Khaled Al-Faraj Explained

Khaled Al-Faraj
Birth Place:Saraqib, Syria
Height:1.55m (05.09feet)
Weight:48kg (106lb)
Sport:Greco-Roman wrestling
Club:Army Adlip
Coach:Mahmod Alpalah
Show-Medals:yes

Khaled Al-Faraj (Arabic: خالد الفرج ; born 19 January 1970) is a retired Greco-Roman wrestler from Syria. He represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics as a light flyweight (-48 kg), finishing 5th,[1] and then in 1992 and 1996 as a flyweight (-52 kg), finishing in 11th and 15th place, respectively.[2] [3]

He is also the only Syrian to ever medal at the World Wrestling Championships, winning a bronze in 1998 in Gävle at 54 kg.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124508/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/WRE/mens-light-flyweight-greco-roman.html. dead. 2020-04-18. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. Web site: Wrestling at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124554/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/WRE/mens-flyweight-greco-roman.html. dead. 2020-04-18. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
  3. Web site: Wrestling at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124842/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/WRE/mens-flyweight-greco-roman.html. dead. 2020-04-18. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
  4. Web site: Korean Wrestlers Strike Gold At Worlds. 31 August 1998. The Chosun Ilbo. 27 March 2016.

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