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The United States Olympic team trials for the sport of wrestling are contested quadrennially to determine the country's representative at the Summer Olympic Games on each style (men's and women's freestyle and Greco-Roman) and weight class. [1] The event is conducted by the national governing body of the sport, currently USA Wrestling. [2]
Wrestling competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile were held between November 1 and 4, 2023 at the Olympic Training Center in Ñuñoa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The competition is split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which were further divided into different weight categories.
The winner of each weight category at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia qualified directly, along with the top four at the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships and 2023 Pan American Wrestling Championships. The host country (Chile) is guaranteed a spot in each event, but its athletes must compete in both the 2022 and ...
Women's wrestling made it's Olympic debut in 2004, but the U.S. didn't earn its first gold until Helen Maroulis won at 53 kg in 2016. Tamyra Mensah-Stock followed by winning 68 kg at Tokyo 2020.
United State's Amit Elor celebrates after defeating North Korea's Sol Gum Pak during their women's freestyle 68kg wrestling semifinal match, at Champ-de-Mars Arena, during the 2024 Summer Olympics ...
Richards represented the United States at 57 kg at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships. In 2024, he competed at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. [3] He was eliminated in his second match. [3]
India's Vinesh Phogat (left) celebrates victory against Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez during the wrestling women's freestyle 50kg semifinal during the 2024 Olympics at Champs-de-Mars Arena on Aug ...
Freestyle wrestling (or, catch-as-catch-can wrestling as it was called prior to the 1948 Olympics) and weight classes both made their first appearance at the 1904 Summer Olympics. Women's freestyle wrestling competition was first held at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 2013, the IOC voted to drop wrestling from the Summer Olympic program.