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Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), or classic wrestling (Euro-English) [2] is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been in every edition of the summer Olympics held since 1904 . [ 3 ]
Folkstyle wrestling is the form of wrestling practiced in Elementary School, Middle School, High School, and (for males) Collegiately in the United States. Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling is practiced at all age levels as well, by different wrestling clubs and teams across the country, and by Team USA at international competitions.
Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling.It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman. High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the United States are conducted under different rules and termed scholastic and collegiate wrestling.
Nao Kusaka (Japanese: 日下尚; born 20 November 2000) is a Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler competing in the 77 kg division. [1] He won the gold medal in the 77 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
This is a List of European Championships medalists in men's Greco-Roman wrestling. [1] [2] Light flyweight. 48 kg: 1969–1995; Tournament Gold Silver Bronze
With his win, Karelin became the youngest Greco-Roman wrestler to become an Olympic champion at super heavyweight (130 kg) at the age of 21 years and two days. [45] At the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Karelin won one of the fastest Olympic wrestling matches, pinning Ioan Grigoraş in only 14 seconds. [46]
Ghaffari is considered the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler in American history, [2] and is regarded as the standard for Greco-Roman wrestling in the United States. [ 3 ] In all, he won six national championships, [ 4 ] four World Cups, two Pan-American Games, seven Pan-American championships (including titles in 1990 and 1992 in freestyle ...
The Greco-Roman World Championships was first held in 1904. The World Championships takes place during non Olympic years. The World Championships takes place during non Olympic years. At the World Championships team scoring is kept, while no official team statistics are kept for the Olympics.