Elias Kuosmanen

Elias Kuosmanen
Personal information
Full nameMatti Elias Kuosmanen
Born (1995-09-02) 2 September 1995
Järvenpää, Uusimaa, Finland[1]
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight130 kg (290 lb; 20 st)
Sport
CountryFinland
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class
97 kg
Event
Greco-Roman
ClubHelsingin Haka
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Finland
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2025 Zagreb130 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 Kaspiysk97 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Bucharest97 kg
Military World Games
Silver medal – second place2019 Wuhan97 kg
World Military Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 Warendorf130 kg
Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament
Gold medal – first place2024 Antalya130 kg
Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Tournament
Bronze medal – third place2023 Sofia130 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2023 Ilmajoki130 kg
Silver medal – second place2023 Nykoebing130 kg
Silver medal – second place2024 Ilmajoki130 kg
Silver medal – second place2025 Dortmund130 kg
Bronze medal – third place2023 Budapest130 kg
Bronze medal – third place2026 Tirana130 kg
World U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 Bydgoszcz98 kg

Elias Kuosmanen (born 2 September 1995) is a Finnish Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.[2][3] He won a bronze medal at the 2025 World Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.

Kuosmanen represented Finland at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4][5] He competed in the men's 130 kg event.[6]

Career

Kuosmanen represented Finland at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China and he won the silver medal in the 97 kg event.[7] In 2020, Kuosmanen lost his bronze medal match in the 97 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.[8]

In 2021, Kuosmanen won one of the bronze medals in the 97 kg event at the Grand Prix Zagreb Open held in Zagreb, Croatia.[9]

Kuosmanen won one of the bronze medals in the 130 kg event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[10] He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[11] He was eliminated in his first match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[11] Kuosmanen also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.[12]

Achievements

Year Tournament Location Result Event
2018 European Championships Kaspiysk, Russia 3rd Greco-Roman 97 kg
2019 European Championships Bucharest, Romania 3rd Greco-Roman 97 kg
Military World Games Wuhan, China 2nd Greco-Roman 97 kg
2025 World Championships Zagreb, Croatia 3rd Greco-Roman 130 kg

References

  1. ↑ "Elias Kuosmanen". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "2018 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "2019 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  4. ↑ Shefferd, Neil (8 May 2021). "Armenia and Romania book multiple Tokyo 2020 places at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Results" (PDF). 2019 Military World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "2020 European Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "2021 Grand Prix Zagreb Open Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  10. ↑ "2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  11. 1 2 "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  12. ↑ "2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
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