Legion Wrestling Head Coach Ali
Ali Marifat Eslami 24/12/1939 Ali wrestled for Iran in the early sixties and was the Tehran and Iran champion at 57kg. He lost out on representing Iran in Mexico 1968 in the qualifiers and instead was placed to compete at the grand prix in Tbilisi, Georgia. He left Iran for the UK and arrived in [...]
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December 23, 2010 |
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Legion Wrestling Coach Amir Eslami
Being the son of a national as well as international wrestler, Coach Amir started his career not in wrestling but in the martial arts. He trained in Tae Kwon Do, achieving black belt by the age of 13, and Southern Praying Mantis/Wing Chun. He transferred to his heritage sport of freestyle Olympic wrestling in his early [...]
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July 3, 2010 |
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Legion Wrestling Coach Dawud Gasparini
A very approachable and kind hearted coach, who every one enjoys being with and most of all he is loved by the children. But don’t let this fool you as an opponent, Coach D, as we call him, is a very technical as well as an explosive wrestler. He started his training like Coach Amir [...]
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July 3, 2010 |
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Legion Wrestler & Wrestling Coach, Coach Mohsen
Being part of a wrestling family, Mohsen started wrestling with his father from a very young age. He left wrestling for a while but returned to the sport in his late teens. He is a formidable wrestler having been awarded the Silver in the Southern Championships and Bronze at the British. He pays a lot [...]