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The Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame (WWHOF) is a hall of fame which honors women who have performed in both women's professional wrestling and women's amateur wrestling. History [ edit ] The Hall of Fame was founded in 2022 by Angel Orsini , Christopher Annino, Gary Wolfe and Sue Green . [1]
Elizabeth Kociański began wrestling on the Notre Dame High School scholastic wrestling team. She was the first female varsity wrestler in the school's history. [1] [4] [5] She became the North-East freestyle women's champion in 1999, and also won at the New York State Fair Tournament the same year. [1]
Tricia Saunders (born as Patricia McNaughton; February 21, 1966) [1] is an American amateur wrestler and pioneer the sport of women's freestyle wrestling. [2] During her freestyle wrestling career, she won five FILA Wrestling World Championships medals, including four gold and one silver, never lost to an American opponent, and won eleven U.S. national titles.
e. Intergender wrestling, also known as mixed wrestling, is a type of professional wrestling match between a man and a woman and may also refer to tag team matches with both men and women on each team. Intergender tag team matches are not to be confused with mixed tag team matches; there is a rule governing mixed tag team matches that restrict ...
The United States closed the gap on Japan in women’s wrestling at the Paris Olympics. The Japanese won four of the six gold medals for the third straight Olympics and claimed two bronze medals ...
Amateur wrestling is a variant of wrestling practiced at Olympic, collegiate, scholastic, and other levels. There are two international wrestling styles performed at the Olympic Games, freestyle and Greco-Roman, both of which are governed by the United World Wrestling (UWW). At the middle school and high school levels, wrestlers compete in ...
Osvald Käpp – 1928 Olympic gold medalist Greco-Roman wrestling. August Englas – 1953 World Champion Greco-Roman wrestling, 1954 World Champion Freestyle wrestling. Albert Kusnets – 1928 Olympic bronze medalist Greco-Roman wrestling. Roman Steinberg – 1924 Olympic bronze medalist Greco-Roman wrestling.
Greco-Roman wrestling is one of several forms of amateur competitive wrestling practiced internationally. The other wrestling disciplines sanctioned by United World Wrestling are: men's freestyle wrestling, women's freestyle wrestling, grappling ( submission wrestling ), pankration , Alysh ( belt wrestling ), Pahlavani wrestling, and beach ...