-o-brazowy-medal-igrzysk-olimpijskich |website=sport.tvp.pl |access-date=10 August 2024 |language=pl |date=10 August 2024}}</ref>

In 2020, Baran won the silver medal in the men's 125 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.<ref name="uww_individual_world_cup_results_book_2020">{{Cite web|title=2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212337/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf|archive-date=18 December 2020|access-date=18 December 2020|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref><ref name="russia_four_golds_uww_champs_2020">{{Cite news|last=Shefferd|first=Neil|date=17 December 2020|title=Russia claim four freestyle golds as UWW Individual World Cup continues|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102130/russia-four-golds-uww-champs|access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="european_olympic_qualifier_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf|archive-date=24 March 2021|access-date=24 March 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}</ref>

In 2022, Baran won one of the bronze medals in the 125 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.<ref name="amine_first_san_marino_gold_european_championships_2022">{{Cite news |last=Pavitt |first=Michael |date=30 March 2022 |title=Amine becomes first San Marino gold medallist at European Wrestling Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1121258/amine-european-wrestling-championships |access-date=30 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, he won the silver medal in his event 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> He competed in the 125{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.<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>

He lost his bronze medal match in the men's freestyle 125{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.<ref name="wrestling_results_book_summer_olympics_2024">{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}}</ref>

His brother Radosław is also a freestyle wrestler.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{UWW|baran-robert}} * {{IWD}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{PKOl profile|robert-baran|old_id=2464,baran-robert}} * [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/robert-baran_1894295 Robert Baran] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics * {{Instagram}}

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