Wrestling
Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestlers and their achievements.
People in Wrestling
22 profiles
AthleteAleksandr Karelin
Dominating heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestling across three Olympics.
AthleteBuvaisar Saitiev
Winning three Olympic freestyle wrestling titles.
AthleteAleksandr Medved
Winning three Olympic freestyle wrestling gold medals.
AthleteDan Gable
Winning Olympic wrestling gold without conceding a point.
AthleteSaori Yoshida
Winning thirteen wrestling world titles and three Olympic golds.
AthleteJordan Burroughs
Winning Olympic wrestling gold and six world titles.
AthleteAbdulrashid Sadulaev
Winning Olympic freestyle wrestling titles at two weights.
AthleteHamid Sourian
Winning Iran’s first Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling gold.
AthleteMijaín López
Winning five consecutive Olympic wrestling gold medals.
AthleteKaori Icho
Winning four consecutive Olympic wrestling titles.
AthleteHelen Maroulis
Winning the first US women’s Olympic wrestling gold.
AthleteSakshi Malik
Becoming India’s first woman to win an Olympic wrestling medal.
AthleteVinesh Phogat
Winning Asian and Commonwealth Games wrestling golds.
AthleteYui Susaki
Winning Olympic wrestling gold without conceding a point.
AthleteBruce Baumgartner
Winning four Olympic wrestling medals, including super-heavyweight gold in 1984 and 1992.
AthleteRisako Kawai
Winning Olympic wrestling gold at two different weight classes.
AthleteKurt Angle
Winning Olympic wrestling gold before becoming a major professional wrestling performer.
AthleteTamyra Mensah-Stock
The wrestler who won Olympic gold at Tokyo and became the first Black American woman to do so in the sport.
AthleteValentin Yordanov
Winning seven freestyle wrestling world titles and Olympic gold in 1996.
AthleteHassan Yazdani
Winning Olympic freestyle wrestling gold and three world titles.
AthleteGholamreza Takhti
Winning Olympic wrestling gold and becoming an enduring Iranian sporting hero.
AthleteJohn Smith
Winning six consecutive world and Olympic wrestling titles.