Ivan Yankov – 1980 Olympic silver medalist (62 – 68kg)
Valentin Yordanov – 1996 Olympic gold medalist in up to 52kg weight class, seven-time World Champion (1983, '85, '87, '89, '93, '94, and '95), seven-time European Champion (1982, '83, '85, '86, '87, '88, and '89), and the only wrestler to hold 10 World Championship medals (7 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze)
Wilfried Dietrich – 1960 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle, 1956 and 1960 Olympic silver medalist in Greco-Roman, 1964 Olympic bronze medalist in Greco-Roman, 1968 Olympic bronze medalist in Greco-Roman
Wolfgang Ehrl – 1932 and 1936 Olympic silver medalist
Denis Kudla – 2016 and 2020 Olympic bronze medalist
Alexander Leipold – originally awarded gold at the 2000 Olympics, but was stripped after testing positive for nandrolone, multi-time World medalist, 1994 World Champion
Alexander Karelin – FILA Greatest Wrestler of 20th Century (Greco-Roman), 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympic gold medalist, 2000 Olympic silver medalist, 9-time World Champion. He lost one match in 13 years to Rulon Gardner.
See USSR for all pre-1988 wrestlers in the Russian/USSR region
Sweden
Ara Abrahamian – 2004 Olympic silver medalist, later became known for his antics during 2008 Olympics where he was stripped of his bronze, two-time World champion
Bruce Baumgartner – 1984, 1992 Olympic gold medalist, 1988 Olympic silver medalist, 1996 Olympic bronze medalist, most Olympic and World medals by an American wrestler
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