See also: Professional wrestling in Canada.
| Assocname: | Wrestling Canada Lutte |
| Abbrev: | WCL |
| Logosize: | 250px |
| Sport: | Wrestling (Amateur) |
| Founded: | 1969 |
| Aff: | United World Wrestling (UWW) |
| Replaced: | Canadian Amateur Wrestling Association |
| Url: | https://wrestling.ca/ |
| Countryflag: | Canada |
The sport of wrestling has been practiced in Canada for more than a century, with the first amateur wrestling championships being held at Toronto's Argonaut Rowing Club in 1901. The sport continued to grow during the 20th century and by 1969, the Canadian Amateur Wrestling Association was formed. Today the same organization is called Wrestling Canada Lutte,[1] and is the national governing body for Olympic style wrestling in Canada. The organization's purpose is to encourage and develop the widest participation and highest proficiency in Olympic wrestling in Canada.[2] [3]
Wrestling is a sport officially included in the Canada Summer Games program. Initially the program considered wrestling a winter sport and was featured at the first Canada Games in 1967. In 2005, women's freestyle wrestling was added to the program.
Wrestling will be a part of the 2022 Canada Summer Games,[4] [5] 'Niagara Games', August 6–21, 2022, which will be hosted in the Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada. The wrestling events will take place at the new Canada Games Park.
The following Canadian wrestlers have competed in the Canada Summer Games:
In 2012, a 45-minute TV movie/documentary was released by Vanwestfilm Productions about the development of women's wrestling in Canada called, Wrestling with Attitude.[7] [8] The film focused on two female Canadian wrestlers in particular – former Simon Fraser University wrestler Carol Huynh, who begins training with the Calgary Dinos at the University of Calgary, and Junior World wrestling champion Danielle Lappage, originally from Alberta and was then training at Simon Fraser University in her first year as a senior wrestler.