Wrestling not for the meek.....

This past year, for the first time since the NCAA Wrestling National Championship began in 1924, a wrestler with one leg won a division 1 national championship. Anthony Robles from Arizona state won the 125 pound weight class. This is not the first time that person with a physical disability has succeeded in wrestling. Zach Gowen was the first wrestler with on leg to win a high school wrestling state championship. Zach then continued on to become a professional wrestler in the WWE, the largest Professional wrestling company in the world.

Wrestling is a great sport for amputees to compete in because having to be on your feet is only a portion of competing. Having a low center of gravity is very important for the sport so being on your feet is not necessarily needed. The impact of being able to compete on the regular high school team can be a huge social and psychological boost for a teen.