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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]
Listed are wrestlers who were World or Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling. Greco-Roman wrestling competition was held at the first modern Olympics in 1896. The Greco-Roman World Championships was first held in 1904. The World Championships takes place during non Olympic years.
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. [45] At the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Karelin won one of the fastest Olympic wrestling matches, pinning Ioan Grigoraş in only 14 seconds. [ 46 ]
This is a List of World Championships medalists in men's Greco-Roman Wrestling. Light flyweight. 48 kg: 1969–1995; Games Gold Silver Bronze 1969 Mar del Plata
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 ]
Mijaín López Núñez (born 20 August 1982) is a Cuban retired Greco-Roman wrestler. Widely considered one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, López is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, five-time World Champion, for a total of 10 world gold medals (second highest, behind Aleksandr Karelin's twelve), and a five-time Pan American Games ...
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.
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 ...