Wilfried Dietrich
Wilfried Dietrich (14 October 1933 – 2 June 1992) was a German heavyweight wrestler.Between 1956 and 1972 he took part in five Olympics and six world championships,[2] often entering both the freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling contests – a feat unmatched by any other wrestler.[1][3] In 1968 Dietrich was selected as the Olympic flag bearer for West Germany at its first appearance at the Summer Olympics;[4] he won a bronze medal at those games.He failed to medal at his last Olympics in 1972, yet he produced the most spectacular victory of his career by throwing over his back the 182 kg American Chris Taylor in the Greco-Roman contest.[5] Dietrich lost to Taylor in their freestyle bout.
SchifferstadtDurbanvilleGreco-Roman wrestlingFreestyle wrestlingGermanyOlympic Games1960 RomeFreestyle +87 kg1956 MelbourneGreco-Roman +87 kg1964 TokyoGreco-Roman +97 kgWest Germany1968 Mexico CityFreestyle +97 kgWorld Championships1961 Yokohama1957 Istanbul1969 Mar del Plata1962 ToledoEuropean ChampionshipsfreestyleChris TaylorGermany's Sports Hall of FameInternational Wrestling Hall of FameOlympediaBernhoff HansenCon O'KellyRobert RothHarry SteelJohan RichthoffKristjan PalusaluGyula BóbisArsen MekokishviliHamit KaplanAleksandr IvanitskyAleksandr MedvedIvan YaryginIlya MateLou BanachVasile PușcașuLeri KhabelovKurt AngleSagid MurtazalievKhadzhimurat GatsalovShirvani MuradovJake VarnerKyle SnyderAbdulrashid SadulaevAkhmed TazhudinovBertil AntonssonLyutvi AhmedovShota LomidzeVladimir GulyutkinKhorloogiin BayanmönkhHarald BüttnerRoland GehrkeArawat SabejewKuramagomed KuramagomedovAbbas JadidiGiorgi GogshelidzeEldar KurtanidzeKhetag GazyumovReza YazdaniAbdusalam Gadisov