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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 ]
Spenser Mango (born July 6, 1986) is an American Greco-Roman wrestler. He has represented the United States in numerous international competitions [ 2 ] including the 2008 and 2012 Olympics . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 55 kg weight class.
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 ...
Tournament Gold Silver Bronze 1947 Prag Bertil Sundin (SWE) Muhammed el-Vard (EGY) Lennart Viitala (FIN) 1966 Essen Vladimir Bakulin (URS) Boško Marinko (YUG) Maurice Mewis (BEL)
He also won a bronze medal at the 1985 World Wrestling Championships. Martinez wrestled for the University of Minnesota, where he was a Big Ten Champion and NCAA Division I All-American. From 2009 to 2019, he was the head coach of Corona del Sol High School wrestling team, where he won two state championships in 2010 and 2017.
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]
Kiryl Maskevich (born 6 March 1998) is a Belarusian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a silver medalist at both the World Wrestling Championships and the European Wrestling Championships. [3] He also represented Belarus at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the men's 87 kg event. [4]
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).