SHALA Egzon

Kosovo

Wrestling

Date of Birth: 23 Nov 1990

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: SUVA REKA

Birth Country:

Kosovo

Place of residence : PRIZREN

Residence Country:

Kosovo

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 125kg	7

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat C	Men's Freestyle 125kg 1/8 Final #248 KOS SHALA ESHALA Egzon 6 VFA ALG BERRAHAL DBERRAHAL Djahid 0	Finished
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat C	Men's Freestyle 125kg 1/4 Final #255 KOS SHALA ESHALA Egzon 2 IRI ZARE AHZARE Amir Hossein 13 VSU1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Freestyle 125kg	2019	Nur-Sultan, KAZ
6	Freestyle 97kg	2014	Tashkent, UZB
10	Freestyle 96kg	2013	Budapest, HUN
24	Freestyle 97kg	2015	Las Vegas, NV, USA
35	Freestyle 84kg	2011	Istanbul, TUR

European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Freestyle 125kg	2019	Bucharest, ROU
12	Freestyle 125kg	2021	Warsaw, POL
16	Freestyle 97kg	2017	Belgrade, SRB

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Sport Management - University of Pristina, Kosovo

Languages spoken:

Albanian, English

Club name:

Klubi i Mundjes Prizreni [Kosovo]

Coach:

Sylejman Shala [father, personal], KOS

Sporting relatives:

His younger brother Edon Shala has also competed in freestyle wrestling for Kosovo, including at the 2015 World Championships in Las Vegas, NV, United States of America. (noc-kosovo.org, 01 Apr 2020; koha.net, 07 Feb 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 23 Feb 2021)

Reason:

He comes from a family of wrestlers. (noc-kosovo.org, 01 Apr 2020)

Ambition:

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (fakteplus.net, 19 Feb 2020)

Memorable:

Qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games through his performance at the 2019 World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. (noc-kosovo.org, 01 Apr 2020)

General Interest

General
REPRESENTING KOSOVO
He has previously competed representing Albania, including at the 2015 World Championships in Las Vegas, NV, United States of America. (noc-kosovo.org, 01 Apr 2020; koha.net, 07 Feb 2021)

FURTHER EDUCATION
In 2016 he began PhD studies at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia. (Facebook profile, 04 Feb 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
VFA:: Victory by fall
VSU1:: Victory by technical superiority - with point(s) scored by the opponent

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