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Wrestling At The 1972 Summer Olympics ...
At the 1972 Summer Olympics, 20 wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were 10 weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and 10 classes in freestyle wrestling. Medal summary Freestyle Greco-Roman Medal table Participating nations A total of 388 wrestlers from 49 nations competed at the Munich Games: See also * List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling * List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling References Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wrestling At The 1972 Summer Olympics Events at the 1972 Summer Olympics O 1972 1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Vehbi Akdağ
Vehbi Akdağ (1 January 1949 – 23 June 2020) was a Turkish wrestler and Olympic silver medalist in Freestyle wrestling. Akdağ competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich where he received a silver medal in featherweight class in Freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ..."1972 Summer Olympics – München, Germany – Wrestling" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 9 January 2009) References External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Károly Bajkó
Károly Bajkó (1 August 1944 – 9 June 1997) was a Hungarian wrestler. He was born in Békés. He was Olympic bronze medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1968, and in Freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ... in 1972. References External links * * 1944 births 1997 deaths People from Békés Hungarian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Hungary Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Békés County 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gennadi Strakhov
Gennady Strakhov (1 November 1944 – 30 December 2020)Gennady Strakhov's obituary was a Russian who competed in the . Strakhov died from in on 30 December 2020, during the |
Ben Peterson (wrestler)
Benjamin Lee Peterson (born June 27, 1950) is a retired American freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal, respectively. As a college wrestler, Peterson was a two-time NCAA champion at Iowa State. He founded the "Camp of Champs," which brought in Olympic wrestlers to train with high schoolers. Peterson also coached wrestling at Maranatha Baptist University for 28 years. Early life Peterson was born in Barron County, Wisconsin but grew up on a dairy farm in nearby Comstock. While attending Cumberland High School, Peterson competed in both football and wrestling. As a senior, he finished runner-up at the state wrestling tournament. College career Peterson continued his wrestling career at Iowa State University where he competed in the 190 pound weight class and studied architecture. Peterson went on to capture three Big Eight championships and back-to-back NCAA titles in 1971 and 1972. Peterson would later be one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Vasile Iorga
Vasile Iorga (19 February 1945 – April 2003) was a Romanian wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal .... References External links * 1945 births 2003 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Romania Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Romanian male sport wrestlers Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics 20th-century Romanian sportsmen Place of birth missing {{Romania-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
John Peterson (wrestler)
John Allan Peterson (born October 22, 1948) is an American former wrestler and Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling. Wrestling career Peterson grew up in Comstock, Wisconsin, attending nearby Cumberland High School before graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Stout in 1971. He would place fifth at the 1971 NAIA Men's Wrestling Championships as a collegiate wrestler. Peterson competed in freestyle wrestling at the 1972 Olympics, earning a silver medal in the 82 kg weight class. At the 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ..., he won the gold medal at 82 kg. Peterson's younger brother, Ben Peterson, also competed in both the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics as a freestyle wrestler, winning a gold medal in 1972 and silver medal in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Levan Tediashvili
Levan Tediashvili ( ka, ლევან თედიაშვილი; 15 March 1948 – 17 February 2024) was a Soviet and Georgian wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling in 1972 and 1976. He remained undefeated between 1971 and 1976. Besides freestyle wrestling, he was also a Soviet and world champion in sambo. Olympics Tediashvili won gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the ''middleweight'' class."1972 Summer Olympics – München, Germany – Wrestling" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 13 September 2008) At the he received gold medal in the ''light heavyweight'' class. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Adolf Seger
Adolf Seger (born 2 January 1945) is a German former freestyle wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal .... In the Ringer veterans (Masters) he got ten times the world champion title. Personal career Adolf Seger comes from a wrestling loving family: his father and his five brothers were all active as a wrestler. His first wrestling lessons received the five-year-old Adolf by his father. Its sporty role model was his older brother Edmund, who fought in the German national Ringer at the Summer Olympic Games in Rome in 1960. Adolf Seger is married and father of three. Over 40 years he worked as a postman at Deutsche Post AG in Zahringen; Since January 2010 he is retired. He sits in his spare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jan Karlsson (wrestler)
Jan Egon Karlsson (born 15 November 1945) is a retired Swedish wrestler, who often competed both in Greco-Roman and freestyle divisions at the same championships. In this way he won two medals each at the 1972 Olympic Games and 1973 World Senior Championships. He remains the last wrestler to win a medal in both styles in the same Olympic Games. References External links * 1945 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Sweden Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Swedish male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in wrestling World Wrestling Championships medalists Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics European Wrestling Championships medalists Sportspeople from Trollhättan Sport wrestlers from Västra Götaland County 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Wayne Wells
Wayne Turner Wells (born September 29, 1946) is an American wrestler and Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling at the 1972 Olympic Games. Wells was born in Abilene, Texas and grew up in Oklahoma. In 1982, Wells was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member. Wrestling career While wrestling at the University of Oklahoma, Wayne was a three-time Big Eight champion and a three-time All-American. He was an NCAA runner-up as a junior, he won the NCAA national championship the following year as a senior. Wells placed fourth at the 1968 Olympic Games. While turning his attention to law school and the foundation of his professional career, Wayne intensified his wrestling efforts. He captured the silver medal at the 1969 World Championships, then returned a year later to win gold at the 1970 World Championships. He won two national freestyle titles and placed second in the Pan American Games. In the months leading up to the 1972 Olympics, he complete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ruslan Ashuraliev
Ruslan Nuraliyevich Ashuraliev (Russian: Руслан Нуралиевич Ашуралиев, 20 February 1950 – 27 November 2009) was a Russian freestyle wrestler who won world titles in 1974 and 1975 and placed second in 1973. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and finished third and fourth, respectively. Ashuraliev took up wrestling in 1965 and later won five Soviet titles, in 1971, 1973–74 and 1976–77. After retiring from competitions he worked as a wrestling coach, and also served two terms in the parliament of Dagestan. From 2000 until his death in 2009, he headed the Dagestan Polytechnic Institute in Makhachkala Makhachkala, previously known as Petrovskoye (1844–1857) and Port-Petrovsk (1857–1921), or by the local Kumyk language, Kumyk name of Anji, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Dagestan, Russia. .... References 1950 births 2009 deaths Olympic wrestlers for the Soviet Union Wrestlers at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
