List of amateur wrestlers

Armenia

• Alfred Ter-Mkrtychyan – 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Ara Abrahamian – 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Artem Teryan – 1952 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Artur Aleksanyan – 2012 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 2014 and 2015 World champion
• Arsen Julfalakyan – 2012 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Armen Mkrtchyan – 1996 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Armen Nazaryan – 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist, 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist, 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Levon Julfalakyan – 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Mkkhitar Manukyan – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Roman Amoyan – 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 2006 and 2011 European champion

  Azerbaijan

• Toghrul Asgarov – 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Sharif Sharifov – 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Farid Mansurov – 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Namig Abdullayev – 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1996 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Rovshan Bayramov – 2008 Olympic Silver Medalist, 2012 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Vitaliy Rahimov – 2008 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Emin Ahmadov – 2012 Olympics Bronze Medalist
• Khetag Gazyumov – 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 2012 Olympic Bronze Medalist

  Australia

• Richard Garrard – 1948 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Eddie Scarf – 1932 Olympic Bronze Medalist

  Austria

• Nikolaus Hirschl – 1932 Olympic 2 time Bronze Medalist, European Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, 10 time Austrian Heavyweight Wrestling Champion

  Belarus

• Viachaslau Makaranka – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Dmitry Debelka – 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Valeriy Tsilent – 1996 Olympic Bronze Medalist

  Belgium

• Joseph Mewis – 1956 Olympic Silver Medalist

  Bulgaria

• Armen Nazarian – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 1996&2000 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Valentin Yordanov – 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist in up to 52 kg weight class, seven times World Champion, seven times European Champion, and is the only wrestler to hold 10 World Championship medals.
• Ivan Radnev – 1994 World Silver Medalist
• Dimitar Dobrev – 1960 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1956 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Petko Sirakov – 1956 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Nikola Stanchev – 1956 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Hussein Mehmedov – 1956 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Dinko Petrov – 1960 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Krali Bimbalov – 1960 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Nezhdet Zalev – 1960 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Stancho Ivanov – 1960 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Enyu Valchev – 1960 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 1964 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1968 Olympic Silver Medalist, 1962 World Gold Medalist
• Angel Kerezov – 1964 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Kiril Todorov – 1964 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Boyan Radev – 1964 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1968 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Stancho Kolev – 1964 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Prodan Gardzhev – 1964 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1968 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Said Mustafov – 1964 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Lyutvi Akhmedov – 1964 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Enyu Todorov – 1968 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Osman Duraliev – 1968 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Petar Kirov – 1968 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Ognyan Nikolov – 1972 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Ivan Krastev – 1972 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Osman Duraliev – 1972 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Stefan Angelov – 1972 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 1976 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Georgi Markov – 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Stoyan Apostolov – 1972 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Aleksandar Tomov – 1972 Olympic Silver Medalist, 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist, 1980 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Khasan Isaev – 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Dimo Kostov – 1976 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Ivan Kolev – 1976 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Stoyan Ivanov – 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Kamen Goranov – 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Nermedin Selimov – 1980 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Miho Dukov – 1980 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Ivan Yankov – 1980 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Valentin Raychev – 1980 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Ismail Abilov – 1980 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Slavcho Chervenkov – 1980 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Mladen Mladenov – 1980 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Pavel Pavlov – 1980 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Georgi Raikov – 1980 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Ivan Tzonov – 1988 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Simeon Shterev – 1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Rahmat Sukra – 1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Bratan Tzenov – 1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Stoyan Balov – 1988 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Zhivko Vangelov – 1988 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Atanas Komchev – 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Rangel Gerovski – 1988 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Valentin Yordanov – 1992 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Valentin Getsov – 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Serafim Barzakov – 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Radoslav Velikov – 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Kiril Terziev – 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Yavor Yanakiev – 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist

  Canada

• Tonya Verbeek – 2004&2012 Olympic Silver, 2008 Olympic Bronze, 2011 World Silver, 2005 & 2009 World Bronze
• Daniel Igali – 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1 World Champion Gold, World Hall of Fame
• Guivi Sissaouri – 1996 Olympic Silver Medalist, 1 World Champion, 1 World Silver, 2 time World Bronze
• Gary Bohay – 1989 World Silver Medalist
• Christine Nordhagen – 6 time World Champion, 3 time World Silver, 1 World Bronze, World Hall of Fame
• Carol Huynh – 2008 Olympic Champion, 2012 Olympic Bronze, World Hall of Fame
• Martine Dugrenier – 2008, 2009, 2010 World Gold Medalist, 2005, 2006, 2007 World Silver Medalist, World Hall of Fame
• Jessica MacDonald – 2012 World Gold Medalist, 2011 & 2013 World Bronze Medalist
• Erica Wiebe – 2016 Olympic Champion, 2019 & 2018 World Bronze Medalist
• Justina Di Stasio – 2018 – World Gold Medalist, 2017 World Bronze Medalist
• Linda Morais – 2019 – World Gold Medalist, 2016 World Bronze Medalist

  China

• Wang Xu – 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Sheng Zetian – 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist

  Cuba

• Feliberto Ascuy – 1996, 2000 Olympic Gold Medalists
• Yandro Miguel Quintana – 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Juan Marén – 1992 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 1996, 2000 Olympic Silver Medalists
• Alexis Vila – 1996 Olympic Bronze Medalists
• Roberto Monzon – 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Iván Fundora – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 2007 World Bronze
• Yoel Romero – 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist, World Champion, World Second twice, World Third twice
• Alexis Rodríguez – 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 1998 World Gold, 2001 World Silver
• Lázaro Rivas – 2000 Olympic Silver, 1999 World Gold, 2003 & 2001 World Bronze
• Mijaín López – three time Olympic Champion, five times World Champion, three time World second
• Liván López – 2012 Olympic Bronze, 2013 World Bronze, 2014 & 2011 World Bronze
• Ismael Borrero – 2016 Olympic Gold, 2019 & 2015 World Gold Medalist
• Yasmany Lugo – 2016 Olympic Silver Medalist

  Czechoslovakia

• Josef Urban – 1932 Olympic Silver Medalist

  Denmark

• Henrik Hansen – 1948 Olympic Bronze Medalist

  Egypt

• Ibrahim Moustafa – 1928 Olympic Gold Medalist, Egypt's first Olympic Medal
• Karam Ibrahim – 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist ) was offered to work for WWE but turned down the offer as he's currently interested in Mixed Martial Arts competition
• Mohamed Abdelfatah – 2006 World Gold Medalist ) most decorated wrestler in Africa

  Estonia

• August Neo – 1936 Olympic Silver Medalist in Freestyle and Bronze in Greco-Roman
• Kristjan Palusalu – 1936 Olympic Gold Medalist Greco-Roman, 1936 Olympic Gold Medalist Freestyle.
• Voldemar Väli – 1928 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1932 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Johannes Kotkas – 1952 Olympic Gold Medalist Greco-Roman, 1953 World Championships Silver Medalist Greco-Roman
• Heiki Nabi – 1996 World Champion Greco-Roman wrestling, 2012 Olympic Silver Medalist, 2013 World Championships Silver Medalist Greco-Roman
• Eduard Pütsep – 1924 Olympic Gold Medalist Greco-Roman wrestling
• Osvald Käpp – 1928 Olympic Gold Medalist Greco-Roman wrestling
• August Englas – 1953 World Champion Greco-Roman wrestling, 1954 World Champion Freestyle wrestling
• Albert Kusnets – 1928 Olympic Bronze Medalist Greco-Roman wrestling
• Roman Steinberg – 1924 Olympic Bronze Medalist Greco-Roman wrestling
• August Kippasto – 1912 Olympian
• Martin Klein – 1912 Olympic Silver Medalist

  France

• Henri Deglane – 1924 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Lise Legrand – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Anna Gomis – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist

Finland

• Marko Yli-Hannuksela – 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist, 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Marko Asell – 1996 silver medalist

  Georgia

• Ramaz Nozadze – 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist

  Germany

• Carl Schuhmann – 1896 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Arawat Sabejew – 1996 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Fritz Schäfer – 1936 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Alexander Leipold – originally awarded gold at the 2000 Olympics, but was stripped after testing positive for nandrolone

  Great Britain

• Andrew McDonald – 1924 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Kenneth Richmond – 1952 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Noel Loban – 1984 Olympic Bronze Medalist

  Greece

• Georgios Tsitas – 1896 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Stephanos Christopoulos – 1896 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Petros Galaktopoulos – 1972 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Stelios Mygiakis – 1980 Olympic Gold Medalist, only non Russian wrestler win a Gold medal inside USSR
• Haralampos Holidis – 1984 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Dimitrios Thanopoulos – 1984 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Amiran Karntanov – 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist

  Hungary

• Sandor Istvan Bardozi – 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist

  India

• Sushil Kumar – 2012 Olympic Silver Medalist, 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist & 2010 World Champion
• Khashaba Jadhav – 1952 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Yogeshwar Dutt – 2012 Olympic Bronze Medalist

  Iran

• Nasser Givehchi – 1952 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Jahanbakht Tofigh – 1952 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Mahmoud Mollaghasemi – 1952 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Abdullah Mojtabavi – 1952 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Mohammad Ali Khojastépour – 1956 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Mohammad Mehdi Yaghoubi – 1956 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Gholamreza Takhti – 1956 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1952, 1960 Olympic Silver Medalists
• Emamali Habibi Goudarzi – 1956 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Mohammad Paziraye – 1960 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Mohammad Ebrahim Seifpour – 1960 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Said Ali Akbar Heidari – 1964 Olympic Bronze Medalsit
• Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran – 1964 Olympic Bronze Medalsit
• Abutaleb Gorgori – 1968 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi – 1968 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Abdollah Movahed – 1968 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Ebrahim Javadi – 1972 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Rahim Aliabadi – 1972 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Mansour Barzegar – 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Askari Mohammadian – 1988 Olympic Silver Medalist, 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Amirreza Khadem Azghadi – 1992, 1996 Olympic Bronze Medalists
• Rasul Khadem Azghadi – 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1992 Silver Olympic Medalist
• Abbas Jadidi – 1996 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Alireza Dabir – 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Masoud Jokar – 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Alireza Rezaei – 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Masoud Mostafa-Jokar – 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Alireza Heidari – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Fardin Masoumi – 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Morad Mohammadi – 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Ghasem Rezaei – 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist, 2016 Bronze Olympic Medalist
• Hamid Sourian – 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Omid Norouzi – 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Sadegh Goudarzi – 2012 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Ehsan Lashgari – 2012 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Komeil Ghasemi – 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist, 2016 Silver Olympic Medalist
• Hassan Yazdani – 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Saeid Abdevali – 2016 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Hassan Rahimi – 2016 Olympic Bronze Medalist

  Italy

• Enrico Porro – 1908 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Vincenzo Maenza – 1984, 1988 Olympic Gold Medalists, 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Andrea Minguzzi – 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist

  Japan

• Osamu Watanabe – 1964 Olympic Gold Medalist and freestyle wrestling's only Olympic gold medalist to retire undefeated in competition
• Kaori Icho – 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Kenji Inoue – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Chikara Tanabe – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Kyoko Hamaguchi – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Yojiro Uetake – 1964 and 1968 olympic Gold Medalist and 3 time undefeated NCAA Champion at Oklahoma State University

  Kazakhstan

• Georgiy Tsurtsumia – 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Mkkhitar Manukyan – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Gennadiy Laliyev – 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Islam Bairamukov – 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Yuriy Melnichenko – 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Doulet Tourlekhanov – 1988 Olympic Silver Medalist and 1987 World Champion

  Korea, North

• Ri Yong-Sam – 1996 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Kang Yong-Gyun – 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Kim II – 1996, 1992 Olympic Gold Medalists

  Korea, South

• Moon Eui-Jae – 2000, 2004 Olympic Silver Medalists
• Sim Kwon-Ho – 1996, 2000 Olympic Gold Medalists
• Yang Jung-Mo – 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist

  Lebanon

• Zakaria Chibab – 1952 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Hassan Bchara – 1980 Olympic Bronze Medalist

  Republic of Macedonia

• Mogamed Ibragimov – 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist

  Moldova

• Serguei Moureiko – 1996 Olympic Bronze Medalist

  Mongolia

• Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter – 1968 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Tömöriin Artag – 1968 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh – 1972 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Zevegiin Oidov – 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist

  Norway

• Jon Rønningen – 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Aage Eriksen – 1948 Olympic Silver Medalist

  Pakistan

• Muhammad Bashir – 1960 Olympic Bronze Medalist

  Poland

• Jozef Tracz – 1996 Olympic Bronze Medalist

  Romania

• Ioan Grigoras – 1992 Olympic Bronze Medalist

  Russia

• Khasan Baroyev – 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist, 2008 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Sazhid Sazhidov – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Alexander Karelin – FILA Greatest Wrestler of 20th Century, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist, 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist, 9 X World Champion. He lost 1 match in 13 years to Rulon Gardner.
• Buvaysa Saytiev – 1996, 2004, 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist and 5X World Champion
• Resanchev Valeri – two time Olympic Gold Medalist, 5 time World Champion
• Varteres Samourgachev – 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist, 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Makhach Murtazaliev – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Mavlet Batirov – 2004, 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Gouzel Maniourova – 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Alan Dudaev – 2005 World Champion
• Khadjimourat Gatsalov – 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Nazir Mankiev – 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Islambek Albiev – 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Aslanbek Khushtov – 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Shirvani Muradov – 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Mourad Oumakhanov – 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Adam Saitiev – 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Sagid Murtazaliev – 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist
• David Musulbes – 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Murat Kardanov – 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Alexei Michine – 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Khadzhimurad Magomedov – 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Vadim Bogiyev – 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist
• See USSR for all pre-1988 wrestlers in the Russian/USSR region.

  Sweden

• Edvin Matiasson – 1908 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Erik Lindén – 1948 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Frank Andersson – 1984 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Mikael Ljungberg – 1996 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Ara Abrahamian – 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist, later became known for his antics during 2008 Olympics where he was stripped of his bronze
• Sofia Mattsson – 2007 European Bronze Medalist, 2008 European Silver Medalist

  Switzerland

• Adolf Müller – 1948 Olympic Bronze Medalist

  Turkey

• Yaşar Erkan – 1936 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Yasar Dogu – 1948 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Gazanfer Bilge – 1948 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Hamza Yerlikaya – 1996, 2000 Olympic Gold Medalists
• Nasuh Akar – 1948 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Ahmet Kireççi – 1948 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1936 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Mustafa Dagistanli – 1956, 1960 Olympic Gold Medalists
• Hamit Kaplan – 1956 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1960 Olympic Silver Medalist, 1964 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Mithat Bayrak – 1956, 1960 Olympic Gold Medalists
• Müzahir Sille – 1960 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Tevfik Kis – 1960 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Ahmet Bilek – 1960 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Hasan Güngör – 1960 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1964 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Ismet Atli – 1960 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Ismail Ogan – 1960 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Mehmet Özal – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Aydin Polatci – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Şeref Eroğlu – 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Adem Bereket – 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist

  USSR

• Aleksandr Ivanov – 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Alexander Medved – 1964, 1968, 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist, FILA Greatest Wrestler of 20th Century
• Sergei Beloglazov – 1980, 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist, 6 time World Champion
• Makharbek Khadartsev – 1988, 1992 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1996 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Shazam Safin – 1952 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Shamil Khisamutdinov – 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Farhat Mustafin – 1976 Olympic Bronze Medallist
• Vladimir Bakulin − 1968 Olympic Silver Medallist
• Ivan Koschergin – 1968 Bronze Medallist
• Valentin Oleynick – 1968 Silver Medallist
• Nikolai Yakovenko – 1968 Silver Medallist, 1972 Silver Medallist
• Anatoli Roschtchin – 1968 Silver Medallist, 1972 Gold Medallist
• Boris Gurowitsch – 1968 Gold Medallist
• Shota Lomidze – 1968 Silver Medallist
• Roman Dmitriev – 1972 Gold Medallist, 1976 Silver Medallist
• Arsen Allakhverdiev − 1972 Silver Medallist
• Zagalav Abdulbekov − 1972 Gold Medallist
• Rouslan Ashuraliev – 1972 Bronze Medallist
• Levan Tediashvili – 1972 Gold Medallist, 1976 Gold Medallist
• gennadi Strachow – 1972 Silver Medallist
• Ivan Yarygin – 1972 Gold Medallist, 1976 Gold Medallist
• Roustan kasakov – 1972 Gold Medallist
• Anatoli nazarenko – 1972 Silver Medallist
• Valeri Resanzev – 1972 Gold Medallist, 1976 Gold Medal
• Alexej Shumakov – 1976 Gold Medallist
• Vladimir Yumin – 1976 Gold Medallist
• Pavel Pinigin – 1976 Gold Medallist
• Viktor Novishilov – 1976 Silver Medallist
• Soslan Andiev – 1976 Gold Medallist, 1980 Gold Medallist
• Vitali Konstantinov – 1976 Gold Medallist
• Nelson Davidyan – 1976 Silver Medallist
• Suren Nalbandyan – 1976 Gold Medallist
• Anatoly Bykov – 1976 Gold Medallist, 1980 Silver Medal
• Vladimir Tcheboksarov – 1976 Silver Medal
• Nikolai balboshin – 1976 Gold Medal
• Alexander Koltchinski – 1976 Gold Medal, 1980 Gold Medal
• Magomed Arasilov – 1980 Silver Medal
• anatoli Belaglasov – 1980 Gold Medal

  Uzbekistan

• Artur Taymazov – 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist, 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist, 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist, 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Magomed Ibragimov – 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Alexandr Dokturishvili – 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist

  Ukraine

• Irini Merleni – 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Elbrus Tedeyev – 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1996 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Davyd Saldadze – 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Zaza Zazirov – 1996 Olympic Bronze Medalist

  United Arab Republic

• Osman Sayed – 1960 Olympic Silver Medalist

  USA

• Kyle Frederick Snyder – 2015: UWW world gold medalist ; Pan American Games champion ; NCAA Division I runner-up ; Big Ten Conference runner-up ; 2016: Olympic gold medalist ; Ivan Yarygin bronze medalist ; NCAA Division I champion ; Most Outstanding Wrestler NCAA Division I championships; Big Ten Conference champion ; 2017: UWW world gold medalist ; Ivan Yarygin gold medalist ; Pan American Championships gold medalist ; NCAA Division I champion ; Big Ten Conference champion ; 2018: Ivan Yarygin gold medalist
• Jordan Burroughs – 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist, 4 time World Champion
• Matt Ghaffari – 1996 Olympic Silver Medalist - Ghaffari is holder of 3 American Records; the only USA Greco- Roman wrestler with total of 4 World and Olympic Medals, plus 4 time World Cup Champion, also 9X Pan-American Champion! All 3 are USA Wrestling Records
• Robert Curry – 1904 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Robin Reed – 1924 Olympic Gold Medalist, Never lost a match Official or nonofficial, pinned every opponent in the Olympics
• Chester Newton – 1924 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Bruce Baumgartner – 1984, 1992 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1988 Olympic Silver Medalist, 1996 Olympic Bronze Medalist. Has won more Olympic medals than any USA wrestler in history.
• John Smith – 1988, 1992 Olympic Gold Medalist, 4X World Champion. He is considered by some to be the best wrestler in USA history.
• Pat Smith – younger brother of John; first wrestler to win four NCAA Division I titles.
• Dan Gable – 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1971 World Champion, first wrestler in history to not have one point scored on him in the Olympics
• Terrence McCann – 1960 Olympic Gold Medalist, founder of now USA Wrestling
• Dave Schultz – 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Mark Schultz – 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Rulon Gardner – 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist, 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Kenny Monday – 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Cael Sanderson – 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist, 4 time NCAA Champion
• Richard Voliva – 1936 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Francis Millard – 1936 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Frank Lewis – 1936 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Glen Brand – 1948 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Leland Merrill – 1948 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Henry Wittenberg – 1948 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1952 Olympic Silver Medalist
• William Smith – 1952 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Josiah Henson – 1952 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Peter Blair – 1956 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Danny Hodge – 1956 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Shelby Wilson – 1960 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Douglas Blubaugh – 1960 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Daniel Brand – 1964 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Donald Behm – 1968 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Dremiel Byers – 2002 World Champion, 3 time World Medalist
• Sergio Gonzales – 1972 Olympic Team Member
• Richard Sanders – 1968, 1972 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Chris Taylor – 1972 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• John Peterson – 1972 Olympic Silver Medalist, 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Stanley Joseph Dziedzic Jr. – 1976 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Randall Lewis – 1984 Olympics Gold Medalist
• Jamill Kelly – 2004 Olympics Silver Medalist
• Jeff Blatnick – 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Russell Owen Hellickson – 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Lloyd Weldon Keaser – 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Kevin Jackson – 1992 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Tom Brands – 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Terry Brands – 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 2 time World Champion
• Edward Banach – 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Louis Banach – 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Andrew Rein – 1984 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Barry Davis – 1984 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Steve Fraser – 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Lloyd Weldon Keaser – 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Eugene Lee Davis – 1976 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Matt James Lindland – 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Garrett Lowney – 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Ben Peterson – 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Townsend Saunders – 1996 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Zeke Jones – 1996 Olympic Silver Medalist
• John Allan Peterson – 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Patricia Miranda – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Brandon Slay – 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Brandon Paulson – 1996 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Dennis Hall – 1996 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Sara McMann – 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Lincoln McIlravy – 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Nate Carr – 1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Dennis Koslowski – 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist
• William Scherr – 1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Robert Weaver – 1984 Olympics Gold Medalist
• James Martinez – 1984 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• Greg Gibson – 1984 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Waldo Zhang – 1992 Olympics Bronze Medalist
• Stephen Abas – 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Samuel Henson – 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist
• Kurt Angle – 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist and later professional wrestler WWE Champion/ WCW Champion/TNA Champion
• Henry Cejudo – 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist
• Lindsey Durlacher – 2006 world bronze Medalist
• Joe Warren – 2006 World Champion
• Ike Okoli – 2014 World Bronze Medalist and 2015 Pan-Am Gold Medalist
• Anthony Robles – NCAA Division I champion in 2011 despite being born with only one leg
• Kyle Dake – 4 time NCAA Division I champion, and the only wrestler to win NCAA titles in four different weight classes
• Logan Stieber – 4 time NCAA Division I champion

  YUG

• Josip Čorak – 1972 Olympic silver medalist
• Ivan Frgić – 1976 Olympic silver medalist
• Stevan Horvat – 1968 Olympic silver medalist
• Vlado Lisjak – 1984 Olympic gold medalist
• Branislav Martinović – 1960 Olympic silver and 1964 bronze medalist
• Refik Memišević – 1984 Olympic silver medalist
• Milan Nenadić – 1972 Olympic bronze medalist
• Momir Petković – 1976 Olympic gold medalist
• Šaban Sejdiu – 1980 and 1984 Olympic bronze medalist
• Branislav Simić – 1964 Olympic gold and 1968 bronze medalist
• Jožef Tertei – 1984 Olympic bronze medalist
• Šaban Trstena – 1984 Olympic gold and 1988 silver medalist