Amateur wrestling in Australia

Wrestling is a low profile individual sport in Australia that Wrestling Australia is the national governing body of the sport, which organise competitions, and the national and Olympic team duties. In Australia the recognised wrestling styles include freestyle, Greco-Roman, beach and indigenous (Coreeda).[1] Wrestling competitions and associations exist in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.[2]

CountryAustralia
Governing bodyWrestling Australia
National team(s)Australia
International competitions

Three Australians have won medals in freestyle events at the Summer Olympics. In Los Angeles in 1932, Eddie Scarf was third in the light-heavyweight division. Sixteen years later in London, Dick Garrard won a silver medal as a welterweight and Jim Armstrong won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division. Garrard is the only wrestler to be inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Australia has never won a Greco-Roman Olympic medal.[3][4]

Divisions

Amateur and Freestyle wrestling in Australia is held in the current divisions.

Freestyle

Men 55 kg 60 kg 66 kg 74 kg 84 kg 96 kg 120 kg

Women
  • 44–48 kg
  • 48 – 53 kg

53–55 kg

  • 55 –59 kg

59– 63 kg

  • 63 – 67 kg

67– 72 kg

Greco-Roman

Men
  • 55 kg
  • 55 – 60 kg
  • 60 – 66 kg
  • 66 – 74 kg
  • 74 - 84kg
  • 84 - 96kg
  • 96 - 120kg
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See also

References
  1. "Wrestling Australia". www.wrestling.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  2. "Clubs / Associations «  Wrestling Australia". www.wrestling.com.au. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  3. "Australian Olympic Committee: Wrestling". corporate.olympics.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  4. http://wrestling.com.au/wrestling-history/
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