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unusual facts about Freestyle Wrestling



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The points system and disallowed holds structure blends folkstyle wrestling and freestyle wrestling—the two most popular forms of wrestling in the United States by participation.

Fredy Serrano

Freddy Alejandro Serrano Sichaca (born September 22, 1979 in Bogotá, Distrito Capital) is a male freestyle wrestler from Colombia.

Khabib Nurmagomedov

His father has a black belt in Judo under Vladimir Nevzorov and Petr Butryi, and is also a Sambo Ukrainian National Champion and national master of sports in Freestyle Wrestling.

National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan

The most recent Olympics in Beijing 2008 marked the country's fourth appearance and first Olympic medal wins, with Rasul Boqiev winning bronze in the Judo under 73 kg category and Yusup Abdusalomov winning the silver medal in the freestyle wrestling under 84 kg category.

Nicolae Ceban

Nicolae Ceban (born 30 March 1986 in Ștefan Vodă) is a Moldovan freestyle wrestler.

Tom Erikson

He made his return to wrestling to compete at the 1997 World Wrestling Championships in Krasnoyarsk, Russia in August 1997, finishing in fourth place in the 130 kg/286 lb freestyle division.

Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle featherweight

The freestyle featherweight was one of five freestyle wrestling weight classes contested on the Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.

Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle light heavyweight

The men's freestyle light heavyweight was a freestyle wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme.

Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle light heavyweight

The men's freestyle light heavyweight was a freestyle wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme.

Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle light heavyweight

The men's freestyle light heavyweight was a freestyle wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme.


see also

Alireza Soleimani

He is the first and still the only Iranian to win the gold medal in the Superheavy Weight of Freestyle Wrestling, which he won at the World Championship 1989 against Bruce Baumgartner.

Clarissa Chun

Chun knocked off 2004 Olympic gold medalist Iryna Merleni of Ukraine 1-0, 3-0 to capture a bronze medal in women's freestyle wrestling at the 2012 London Olympics.

Heywood L. Edwards

He competed for the United States in freestyle wrestling in the 1928 Summer Olympics, earning 4th place in the light heavyweight division.

Mike van Arsdale

After college, van Arsdale won a World Cup Championship in 1991, a CISM (military) World Championship, was a two-time Olympic alternate, and a six-time member of the National Freestyle Wrestling team.

Philip Bernard

In 1920 he won the bronze medal in the freestyle wrestling featherweight class after winning the bronzel medal match against Randhir Shindes.

Sükhbaataryn Sürenjav

The IOC database incorrectly lists Sürenjav as bronze medalist in the Freestyle wrestling Flyweight category at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico.

Torrance High School

Townsend Saunders - Olympic Medalist Freestyle Wrestling, wrestling alumni.

USA Wrestling

When amateur wrestling, especially freestyle wrestling, gained prominence as an amateur sport after the Civil War, the Amateur Athletic Union first began to regulate it, sponsoring national tournaments and local athletic clubs in amateur wrestling.

Yanagida

Hideaki Yanagida (born 1947), Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling