Leon Rattigan (born 4 October 1987)[1] is a British freestyle wrestler who is in the Great Britain national squad.[2] He started Freestyle Wrestling at the age of ten in Bristol Olympic Wrestling Club under the late legendary coach Amir Esmaeli. Rattigan has won the British Senior Championships and the English Senior Championships multiple times in his wrestling career.[3][4][5] Rattigan competed in the 96 kg class in the 2009 world championship for GBR and also won the gold medal in the British Senior Championships 2009.[6][7] Rattigan won the bronze medal for England in the men's freestyle 96 kg event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India in October 2010.[8] During 2011, Rattigan has also won the British Open wrestling championships[9] and the Sassari International Tournament.[10]

In 2013, Rattigan won the British Open wrestling championships[11] and was selected to represent Great Britain at the FILA International Olympia Tournament where he secured a silver medal.[12] Leon Rattigan is also the head coach in WLWC where he is preparing young athletes for the upcoming competitions and giving people in the community a chance to enjoy the sport of Freestyle Wrestling.

References

  1. ^ "Team England for Commonwealth Games in Delhi (October 3–14)". www.sportinglife.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Bristol's Rattigan targets 2012". BBC News. 29 October 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  3. ^ http://www.britishwrestling.org/news.asp?section=28&itemid=3941&search=leon+rattigan+british+seniors
  4. ^ http://www.britishwrestling.org/events.asp?itemid=4858&itemTitle=2011+British+Senior+Championships&section=27
  5. ^ http://www.britishwrestling.org/page.asp?section=418&sectionTitle=British+Senior+Champions+2002+to+2008
  6. ^ "British Senior Championships - British Wrestling Association". Archived from the original on 7 November 2017.
  7. ^ "GB wrestlers come fifth at Worlds". BBC News. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  8. ^ "Bristol wrestler Leon Rattigan wins bronze at Commonwealth games". www.thisisbristol.co.uk. 11 October 2010. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  9. ^ "British Senior Championships (2010) FS FW - British Wrestling Association". Britishwrestling.org. 12 February 2011. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Sassari International Tournament - British Wrestling Association". Britishwrestling.org. 28 May 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  11. ^ "2013 British Senior Championships - British Wrestling Association". Britishwrestling.org. 16 June 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  12. ^ "J. Foeldeak GmbH - Sports Mats, Wrestling Mats, Judo Mats, MMA-Mats, Grappling Mats". Foeldeak.com. 21 December 2013. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2014.


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