Khaled Al-Faraj

Khaled Al-Faraj
Personal information
Born 19 January 1970 (1970-01-19) (age 46)
Syria
Height 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight 48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Sport Greco-Roman wrestling
Club Army Adlip
Coached by Mahmod Alpalah
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Syria
World Championships
1998 Tehran -54 kg
Asian Games
1994 Hiroshima -52 kg
Asian Championships
1992 Tehran -52 kg
1995 Manila -52 kg
1996 Xiaoshan -52 kg
Mediterranean Games
1987 Latakia -48 kg
1991 Athens -52 kg
1993 Languedoc -52 kg
1997 Bari -54 kg
Pan Arab Games
1992 Damascus -57 kg
1997 Beirut -57 kg

Khaled Al-Faraj (Arabic: خالد الفرج ‎‎; also known as Khaled Al-Farej or Khaled El-Farej; 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 Tehran at -54 kg.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Wrestling at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. ↑ "Wrestling at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
  3. ↑ "Wrestling at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
  4. ↑ "Korean Wrestlers Strike Gold At Worlds". The Chosun Ilbo. 31 August 1998. Retrieved 27 March 2016.


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