.jpg) Two wrestlers competing in an amateur wrestling match in 2012 | |
| Focus | Grappling |
|---|---|
| Parenthood | Ancient Greek style of wrestling |
| Olympic sport | In Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling styles |
Amateur wrestling is a variant of wrestling practiced at Olympic, collegiate, scholastic, and other levels. There are two international wrestling styles performed at the Olympic Games, freestyle and Greco-Roman, both of which are governed by the United World Wrestling (UWW).
At the middle school and high school levels, wrestlers compete in scholastic wrestling. In collegiate wrestling, there are minor differences in some scholastic wrestling rules.
The rapid rise in the popularity of the combat sport mixed martial arts (MMA) has increased interest in amateur wrestling due to its effectiveness within the sport and its consideration as a core discipline.[1]