Amateur wrestling in Australia
- Amateur wrestling in Australia
Three Australians have won medals in freestyle events at the Olympics. In Los Angeles in 1932, Eddie Scarf was third in the light-heavyweight division. Twelve 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.
Divisions
Amateur and Freestyle wrestling in Australia is held in the current divisions.
Freestyle
Men
Women
* 48kg
* 48 - 55kg
* 55 - 63kg
* 63 - 72kg
Greco-Roman
Men
ee also
* Wrestling
* Amateur wrestling
* Freestyle wrestling
* Greco-Roman wrestling
External links
* [http://www.olympics.com.au/sports.cfm?SportID=28 Australian Olympic Committee]
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