Wrestling is among the oldest organized competitive sports, entered into the ancient Olympic Games in 708 BC as the decisive, final event of the pentathlon. Combat wrestling itself is depicted far earlier still, in Egyptian tomb paintings and prehistoric European cave art. The modern international governing body traces to 1912, when delegates meeting on the eve of the Stockholm Olympics created the International Wrestlers' Union; it was renamed several times before adopting its current name, United World Wrestling, in 2014.
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Origin YearMarks the founding of the sport's first international federation (as the International Amateur Wrestling Federation, later FILA, renamed United World Wrestling in 2014), the governing body named on this entity's own governing-body fact. The entity's primary origin-year (708 BC) records wrestling's entry into the ancient Olympic pentathlon instead. Origin YearMarks wrestling entry into the ancient Olympic pentathlon as its decisive final event. Depictions of wrestling considerably predate this in Egyptian and prehistoric European art, but 708 BC is the first securely dated organized competitive instance. Originating RegionAncient Greece (for the 708 BC ancient Olympic entry); depicted earlier still in ancient Egyptian tomb art and prehistoric European cave art. 2 International Governing BodyUnited World Wrestling (UWW), founded in 1912 as the International Wrestlers' Union on the eve of the Stockholm Olympic Games; renamed the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) through several intervening names, and United World Wrestling in 2014; headquartered in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland. 2 Classification
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Wrestling has been on the Olympic programme, in continuous or near-continuous form, since the ancient Games and since the first modern Games in 1896.
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The International Amateur Wrestling Federation (IAWF) was thus created during the IOC Olympic Congress in Lausanne in 1921.
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WikipediaGoverned By: United World Wrestling (UWW), Lead section, scope of governanceView the Source Wikipedia: Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics
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At the 1904 Summer Olympics, seven wrestling events were contested, all in the freestyle discipline.
Wikipedia: Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, nine wrestling events were contested, all for men.
Wikipedia: Wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics
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At the 1912 Summer Olympics, five wrestling events were contested.
Wikipedia: Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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At the 1924 Summer Olympics thirteen wrestling events were contested, all for men.
Wikipedia: Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1928 Summer Olympics, Lead sectionQuote, Featured In: 1928 Summer Olympics, Lead section
At the 1928 Summer Olympics, thirteen wrestling events were contested, for all men.
Wikipedia: Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics
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At the 1936 Summer Olympics, 14 wrestling events were contested, all for men.
Wikipedia: Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1948 Summer Olympics, Lead sectionQuote, Featured In: 1948 Summer Olympics, Lead section
At the 1948 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, for all men.
Wikipedia: Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1956 Summer Olympics, Lead sectionQuote, Featured In: 1956 Summer Olympics, Lead section
At the 1956 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, all for men.
Wikipedia: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1960 Summer Olympics, Lead sectionQuote, Featured In: 1960 Summer Olympics, Lead section
At the 1960 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, all for men.
Wikipedia: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1968 Summer Olympics, Lead sectionQuote, Featured In: 1968 Summer Olympics, Lead section
At the 1968 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, for all men.
Wikipedia: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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At the 1972 Summer Olympics, 20 wrestling events were contested, all for men.
Wikipedia, 1980 Summer Olympics
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In Greco-Roman wrestling, Ferenc Kocsis of Hungary
Wikipedia, 1984 Summer Olympics
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Featured In: 1988 Summer Olympics, Venues list, Sangmu Gymnasium[N], SeongnamQuote, Featured In: 1988 Summer Olympics, Venues list, Sangmu Gymnasium[N], Seongnam
wrestling
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Wrestling Freestyle (10) Greco-Roman (10)
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Wrestling Freestyle (10) Greco-Roman (10)
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Throwing: Hapkido, Judo, Sumo, Wrestling, Aikido, Shuai Jiao, Taijiquan
Sumo, Wikipedia
Associated With: Sumo, LeadQuote, Associated With: Sumo, Lead
is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a rikishi (wrestler)
Mixed martial arts, Wikipedia
Associated With: Mixed Martial Arts, History, BartitsuQuote, Associated With: Mixed Martial Arts, History, Bartitsu
Combining catch wrestling, judo, boxing, savate, jujutsu and canne de combat
Olympedia: Adolf Seger - Olympedia
Played By: Adolf Seger, Biography, first sentenceQuote, Played By: Adolf Seger, Biography, first sentence
West German wrestler Adolf Seger
Kristjan Palusalu (Olympedia)
Played By: Kristjan Palusalu, Olympedia athlete page, biography and resultsQuote, Played By: Kristjan Palusalu, Olympedia athlete page, biography and results
Palusalu wrestled in the heavyweight class, however, and was thus undoubtedly the finest wrestler in the world for the year 1936.
Lincoln McIlravy (Olympedia)
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Welterweight, Freestyle, Men
Wrestling (Wikipedia)
In Group: Grappling Combat Sports, LeadQuote, In Group: Grappling Combat Sports, Lead
Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset.
Artur Kukk (Wikipedia)
Played By: Artur Kukk, LeadQuote, Played By: Artur Kukk, Lead
was an Estonian wrestler, speed skater, boxer and sports figure
Georg Lurich (Wikipedia)
Played By: Georg Lurich, LeadQuote, Played By: Georg Lurich, Lead
was an Estonian Greco-Roman wrestler and strongman of the early 20th century
Aap Uspenski (Wikipedia)
Played By: Aap Uspenski, LeadQuote, Played By: Aap Uspenski, Lead
is an Estonian wrestler and strongman
Anton Koolmann (Wikipedia)
Played By: Anton Koolmann, LeadQuote, Played By: Anton Koolmann, Lead
was a wrestler and coach from Kuusalu Parish, Estonia
George Dinnie (Wikipedia)
Played By: George Dinnie, Lead, wrestlingQuote, Played By: George Dinnie, Lead, wrestling
was a sportsman, strongman, wrestler and champion dog breeder
Alexander Znamensky (Wikipedia)
Played By: William Moor-Znamensky, Later careerQuote, Played By: William Moor-Znamensky, Later career
Since 1902, Moor-Znamensky became involved in wrestling competitions.
Mark Coleman (Wikipedia)
Played By: Mark Coleman, Lead, wrestling careerQuote, Played By: Mark Coleman, Lead, wrestling career
In the sport of wrestling, Coleman was a World Championship runner-up and Pan American Games Gold medalist in 1991
Henri Deglane (Wikipedia)
Played By: Henri Deglane, LeadQuote, Played By: Henri Deglane, Lead
He was an Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, and AWA World Champion in professional wrestling.
Brad Rheingans (Wikipedia)
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Bradley Bert Rheingans (born December 13, 1953) is an American former Greco-Roman wrestler and professional wrestler.
Scott Steiner (Wikipedia)
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he was a folkstyle wrestler at 156 lbs
Saori Yoshida (Wikipedia)
Played By: Saori Yoshida, Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Saori Yoshida, Lead, sport
is a Japanese former freestyle wrestler
Arsen Mekokishvili (Wikipedia)
Played By: Arsen Mekokishvili, LeadQuote, Played By: Arsen Mekokishvili, Lead
was a Georgian heavyweight freestyle wrestler
Vakhtang Balavadze (wrestler) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Vakhtang Balavadze (wrestler), Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Vakhtang Balavadze (wrestler), Lead, sport
was a Georgian welterweight freestyle wrestler
Aleksandr Medved (Wikipedia)
Played By: Aleksandr Medved, Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Aleksandr Medved, Lead, sport
was a Ukrainian-born Soviet Belarusian freestyle wrestler who competed for the Soviet Union
Carl Westergren (Wikipedia)
Played By: Carl Westergren, Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Carl Westergren, Lead, sport
was a Swedish wrestler who competed in the 1920, 1924, 1928, and 1932 Summer Olympics
Ivar Johansson (wrestler) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Ivar Johansson, Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Ivar Johansson, Lead, sport
was a Swedish wrestler who competed at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics
Carl Schuhmann (Wikipedia)
Played By: Carl Schuhmann, LeadQuote, Played By: Carl Schuhmann, Lead
won four Olympic titles in gymnastics and wrestling at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens
Vladimir Zubkov (wrestler) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Vladimir Zubkov (wrestler), LeadQuote, Played By: Vladimir Zubkov (wrestler), Lead
is a retired Greco-Roman wrestler from Russia
Daniel Cormier (Wikipedia)
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As an international wrestler, Cormier was a six-time US World or Olympic Team Member
Chuck Liddell (Wikipedia)
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He wrestled for Cal Poly from 1988 to 1993
Shalva Chikhladze (Wikipedia)
Played By: Shalva Chikhladze, LeadQuote, Played By: Shalva Chikhladze, Lead
was a Soviet light-heavyweight wrestler from Georgia
Guram Gedekhauri (Wikipedia)
Played By: Guram Gedekhauri, LeadQuote, Played By: Guram Gedekhauri, Lead
is a Soviet wrestler
Rostom Abashidze (Wikipedia)
Played By: Rostom Abashidze, LeadQuote, Played By: Rostom Abashidze, Lead
a retired light-heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Georgia
Fred Kämmerer (Wikipedia)
Played By: Fred Kämmerer, LeadQuote, Played By: Fred Kämmerer, Lead
is a German wrestler
Artur Taymazov (Wikipedia)
Played By: Artur Taymazov, Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Artur Taymazov, Lead, sport
is an Uzbek-Russian wrestler and politician
Ben Askren (Wikipedia)
Played By: Ben Askren, Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Ben Askren, Lead, sport
he was a 2008 US Olympic Team Member and National champion in freestyle wrestling
Guivi Sissaouri (Wikipedia)
Played By: Guivi Sissaouri, Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Guivi Sissaouri, Lead, sport
is a Georgian-Canadian former freestyle wrestler
Myles Amine (Wikipedia)
Played By: Myles Amine, Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Myles Amine, Lead, sport
is an American-Sammarinese freestyle and folkstyle wrestler
Mekhi Lewis (Wikipedia)
Played By: Mekhi Lewis, Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Mekhi Lewis, Lead, sport
is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler
Olga Butkevych (Wikipedia)
Played By: Olga Butkevych, LeadQuote, Played By: Olga Butkevych, Lead
is a Ukrainian-British wrestler
Rosângela Conceição (Wikipedia)
Played By: Rosângela Conceição, LeadQuote, Played By: Rosângela Conceição, Lead
is a former freestyle wrestling, judo, grappling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) competitor from Brazil
Alex Enriquez (Wikipedia)
Played By: Alex Enriquez, Lead, wrestlerQuote, Played By: Alex Enriquez, Lead, wrestler
submission grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and wrestler
Mark Kerr (Wikipedia)
Played By: Mark Kerr, LeadQuote, Played By: Mark Kerr, Lead
Mark Kerr (born December 21, 1968) is an American former wrestler and mixed martial artist.
Redmond Finney (Wikipedia)
Played By: Redmond Finney, LeadQuote, Played By: Redmond Finney, Lead
he was also captain of the wrestling team at Princeton
Mark Robinson (martial artist) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Mark Robinson, Lead, wrestlingQuote, Played By: Mark Robinson, Lead, wrestling
several wrestling styles (freestyle, Greco-Roman, sumo) and powerlifting
Marek Švec (wrestler) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Marek Švec (wrestler), Lead sentenceQuote, Played By: Marek Švec (wrestler), Lead sentence
is an amateur Greco-Roman wrestler from the Czech Republic
Otar Tushishvili (Olympedia)
Played By: Otar Tushishvili, Results, disciplineQuote, Played By: Otar Tushishvili, Results, discipline
Wrestling
Sushil Kumar - Wikipedia
Played By: Sushil Kumar, lead paragraph, playsQuote, Played By: Sushil Kumar, lead paragraph, plays
Sushil Kumar (born 26 May 1983) is a former Indian freestyle wrestler.
Roman Rurua (Wikipedia)
Played By: Roman Rurua, lead paragraph, playsQuote, Played By: Roman Rurua, lead paragraph, plays
Roman Vladimirovich Rurua (Georgian: რომან რურუა, born 25 November 1942) is a retired featherweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Georgia.
Givi Kartozia (Wikipedia)
Played By: Givi Kartozia, IntroductionQuote, Played By: Givi Kartozia, Introduction
Givi Aleksandrovich Kartozia (Georgian: გივი კარტოზია; 29 March 1929 - 3 April 1998) was a Middleweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Georgia.
Soslan Andiyev (Wikipedia)
Played By: Soslan Andiyev, IntroductionQuote, Played By: Soslan Andiyev, Introduction
Soslan Petrovich Andiyev (Ossetian: Андиаты Пётры фырт Сослан, Russian: Сослан Петрович Андиев, 21 April 1952 - 22 November 2018) was a Soviet heavyweight freestyle wrestler.
Wikipedia, Buvaisar Saitiev
WikipediaPlayed By: Buvaisar Saitiev, Lead sentenceQuote, Played By: Buvaisar Saitiev, Lead sentence
was a Russian wrestler and politician.
Ronda Rousey, Wikipedia
Played By: Ronda Rousey, Lead sentenceQuote, Played By: Ronda Rousey, Lead sentence
is an American actress, retired professional wrestler, former judoka, and former mixed martial artist.
Mijaín López (Wikipedia)
Played By: Mijain Lopez, Lead sentenceQuote, Played By: Mijain Lopez, Lead sentence
is a Cuban retired Greco-Roman wrestler.
Mustafa Dağıstanlı (Wikipedia)
Played By: Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Lead sentenceQuote, Played By: Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Lead sentence
was a Turkish wrestler.
Wilfried Dietrich (Wikipedia)
Played By: Wilfried Dietrich, Lead paragraph [plays]Quote, Played By: Wilfried Dietrich, Lead paragraph [plays]
was a German heavyweight wrestler
Johannes Kotkas (Wikipedia)
Played By: Johannes Kotkas, Lead paragraph [plays]Quote, Played By: Johannes Kotkas, Lead paragraph [plays]
was a heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Estonia
Randy Couture (Wikipedia)
Played By: Randy Couture, Lead paragraph [plays 2]Quote, Played By: Randy Couture, Lead paragraph [plays 2]
former collegiate and Greco-Roman wrestler
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