Nick Matuhin

Nick Matuhin
Personal information
Nationality  Germany
Born (1990-04-05) 5 April 1990
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet
Union
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 120 kg (265 lb)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Style Freestyle
Club SC Luckenwalde (GER)[1]
Coach Alexander Leipold[1]

Nick Matuhin (born April 5, 1990 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is an amateur German freestyle wrestler, who played for the men's super heavyweight category.[1][2] He is currently a member of SC Luckenwalde in Luckenwalde, Brandenburg, and is coached and trained by four-time Olympian Alexander Leipold.[3] Matuhin stands 1.98 metres (6 ft 6 in) tall, and weighs 120 kilograms (265 lb).[1]

Matuhin qualified for the men's 120 kg class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by placing second from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Taiyuan, China.[3][4] He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Uzbekistani wrestler and two-time Olympic champion Artur Taymazov, with a two-set technical score (0–4, 0–2), and a classification point score of 0–3.[5] Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Matuhin offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage rounds. Unfortunately, he was defeated in the first round by Iran's Komeil Ghasemi, who was able to score one point each in two straight periods, leaving Matuhin without a single point.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Nick Matuhin". London 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Nick Matuhin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 Richter, Jörg (28 April 2012). "Nick Matuhin löst in China sein Olympia-Ticket" [Nick Matuhin receives his Olympic ticket in China] (in German). German Wrestling Federation. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Ringen: Matuhin holt drittes London-Ticket" [Wrestling: Matuhin outdated third ticket to London] (in German). German Wrestling Federation. 29 April 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Men's 120kg Freestyle Round of 16 Final". London 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Men's 120kg Freestyle Repechage Round 2". London 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2013.


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