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not included in the Olympic program: 1924 Paris details: Kustaa Pihlajamäki Finland: Kaarlo Mäkinen Finland: Bryan Hines United States: 1928 Amsterdam details: Kaarlo Mäkinen Finland: Edmond Spapen Belgium: James Trifunov Canada: 1932 Los Angeles details: Robert Pearce United States: Ödön Zombori Hungary: Aatos Jaskari Finland: 1936 Berlin ...
Men's freestyle wrestling competition began at the Olympics in 1904. 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.
Rulon Gardner on his opponent. In the 1988 Olympic final Karelin beat Rangel Gerovski, by executing his signature Karelin Lift and won. 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. At the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Karelin won one of the fastest Olympic wrestling ...
285 lb. 2019 Minneapolis. 285 lb. Gable Dan Steveson (born May 31, 2000) is an American wrestler. In freestyle wrestling, Steveson was a 2020 Summer Olympic gold medallist, and was also a three-time age-group world champion. [4][5] In folkstyle wrestling, Steveson was a two-time Dan Hodge Trophy winner, a two-time NCAA Division I national ...
125 kg. Rulon Ellis Gardner (born August 16, 1971) is an American retired Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Olympic Games, defeating Russia's three-time reigning Olympic gold medalist Aleksandr Karelin in the final; [2] Karelin was previously unbeaten for 13 years in international competition.
This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in Greco-Roman wrestling. Mijaín López is the only athlete in modern Olympics history to win five consecutive gold medals in the same individual event. [1]
Kristjan Palusalu (until 1935 Kristjan Trossmann, 10 March [O.S. 26 February] 1908 – 17 July 1987) was an Estonian heavyweight wrestler and Olympic winner. Palusalu became the first and only wrestler in Olympic history ever to win both the Greco-Roman and freestyle heavyweight events.
Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968) is an American retired professional wrestler and amateur wrestler. He first earned recognition for winning a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics despite competing with a broken neck, and achieved wider fame for his tenure in WWE and TNA. He is considered one of the greatest ...