Wrestlers at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Vincenzo Maenza, Satpal Singh, Sergei Beloglazov, Frank Andersson, Andrzej Supron, Tamas Gaspar (Paperback)

Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Vincenzo Maenza, Satpal Singh, Sergei Beloglazov, Frank Andersson, Andrzej Supron, Tamas Gaspar, Tapio Sipila, Soslan Andiyev, tefan Rusu, Kazimierz Lipie, Vasile Andrei, Ismail Abilov, Vasile Pu ca u, Jozef Lipie, Norbert Novenyi, Czes aw Kwieci ski, Khorloogiin Bayanmonkh, Pertti Ukkola, Stelios Mygiakis, Magomedgasan Abushev, Valentin Raychev, Saipulla Absaidov, Claudio Pollio, Ferenc Kocsis, Shamil Serikov, W adys aw Stecyk, Zevegiin Oidov, Roman Bier a, Adam Sandurski, Aleksander Cicho, Jamtsyn Davaajav, Dugarsurengiin Oyuunbold, Jan Do gowicz, Hassan Bechara, Alexander Tomov. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Vincenzo Maenza (born May 2, 1962 in Imola, Bologna, Italy) was an Italian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won two gold medals and a silver medal at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games. Nicknamed "Pollicino" (Thumbelin) for his small size, actually Vincenzo Maenza is considered the best wrestler in the Italian history; in fact, he is the first and only Italian wrestler who has won three Olympic medals, and he was also the first and only who was able to win two gold medals. When was a child, Vincenzo weighed only 60 lbs and was affected by scoliosis. He started to wrestle at 12 years old at the CISA AUDAX wrestling club in Faenza. He began to compete in 1976. Soon he became National Champion several times and in 1979 won the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games in Split. The next year he competed in the Summer Olympics in Moscow and placed 7th. After he won the bronze medal at Junior European Championship and the gold medal at the Junior World Championship, in 1984 Vincenzo became Olympic champion for the first time at the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In the final, he defeated German wrestler Mark Scherer in 1:59 with an awesome 12-...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=8055383