Marina Gastl

Marina Gastl (born August 3, 1985 in Innsbruck) is an amateur Austrian freestyle wrestler, who competed in the women's heavyweight category.[1] She represented her nation Austria, as a 19-year-old teen, at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and later picked up a bronze medal in the 72-kg division at the 2005 World Junior Championships in Vilnius, Lithuania.[2] Throughout her sporting career, Gastl trained full-time for RSC Inzing under her personal coach Jörg Helmdach.[3]

Marina Gastl
Personal information
Full nameMarina Gastl
Nationality Austria
Born (1985-08-03) 3 August 1985
Innsbruck, Austria
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
StyleFreestyle
ClubRSC Inzing
CoachJörg Helmdach

Gastl qualified for the Austrian squad in the women's 72 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by receiving a berth and placing first from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Madrid, Spain.[4] She lost two straight matches each to neighboring Germany's Anita Schätzle (1–4) and the formidable Russian and reigning European champion Guzel Manyurova (1–7) in the prelim pool, ending her chances of advancing further into the semifinals with a ninth-place finish.[5][6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marina Gastl". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  2. "Ringen: Gold bei Junioren-EM für Marina Gastl" [Wrestling: Gold for Marina Gastl at the European Junior Champs] (in German). Der Standard. 12 August 2005. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  3. "Die Herrin des Ringens" [The lady of wrestling] (in German). Kurier. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  4. Abbott, Gary (23 July 2004). "Olympic Games preview at 72 kg/158.5 lbs. in men's freestyle". USA Wrestling. Team USA. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  5. "Wrestling: Men's Freestyle 60kg". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  6. "Ringen: Gastl mit zwei Niederlagen ausgeschieden" [Wrestling: Gastl excreted with two defeats] (in German). Der Standard. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 22 June 2014.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.