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List of amateur wrestlers

 
Wikipedia: List of amateur wrestlers

A number of wrestlers competing in the freestyle, Greco-Roman, and collegiate styles, and non-profit acting Pro are famous for their amateur wrestling success.

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Armenia Armenia

  • Ara Abrahamian - 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist (for Sweden)
  • Armen Mkertchian - 1996 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Armen Nazarian - 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist, 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist (for Bulgaria), 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist (for Bulgaria)
  • Mkkhitar Manukyan - 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist (for Kazakhstan)

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan

Australia Australia

Austria Austria

  • Nikolaus Hirschl - 1932 Olympic Bronze Medalist

Belarus Belarus

Belgium Belgium

  • Joseph Mewis - 1956 Olympic Silver Medalist

Bulgaria Bulgaria

  • Armen Nazarian - 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 1996&2000 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Valentin Jordanov - 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist in up to 52 kg weight class, seven times World Champion (1983, '85, '87, '89, '93, '94, and '95), seven times European Champion (1982, '83, '85, '86, '87, '88, and '89), and is the only wrestler to hold 10 World Championship medals (7 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze).
  • Ivan Radnev - 1994 World Silver Medalist
  • Dimitar Dobrev - 1960 Olympic Gold Medalist (73 - 79 kg), 1956 Olympic Silver Medalist (73 - 79 kg)
  • Petko Sirakov - 1956 Olympic Silver Medalist (79 - 87 kg)
  • Nikola Stanchev - 1956 Olympic Gold Medalist (73 - 79 kg)
  • Hussein Mehmedov - 1956 Olympic Silver Medalist (+ 87 kg)
  • Dinko Petrov - 1960 Olympic Bronze Medalist (52 - 57 kg)
  • Krali Bimbalov - 1960 Olympic Silver Medalist (79 - 87 kg)
  • Nezhdet Zalev - 1960 Olympic Silver Medalist (52 - 57 kg)
  • Stancho Ivanov - 1960 Olympic Silver Medalist (57 - 62 kg)
  • Enyu Valchev - 1960 Olympic Bronze Medalist (62 - 67 kg), 1964 Olympic Gold Medalist (62 - 67 kg), 1968 Olympic Silver Medalist (63 - 70 kg), 1962 World Gold Medalist (62 - 67 kg)
  • Angel Kerezov - 1964 Olympic Silver Medalist (- 52 kg)
  • Kiril Todorov - 1964 Olympic Silver Medalist (70 - 78 kg)
  • Boyan Radev - 1964 Olympic Gold Medalist (87 - 97 kg), 1968 Olympic Gold Medalist (87 - 97 kg)
  • Stancho Kolev - 1964 Olympic Silver Medalist (57 - 63 kg)
  • Prodan Gardzhev - 1964 Olympic Gold Medalist (78 - 87 kg), 1968 Olympic Bronze Medalist (78 - 87 kg)
  • Said Mustafov - 1964 Olympic Bronze Medalist (87 - 97 kg)
  • Lyutvi Akhmedov - 1964 Olympic Silver Medalist (+ 97 kg)
  • Enyu Todorov - 1968 Olympic Silver Medalist (57 - 63 kg)
  • Osman Duraliev - 1968 Olympic Silver Medalist (+ 97 kg)
  • Petar Kirov - 1968 Olympic Gold Medalist (- 52 kg), 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist (48 - 52 kg)
  • Ognyan Nikolov - 1972 Olympic Silver Medalist (- 48 kg)
  • Ivan Krastev - 1972 Olympic Bronze Medalist (57 - 62 kg)
  • Osman Duraliev - 1972 Olympic Silver Medalist (+ 100)
  • Stefan Angelov - 1972 Olympic Bronze Medalist (- 48 kg), 1976 Olympic Bronze Medalist (- 48 kg)
  • Georgi Markov - 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist (57 - 62 kg)
  • Stoyan Apostolov - 1972 Olympic Silver Medalist (62 - 68 kg)
  • Alexander Tomov - 1972 Olympic Silver Medalist (+ 100), 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist (+ 100), 1980 Olympic Silver Medalist (+ 100)
  • Khasan Isaev - 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist (- 48 kg)
  • Dimo Kostov - 1976 Olympic Bronze Medalist (90 - 100 kg)
  • Ivan Kolev - 1976 Olympic Bronze Medalist (74 - 82 kg)
  • Stoyan Ivanov - 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist (82 - 90 kg)
  • Kamen Goranov - 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist (90 - 100 kg)
  • Nermedin Selimov - 1980 Olympic Bronze Medalist (48 - 52 kg)
  • Miho Dukov - 1980 Olympic Silver Medalist (57 - 62 kg)
  • Ivan Yankov - 1980 Olympic Silver Medalist (62 - 68 kg)
  • Valentin Raychev - 1980 Olympic Gold Medalist (68 - 74 kg)
  • Ismail Abilov - 1980 Olympic Gold Medalist (74 - 82 kg)
  • Slavcho Chervenkov - 1980 Olympic Silver Medalist (90 - 100 kg)
  • Mladen Mladenov - 1980 Olympic Bronze Medalist (48 - 52 kg)
  • Pavel Pavlov - 1980 Olympic Bronze Medalist (74 - 82 kg)
  • Georgi Raikov - 1980 Olympic Gold Medalist (90 - 100 kg)
  • Ivan Tzonov - 1988 Olympic Silver Medalist (- 48 kg)
  • Simeon Shterev - 1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist (57 - 62 kg)
  • Rahmat Sukra - 1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist (68 - 74 kg)
  • Bratan Tzenov - 1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist (- 48 kg)
  • Stoyan Balov - 1988 Olympic Silver Medalist (52 - 57 kg)
  • Zhivko Vangelov - 1988 Olympic Silver Medalist (57 - 62 kg)
  • Atanas Komchev - 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist (82 - 90 kg)
  • Rangel Gerovski - 1988 Olympic Silver Medalist (+ 130 kg)
  • Valentin Yordanov - 1992 Olympic Bronze Medalist (48 - 52 kg), 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist (48 - 52 kg)
  • Valentin Getzov - 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist (62 - 68 kg)
  • Serafim Barzakov - 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist (58 - 63 kg)
  • Radoslav Velikov - 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist (- 54 kg)
  • Kiril Terziev - 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist (66 - 74 kg)
  • Yavor Yanakiev - 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist (66 - 74 kg)

Canada Canada

  • Tonya Verbeek - 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Daniel Igali - 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Guivi Sissaouri - 1996 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Gary Bohay - 1989 World Silver Medalist, Canada Cup Champion and Canada Hall of Fame Recipient
  • Christine Nordhagen - 2004 Olympic Bronze medallist, 6X World Champion
  • Bret Hart - 1974 Alberta wrestling champion, professional wrestler
  • Omar Soliman - 2009 Nova Scotia Canada Games Wrestling

China People's Republic of China

  • Wang Xu - 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Sheng Zetian - 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Jijun Ma - China National Team

Cuba Cuba

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

  • Mikuláš Athanasov - 1952 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Josef Herda - 1936 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Dan Karabin - 1980 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Josef Klapuch - 1936 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Petr Kment - 1968 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Jiří Kormaník - 1964 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Bohumil Kubát - 1960 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Jozef Lohyňa - 1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Vítězslav Mácha - 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1976 Silver Medalist
  • Jindřich Maudr - 1980 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Josef Růžička - 1952 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Julius Strnisko - 1928 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Josef Urban - 1932 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Miroslav Zeman - 1968 Olympic Bronze Medalist

Denmark Denmark

Egypt Egypt

  • Ibrahim Moustafa - 1928 Olympic Gold Medalist, Egypt's first Olympic Medal
  • Karam Ibrahim - 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist ((Greco-Roman)) was offered to work for WWE but turned down the offer as he's currently interested in Mixed Martial Arts competition

Estonia Estonia

  • August Neo - 1936 Olympic Silver Medalist in Freestyle and Bronze in Greco-Roman
  • Kristjan Palusalu - 1936 Olympic Gold Medalist Greco-Roman, 1936 Olympic Gold Medalist Freestyle.
  • Voldemar Väli - 1928 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1932 Olympic Bronze Medalist

France France

Finland Finland

Georgia Georgia (country)

Germany Germany

  • Carl Schuhmann - 1896 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Arawat Sabejew - 1996 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Fritz Schäfer - 1936 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Alexander Leipold - Originally awarded gold at the 2000 Olympics, but was stripped after testing positive for nandrolone.

Great Britain United Kingdom

Greece Greece

  • Georgios Tsitas - 1896 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Stephanos Christopoulos - 1896 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Amiran Karntanov - 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Petros Galaktopoulos - 1972 Olympic Silver Medalist

Hungary Hungary

  • Sandor Istvan Bardozi - 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist

India India

  • Kha-Shaba Jadav - 1952 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Sushil kumar - 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist

Iran Iran

  • Mohammad Ali Khojastépour - 1956 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Mohammad Mehdi Yaghoubi - 1956 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Gholamreza Takhti - 1956 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1952, 1960 Olympic Silver Medalists
  • Emamali Habibi Goudarzi - 1956 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Mohammad Paziraye - 1960 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Mohammad Seifpour Saidabadi - 1960 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Said Ali Akbar Heidari - 1964 Olympic Bronze Medalsit
  • Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran - 1964 Olympic Bronze Medalsit
  • Abutaleb Gorgori - 1968 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Shamseddin Seyed-Abbassi - 1968 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Abdollah Movahed - 1968 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Amirreza Khadem Azghadi - 1992, 1996 Olympic Bronze Medalists
  • Rasul Khadem Azghadi - 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1992 Silver Olympic Medalist
  • Rasoul Khadem Azghadi - 1992 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Abbas Jadidi - 1996 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Alireza Dabir - 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Masoud Jokar - 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Alireza Heidari - 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Alireza Rezaei - 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Fardin Masoumi - 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist

Italy Italy

Japan Japan

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan

Korea, North North Korea

  • Ri Yong-Sam - 1996 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Kang Yong-Gyun - 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Kim II - 1996, 1992 Olympic Gold Medalists

Korea, South South Korea

Lebanon Lebanon

Republic of Macedonia Republic of Macedonia

Moldova Moldova

  • Serguei Moureiko - 1996 Olympic Bronze Medalist

Mongolia Mongolia

Norway Norway

Pakistan Pakistan

  • Muhammed Bashir - 1960 Olympic Bronze Medalist

Poland Poland

  • Jozef Tracz - 1996 Olympic Bronze Medalist

Romania Romania

  • Ioan Grigoras - 1992 Olympic Bronze Medalist

Russia Russia

Sweden Sweden

  • Edvin Matiasson - 1908 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Erik Lindén - 1948 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Frank Andersson - 1984 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Mikael Ljungberg - 1996 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Ara Abrahamian - 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist, later became known for his antics during 2008 Olympics where he was stripped of his bronze
  • Sofia Mattsson - 2007 European Bronze Medalist, 2008 European Silver Medalist

Switzerland Switzerland

  • Adolf Müller - 1948 Olympic Bronze Medalist

Turkey Turkey

USSR Soviet Union

  • Aleksandr Ivanov - 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Alexander Medved - 1964, 1968, 1972 Olympic Gold Medalists, FILA Greatest Wrestler of 20th Century (Freestyle)
  • Sergei Beloglazov - 1980, 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist, 6X World Champion
  • Makharbek Khadartsev - 1988, 1992 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1996 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Shazam Safin - 1952 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Shamil Khisamutdinov - 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Farhat Mustafin - 1976 Olympic Bronze Medalist

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan

Ukraine Ukraine

  • Irini Merleni - 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Elbrus Tedeyev - 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1996 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Davyd Saldadze - 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Zaza Zazirov - 1996 Olympic Bronze Medalist

United Arab Republic United Arab Republic

USA United States

  • Ralph Parcaut - 1919 Inter-Allied Games Gold Medallist, later joined the professional circuit, becoming Middleweight Champion of the World in 1920
  • Josh Duncan - 1904, 1908 Olympic Gold Medalist, First American to ever win this medal
  • Robert Curry - 1904 Olympic Gold Medalist, Second American to ever win this medal
  • Robin Reed - 1924 Olympic Gold Medalist, Never lost a match Official or nonofficial, pinned every opponent in the Olympics
  • Chester Newton - 1924 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Bruce Baumgartner - 1984, 1992 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1988 Olympic Silver Medalist, 1996 Olympic Bronze Medalist. Has won more Olympic medals than any USA wrestler in history.
  • John Smith - 1988, 1992 Olympic Gold Medalist, 4X World Champion. He is considered the best wrestler in USA history.
  • Dan Gable - 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist, first wrestler in history to not have one point scored on him in the Olympics
  • Terrence McCann - 1960 Olympic Gold Medalist, founder of now USA Wrestling
  • Mark Fuller (amateur wrestler) - Did not make weight at the 1984 Olympics
  • Dave Schultz (amateur wrestler) - 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Mark Schultz (amateur wrestler) - 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Rulon Gardner - 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist, 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Kenny Monday - 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Cael Sanderson - 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist, 4X NCAA Champion
  • Richard Voliva - 1936 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Francis Millard - 1936 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Frank Lewis (Amateur Wrestler) 1936 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Glen Brand - 1948 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Leland Merrill - 1948 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Henry Wittenberg - 1948 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1952 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • William Smith - 1952 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Josiah Henson (Amateur Wrestler) 1952 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Peter Blair - 1956 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Danny Hodge - 1956 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Shelby Wilson - 1960 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Douglas Blubaugh - 1960 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Daniel Brand - 1964 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Donald Behm - 1968 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Sergio Gonzales - 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Richard Sanders (wrestler) - 1968, 1972 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Chris Taylor (wrestler) - 1972 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • John Peterson (wrestler) - 1972 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Stanley Joseph Dziedzic Jr. - 1976 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Randall Lewis - 1984 Olympics Gold Medalist
  • Jamill Kelly - 2004 Olympics Silver Medalist
  • Jeff Blatnick - 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Russell Owen Hellickson - 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Lloyd Weldon Keaser - 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Kevin Jackson - 1992 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Tom Brands - 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Terry Brands - 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 2X World Champion
  • Edward Banach - 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Louis Banach- 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Andrew Rein - 1984 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Barry Davis (wrestler) - 1984 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Steve Fraser- 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Lloyd Weldon Keaser - 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Eugene Lee Davis - 1976 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Matt James Lindland - 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Garrett Lowney - 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Ben Peterson - 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Townsend Saunders - 1996 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Zeke Jones - 1996 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • John Allan Peterson - 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Patricia Miranda - 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Brandon Slay - 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Brandon Paulson - 1996 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Dennis Hall - 1996 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Sara McMann - 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Lincoln McIlravy - 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Nate Carr - 1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Dennis Koslowski - 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • William Scherr - 1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Robert Weaver - 1984 Olympics Gold Medalist
  • James Martinez - 1984 Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Gregory Gibson - 1984 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Siamak Ghaffari - 1996 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Stephen Abas - 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Samuel Henson - 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist
  • Kurt Angle - 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist and later professional wrestler WWE Champion/WCW Champion/TNA Champion
  • Jeff Funicello - 2007 World Bronze Medalist
  • Cheney Haight - 2005 University World Games
  • Scott Garmon - 1969 World Silver Medalist
  • Henry Cejudo - 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Nathan Krugel - 2009 Sunkist International Champion*Voted Outstanding Wrestler in Greco-Roman style

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