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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 ]
He also won a bronze medal at the 1985 World Wrestling Championships. Martinez wrestled for the University of Minnesota, where he was a Big Ten Champion and NCAA Division I All-American. From 2009 to 2019, he was the head coach of Corona del Sol High School wrestling team, where he won two state championships in 2010 and 2017.
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 ...
Denis (born c. 1986) tried wrestling, but gave it up in favor of car racing. [91] Ivan (born 1994) is coached by Kuznetsov and competes in the Greco-Roman superheavyweight division. [92] Vasilisa (born c. 1999) is a rhythmic gymnast. [93] Karelin had an older brother, Sergei Aleksandrovich Karelin, who died in 2017 at the age of 56. [94]
He is the only American to win World medals in three styles of wrestling — Freestyle, Greco-Roman and Sambo. [ 2 ] While serving with the U.S. Marines , stationed at Quantico, Virginia , he won a silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Greco-Roman, as well as two silver and a bronze medal in freestyle wrestling at the World Championships ...
At the World Wrestling Championships he won a total of three medals: in 2019 he won the silver medal [4] [5] and both in 2017 and in 2018 he won one of the bronze medals. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] He won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.
Jeffrey Carl "Jeff" Blatnick (July 26, 1957 – October 24, 2012) was an American super heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler and sports commentator.He won NCAA Division II heavyweight wrestling championships in 1978 and 1979 and won the Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1984 after battling back from cancer.
Tracy G'Angelo Hancock (born July 27, 1997) is an American professional wrestler and former Greco-Roman wrestler.He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Tavion Heights and is a member of the No Quarter Catch Crew stable.