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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.
Cohlton Schultz (born September 27, 2000) is an American Greco-Roman wrestler competing in the 130 kg division. [1] He won the silver medal in the 130 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.
Amateur wrestling is a variant of wrestling practiced at Olympic, collegiate, scholastic, and other levels.There are two international wrestling styles performed at the Olympic Games, freestyle and Greco-Roman, both of which are governed by the United World Wrestling (UWW).
Toggle List of 20 and Under World Champions in Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling subsection 5.1 Junior Worlds, 1973–1977 (20 and Under) 5.2 Junior Worlds, 1979 (20 and Under)
Roman Andreyevich Vlasov (Russian: Роман Андреевич Власов; born 6 October 1990) is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a two-time Olympic Champion (2012, [1] 2016 [2]), a three-time World Champion (2011, 2015, 2021), and a four-time European Champion (2012, 2013, 2018, 2019).
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 ...
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 ...