Iran Wrestlers to Compete at Hungry Grand Prix

Date: 22 February 2019 - 22:26

News ID: ۶۳۴۰۶

TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers are scheduled to attend Hungarian Grand Prix - Poly?k Imre Memorial
The event will be held in Gy?r, Hungary on February 23-24.
Some 11 Iranian wrestlers will participate in the weight categories of 55, 63, 72, 82, 97, 60, 67, 77, 87 and 130 kg.
Wrestlers from Algeria, Belarus, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland Georgia, Germany, Italy, Moldova, Norway, Romani, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine and the U.S. will participate in the event.
Imre Poly?k was a featherweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Hungary. He competed in the 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won three silver and one gold medal. He won the world title in 1955, 1958 and 1962, and placed second in 1961 and 1963.