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The World Wrestling Championships are the Greco-Roman Wrestling (men's, since 1904) and Freestyle Wrestling (men's since 1951 and women's since 1987) ...
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).
Wrestling (amateur) World Wrestling Championships: Individuals 1904: Winners in 8 events 2025 Annual Not held in Summer Olympic years Wrestling World Cup (freestyle) Nations 1973 United States 2025 Annual Wrestling World Cup (Greco-Roman) Nations 1980 Iran 2025 Annual
The 2023 World Wrestling Championships was held from 16 to 24 September 2023 in Belgrade, Serbia. Wrestlers get a chance to win 90 quotas for the 2024 Summer Olympics from the Belgrade Worlds. Any nation that participated in the 2023 continental championships was eligible to participate in the World Championships.
Georg Lurich – legitimate professional wrestling champion, record-setting strongman, namesake of a a memorial competition held since 1956 (et), trainer of Georg Hackenschmidt and Aleksander Aberg; Heiki Nabi – 1996 World Champion Greco-Roman wrestling, 2012 Olympic silver medalist, 2013 World Championships silver medalist Greco-Roman
The World Championships for men's freestyle wrestling began in 1951. The World Championships takes place during non-Olympic years. At the World Championships team scoring is kept, while no official team statistics are kept at the Olympics.
The 2022 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] After Frank Chamizo , wrestling for Italy in the men's freestyle 74 kg category, was found to be doping, the bronze medal was given to Soner Demirtaş ...
United World Wrestling (UWW) is the international governing body for the sport of Wrestling; its duties include overseeing wrestling at the World Championships and Olympics. It presides over international competitions for various forms of wrestling, including Greco-Roman , Freestyle , Grappling , and others.