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Place of Birth: Sarreguemines, Grand Est, France
About Yannick Szczepaniak
- Yannick Szczepaniak (born January 29, 1980 in Sarreguemines) is an amateur French Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's super heavyweight category.
- He is also a two-time Olympian, a ten-time national wrestling champion, and a member of ASSO Sarreguemines Lutte, being coached and trained by Patrice Mourier. Szczepaniak made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he reached the knock-out stage of the men's 120 kg, by winning the preliminary pool round against Armenia's Haykaz Galtsyan and Venezuela's Rafael Barreno.
- He lost the quarterfinal match to Iran's Sajjad Barzi, with a final score of 0–3. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Szczepaniak competed for the second time in the men's 120 kg class.
- He defeated Bulgaria's Ivan Ivanov, and three-time Olympian Mihály Deák-Bárdos of Hungary in the preliminary rounds, before losing out the semi-final match to defending Olympic champion Khasan Baroev of Russia, with a score of 2–3.
- Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Szczepaniak automatically qualified for the bronze medal bout, where he was defeated by Lithuania's Mindaugas Mizgaitis, with a technical score of 2–4.Following the disqualification of Khasan Baroyev, he was reinstated as bronze medalist in November 2016.
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