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Lithuanian wrestler (born 1994)
Mantas Knystautas
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Lithuania
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Belgrade 130 kg
World U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Bydgoszcz 130 kg
Representing All-World Team
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Baku Team
Knystautas at 2021 World championships

Mantas Knystautas (born 20 May 1994) is a Lithuanian wrestler, who competes in the men's 130 kg Greco-Roman division. He won one of the bronze medals in the 130 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.

Biography

Mantas was born in Klaipėda, Lithuania.

Knystautas has competed 2015 European Games, but lost his first fight. Knystautas started at the 2017 World championships, but lost his first fight. Same year he won bronze at the World U23 Championships.

At the 2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Knystautas reached the final and qualified for 2020 Summer Olympics.

In 2022, Knystautas competed in the 130 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary. He won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.

He lost his bronze medal match in the 130 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.

He competed in the 130 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

References

  1. Brennan, Eliott (13 September 2022). "Olympic medallist Kayaalp returns to champion status at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  3. "KNYSTAUTAS Mantas | Lithuania wrestler".
  4. Senior U23 World Championships
  5. Morgan, Liam (20 March 2021). "Russia and Georgia earn two Tokyo 2020 Greco-Roman quotas at Olympic qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  6. "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  7. "Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  8. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

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