History of wrestling
When the First Modern Olympic Games held in Athens in 1896, Greco-Roman wrestling was introduced as an Olympic discipline. After not being featured in the 1900 Olympics, sports wrestling was seen again in 1904 in St. Louis; this time in freestyle competition. Since then, Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling have both been featured (with women's freestyle added in the Summer Olympics of 2004).
Bob Anderson (wrestler)
In 1968, Anderson began his Freestyle wrestling career when he won
the western regional Olympic trial in Greco-Roman. In 1971 he went on to place 2nd
at the Greco-Roman world championships. Anderson last competed in
the 1979 Pan American games, once again he placing 2nd. Although Anderson
never never became a world champion at the senior level, he said that he had no regrets, and his accomplishments were well worth it.