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Geelong Advertiser | Mark wrestles with two loves
Geelong Advertiser, Australia - <NOBR>25 Jul 2007</NOBR>
TWO MUCH: Wrestling and judo champ Mark Anthony is off to Macau to represent Australia. Photo: GLENN FERGUSON IT is hard to win a national championship in ...
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Paupers fan the Olympic dream
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - <NOBR>May 27, 2007</NOBR>
AUSTRALIA'S least visible Olympic sport, wrestling, is fighting to not just get up off the mat, but out of the grave. With a 75-year-old former slaughterman ...
Wrestling for glory
Macarthur Chronicle, Australia - <NOBR>9 Apr 2007</NOBR>
WRESTLING is one of those misunderstood and maligned sports, the subject of scorn because it's a minority sport and seemingly more about beef than beauty
PCYC welcomes wrestling
Kalgoorlie Golden Mail, Australia - <NOBR>28 Feb 2007</NOBR>
"Australia is one of the few countries where wrestling does not get the recognition it deserves," he said. Mr Abbaszadeh moved to Kalgoorlie-Boulder three ...
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Webster "a strong chance" for Olympics. Young wrestler Rosela Webster has a good chance of representing Australia at the Beijing Olympics. ...
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Websters win gold again
Whyalla News, Australia - 1 hour ago (October 31, 2003)
Webster, 15, attracted attention from Sydney-based coaches and other wrestling personalities,
also ... Her next goal is to represent Australia at next year's Youth
Reijlich's wrestling reign - Queanbeyan wrestler's quest to ...
Queanbeyan Age, Australia - 5 hours ago ( June 30, 2003)
... they ready themselves for the National Wrestling Championships ... where he has filled
the roles of Commonwealth ... also responsible for setting up the ACT wrestling ...
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Wrestler Dick Garrard, Australia’s oldest Olympian, has passed away at the age of 92. He competed at four Olympics 1936, 48, 52 and 56, winning a silver medal in London in 1948. [more] |
LEGEND DIES ( Monday, MARCH 3, 2003 )
GEELONG'S Mr Olympics has died aged 92. Dick Garrard, Australia's most successful amateur wrestler and oldest Commonwelath Games representative, passed away late on Saturday night after a short period of illness --------------------------------------------------------------
Australian Olympic Committee -
We pass on this excerpt about the Dick Garrard from Josip Mrkoci,
Chairman of the Executive Committee, Commonwealth Amateur Wrestling
Association. .........
""The world's wrestling fraternity is saddened by the passing, of one of its great legends… his was truly an outstanding contribution to the sport of wrestling spanning seven decades, three Olympiads and four Commonwealth Games as a competitor plus several more years an official and administrator. Dick's accomplishments as an athlete are extraordinary to say the least, he won a silver medal in the 1948 Olympics as well as three gold medals and a bronze in four Commonwealth Games. He also competed in lesser events as a pistol shooter and a weightlifter. If that were not enough he founded a life saving station at Torquay beach and personally saved some 20 lives. How does one measure such a figure? It is beyond the bounds of ordinary mortals to measure. Men such dedication and talent are rare indeed.
The Commonwealth wrestling community has been privileged to have such a man in our sport…"
Australian Olympic Committee | Level 3, 1 Atchison Street, St Leonards, Sydney, NSW 2065 | email: aoc@olympics.com.au
Manchester Games beckon for wrestler
Sydney University wrestlers had mixed fortunes at the recent Australian National Championships.
Sydney University Sports Union Sports Scholarship holder Leonid Zaslavsky, the wrestling coach at the Sydney University club, gained selection in the Australian Commonwealth Games team for Manchester later this year with a strong performance at the nationals.
However, there was bad news for the University's other hopeful, Brett Cash, who missed Games selection after coming up against a two-time Olympian at the nationals.
Zaslavsky, a BSc (Exercise and Sport Science) student, recently took up the reins as coach at Sydney University.
"I want to become the best coach possible in the sport of wrestling and reach the Olympics one more time as an athlete," he said. "Academically, I would like to earn a PhD." On the sporting front, the 32-year-old finished 14th in the 62kg division at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta after finishing first in the Oceania Championships and Olympic trials. He missed selection for the Sydney Olympics but holds hopes of winning a place on the Australian team for the 2004 Games in Athens.
Zaslavsky has had a 14-year career in wrestling, while on the academic front he gained a BSc (physics and computer science) from the University of New South Wales after completing his schooling at Sydney Boys High School. Cash, who also holds a Sports Scholarship, is already being tipped as a contender for the 2004 Olympic Games team despite missing Commonwealth Games selection.
Melbourne Sports Training Coordination Centre - Wrestling | Sport and Recreation Victoria is a portfolio of the Department of State and Regional Development (DSRD), which is an agency of the State Government of Victoria, Australia Melbourne is Australia's Wrestling capital.
pandora.nla.gov.au/nph-arch/1999/Z1999-Nov-18/http://home.vicnet.net.a... ABC Australia News - 07/05/02 : $5.7m payout for wrestling injury | A 27-year-old man who became a quadraplegic after he was injured in a wrestling bout four years ago has been awarded more than $5.7 million in the Victorian Supreme Court.
www.abc.net.au/news/australia/2002/05/item20020506195130_1.htm Sporting Almanac</HEADLINE> | <BYLINE>Compiled by John Langdon</BYLINE>
<DATE>January 3, 2004 - A look at significant sporting achievements that have happened in the first week of January | January 7, 1986
National wrestling coach Sam Parker receives a five-year ban imposed by the Australian Wrestling Union for allegedly betting on a bout at the national championships the year before. Australia wrestles with lack of success - theage.com.au When it comes to wrestling, Australia is good enough to play on the world stage but not good enough to win medals. - The Age
www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/06/27/1023864631357.html |
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