We have already looked at all the weight categories of Greco-Roman wrestling at the Olympic Games, and it remains to consider only the heavyweights in the category up to 130 kg. Today we will look at the leaders of this weight category.
At the Olympic Games in Paris we will again see the legendary Cuban wrestler, four-time Olympic champion - Mihanin Lopez. He is the main favorite in this weight category. He will soon turn 42 years old, but he continues to train and is preparing to become the only wrestler with five Olympic gold medals.He possesses superhuman strength which was displayed at the recent Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Amin Mirzazadeh (Iran) is the second strong contender in this weight category at the Olympic Games. Last year he became the world and Asian champion. The 26-year-old Iranian is the youngest among the favorites for gold, making him a serious contender for the top of the podium.
Riza Kayaalp (Türkiye) is a Turkish heavyweight, one of the most titled wrestlers in the world in his category. At 34 years old, he claims Olympic gold, despite the challenges of age. In the last European Championship, he lost in the final to Russian Sergei Semenov, who, unfortunately, will not be able to participate due to the IOC ban. At last year's World Championships, he also lost to Amin Mirzazadeh (Iran). However, these setbacks did not undermine his resolve.
130 kg
Mijain LOPEZ (Cuba) - 4-time Olympic champion (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020), 5-time world champion and 9-time pan-American champion
Amin MIRZAZADEH (Iran) - world champion and 2-time Asian champion
Riza KAYAALP (Turkey) - 11-time European champion, 5-time world champion and 3-time Olympic medalist
Adelatif MOHAMED (Egypt) - 8-time African champion and world bronze medalist
Heiki NABI (Estonia) - 2-time world champion and 2012 Olympic medalist
Lingzhe MEN (China) - two-time Asian medalist
Colton SCHULTZ (USA) - Pan-America medalist
Yasmani ACOSTA (Chile)
Amin GENNIKI (Tunisia)
Osama ASSAD (Morocco)
Jello KRAMER (Germany)
Georgiy IVANOV (Bulgaria)
Alimkhan SYZDIKOV (Kazakhstan)
Seungchan LEE (Korea)
Alin ALEXUK CHURARIU (Romania)
Sabah SHARIATI (Azerbaijan)
