Guide Argentina

Argentina is the second largest country in South America.

The country is a federation of 23 provinces and the autonomous city of Buenos Aires, its capital and largest city. It is the eighth-largest country in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations by geographical area of 2,780,400 km2 and is the fourth by population, with over 41 million people.

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after Greater São Paulo. People from Buenos Aires are referred to as porteños (people of the port). Buenos Aires is a top tourist destination, and is known for its European style architecture and rich cultural life, with the highest concentration of theatres in the world.

Wrestling in Argentinia

In Spanish wrestling is called: Lucha Olimpica. The name of the Argentinian Wrestling Federation is: FALA Federacion Argentina de Luchas Asociadas, and has its headquarters in the capital, Buenos Aires, where it was on 20 Established in March, 1928. It is thus one of the oldest wrestling associations in South America.

                  Two south american Champions 2015:       Patricia Bermudez                                                                                          Yuri Maier

International situation

Big successes are missing for the Argentine wrestlers yet. At the Olympic Games or World Championships they could not reach a medal. The most successful wrestler is Patricia Alejandra Bermúdez (born1987 in Santiago del Estero). She was the only argentinian Olympian in wrestling in London in 2012 and competed in the freestyle 48 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio and where she reached Place 5. Bermudez is the first title holder at the panamerican Championships for Argentina. She already won several international tournaments in her career.
Yuri Maier (born 1989 in Corrientes) won multiple international titles representing his country and individually. Among his most outstanding results he has been awarded a total of 12 medals at Pan American Championships in several different age categories, making him the top Argentinian medalist in wrestling history. Olympic Wrestling is not a popular sport in Argentina so Yuri has had to cross the borders of his native country since the beginning of his career, to stand out and get better training. He spent several seasons training in countries such as Cuba, America, Germany (Bundesliga), India (Wrestling League) and Russia. Because of this, he had to spend long periods away from home. Maier retired from active wrestling and nowadays he belongs to IOC and UWW as „Sports and Development Manager”.
Agustín Alejandro Destribats (born in Cordoba 1997) is an Argentinian freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 65 kilograms. He qualified for the 20' Summer Olympics by defeating 19' World Cup champion Zain Retherford (USA). In 2015 he won his first major title in the senior level, as he earned a gold medal at the South American Championships despite being only 18 years old. In 2016 he won his second consecutive senior South American Championship^[ and also claimed a Pan American  title in the junior level. One of his most successful years of his competitive career was 2017, as he claimed three South American Championships (two at the junior level in both styles and one senior title in freestyle),double-gold (freestyle and Greco at the junior Pan American Championships^.

Olympic Qualifyer 2020 Augustin Destribats.

International Succes

Olympic Games

Olympic Youth Games

World Championships

Pan American Games

Pan American Championships

National Situation

 The national Olympic trainings-center is called CeNARD (Centro Nacional de Alto Rendimientro Deportivo) and is based in Buenos Aires. Headcoch of the nationalteam is the cuban coaches legend Erik Leon. Also national-coaches are Ramiro Maggiolo (of the Boca Juniors), David Enrique Ochoa, Gabriel Medile, Javier "Pana" Broschini and the Colombian Wilson Medina Nazaret. Carlos Alberto Vario is one of the most committed protagonists of the Argentine wrestling sport despite his old age.

In addition to the national championships the "Juegos Evita" have (named after the still loved former President Eva Peron) a high priority. In national tournaments are not only divided in weight classes,  categorys between Novicios (beginners) and the Primeros (Advanced).

Wrestling in Buenos Aires

Wrestling in the Provinces in Argentinia

F.A.L.A
Consejo Directivo

Malabia 575 Piso 8° Oficina 42,
CP: 1414 - Ciudad Autonoma Buenos Aires
Tel: +54 11 4855 8908

E-mail fala@redynet.com.ar

Presidente:  Sr. Fernando Rittner

E-mail fala@redynet.com.ar

Presidente: Sr. Oscar Rafael Ortiz

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