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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.
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.
He was recognized as the USA Wrestling Greco-Roman Wrestler of the Year in 1999, 2002 and 2009. Byers would earn a gold medal in Greco-Roman at the 2002 World Wrestling Championships . He also helped the United States win its first Greco-Roman World team title at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships , with his victory in the bronze medal ...
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 ...
At the World Wrestling Championships he won a total of three medals: in 2019 he won the silver medal [4] [5] and both in 2017 and in 2018 he won one of the bronze medals. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] He won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.
Toggle Men's Greco-Roman subsection. 2.1 Greco ... This is the complete list of Pan American Games medalists in wrestling from 1951 to 2019. [1] [2] Men's Freestyle ...
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).