Nick Matuhin

Who is Nick Matuhin?

Nick Matuhin is an amateur German freestyle wrestler, who played for the men's super heavyweight category. He is currently a member of SC Luckenwalde in Luckenwalde, Brandenburg, and is coached and trained by four-time Olympian Alexander Leipold. Matuhin stands 1.98 metres tall, and weighs 120 kilograms.

Matuhin qualified for the men's 120 kg class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by placing second from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Taiyuan, China. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Uzbekistani wrestler and two-time Olympic champion Artur Taymazov, with a two-set technical score, and a classification point score of 0–3. Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Matuhin offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage rounds. Unfortunately, he was defeated in the first round by Iran's Komeil Ghasemi, who was able to score one point each in two straight periods, leaving Matuhin without a single point.