Franz Marx
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Franz Marx is an Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n sport wrestler
Amateur wrestling
Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport wrestling. There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games under the supervision of FILA : Greco-Roman and freestyle. Freestyle is possibly derived from the English Lancashire style...

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He was born in Innsbruck
Innsbruck
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Together with Anton Marchl he was one of the Austrian wrestlers, who qualified last for the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona 1992.

Successes

He was frequently the Austrian wrestling champion and participated two times at Summer Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games
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. His greatest successes were a gold medal at the Junior World Championship in Colorado Springs and a bronze medal at the Wrestling World Championships 1981 in Oslo
Oslo
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In 2002 he was honored as one of the most successful Austrian wrestlers by the city of Innsbruck.
He is still a member of AC Hötting sporting club .

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