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Jean Exbrayat made the first type of wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling that uses a lot of throws. -
first ever organized national wrestling championship, held in New York -
A new form of wrestling was made called freestyle wrestling. and the first wrestling competition of the modern Olympics Games. -
George Dole won a US Olympic gold metal fro the United States -
the first NCAA Wrestling championship -
headgear started to become popular is was invented in the 1920 but it was a rare sight to see some one wear one, until the 1950's -
USA wrestling became the national govern body for a wrestling amateur -
the first ever 4x NCAA wrestling champion was Pat Smith in 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1994. He wrestled at Oklahoma State, there are only 5 people that has every became a 4xer
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the Olympic Games now included women's wrestling
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beach wrestling is new way of wrestling. you do it in sand and they have different rules then any other type of wrestling
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Purdue's Matt Ramos beat Spencer Lee of Iowa( 125lbs ). Spencer was a 3 time national champ, that was prospected to win the national title this year. Ramos pinned Lee in the 3rd period with 2 second left of the Semi finals