Khaled Al-Faraj
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| Born | 19 January 1970 (age 54) Saraqib, Syria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Army Adlip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Mahmod Alpalah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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, Sweden at 54 kg.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Wrestling at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ "Wrestling at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ "Wrestling at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ "Korean Wrestlers Strike Gold At Worlds". The Chosun Ilbo. 31 August 1998. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
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