Greco-Roman wrestling
Olympic mat sport
Greco-Roman wrestling is a style of competitive wrestling in which holds below the waist are forbidden and wrestlers may not use their legs to trip, lift, or execute moves.
All action must involve the upper body, emphasizing throws, locks, and pins.
One of the original modern Olympic sports, it remains a staple of international competition: He won gold in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2024 Olympics.
- menAdult male humans
- pinningFastening with pointed fasteners
- grapplingClose-quarters combat technique
- combat sportsRegulated physical competition
- takedownsActs of bringing down
Olympic Games · upper body · body lock · bear hug · weight classes · suplex · training camps · regional tournaments · sparring · dan · throws · body slams · tanto · submission holds · shin · joint locks · kata · matte
- fightingboxing, kickboxing, MMA, judo, karate
- wrestlingbody slam, takedown, pinfall, suplex, piledriver
- combat sportsboxing, MMA, judo, karate, taekwondo
- Contact Sportsboxing, judo, rugby, American football, MMA
- grapplingsubmission hold, chokehold, arm bar, triangle choke, ankle lock
- Cold War SportsMoscow Olympics, doping scandal, sports schools, Nadia Comaneci, Olympic medals
Greco-Roman wrestlingfreestyle wrestling
Unrestricted grappling competition
catch wrestling · leg wrestling · sambo · judo · catch-as-catch-can
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