Glima is the name that covers several types of Nordic folk wrestling practiced as sport and combat. In one common form of glima, players grip their opponent...
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Glima was featured in the Summer Olympic Games demonstration programme in 1908 and 1912. Mallon, Bill; Heijmans, Jeroen (2011). Historical Dictionary...
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successful takedowns and throws. Grappling is a major part of combat glima and Løse-tak sport glima, and the fight continues on the ground if both combatants end...
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Tadeusz Glimas (17 February 1925 – 13 May 1969) was a Polish footballer. He played in four matches for the Poland national football team from 1950 to 1952...
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Unifight Greece Ancient Greek boxing Greek wrestling Pankration Iceland Glima Italy Italian martial arts Italian school of fencing Ireland Irish martial...
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population is generally quite active. The main traditional sport in Iceland is Glíma, a form of wrestling thought to have originated in medieval times. Popular...
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Chess (2000) Cycle polo (1908) Fire fighting (1900) Gaelic football (1904) Glima (1908, 1912) Gotland sports (1912) Hurling (1904) Indian sports (1936) Kaatsen...
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Sölvi Pétursson, Ari Gunnarsson, Páll Logason and Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð. Glíma is a form of wrestling, thought to have originated with Vikings, that is...
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Sailing (4) Shooting (18) Tennis (8) Tug of war (1) Wrestling (5) Baseball, glima and Gotland sports were unofficial demonstration sports. This was also the...
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wrestling styles practiced nationwide there for much of the 19th century. Glíma, the national sport of Iceland, originating from Norway, and traces its...
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