Leon Rattigan
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 October 1987 Bristol, England[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Event | Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||
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Leon Gregory Rattigan (born 4 October 1987)[2] is a British former freestyle wrestler who represented the Great Britain national squad.[3]
Biography
Rattigan started freestyle wrestling at the age of ten at the Bristol Olympic Wrestling Club under the late legendary coach Amir Esmaeli.
Rattigan was a five-times winner of the British Wrestling Championships at heavyweight in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013. He was also the English Senior Champion multiple times during his wrestling career.[4][5][6][7]
Rattigan competed in the 96 kg class in the 2009 world championship for Great Britain.[8] 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.[9] During 2011, Rattigan has also won the British Open wrestling championships[10] and the Sassari International Tournament.[11]
In 2013, Rattigan won the British Open wrestling championships[12] and was selected to represent Great Britain at the FILA International Olympia Tournament where he secured a silver medal.[13]
Rattigan was also the head coach in WLWC where he prepared young athletes for upcoming competitions and gave people in the community a chance to enjoy the sport of freestyle wrestling.
References
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ "Team England for Commonwealth Games in Delhi (October 3–14)". sportinglife.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- ^ "Bristol's Rattigan targets 2012". BBC News. 29 October 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ^ "British Seniors action - British Wrestling Association". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ "2011 British Senior Championships - British Wrestling Association". Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ "British Senior Champions 2002 to 2008 - British Wrestling Association". Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ "British Senior Championships – British Wrestling Association". Archived from the original on 7 November 2017.
- ^ "GB wrestlers come fifth at Worlds". BBC News. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
- ^ "Bristol wrestler Leon Rattigan wins bronze at Commonwealth games". Bristol Post. 11 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "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.
- ^ "Sassari International Tournament – British Wrestling Association". Britishwrestling.org. 28 May 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ^ "2013 British Senior Championships – British Wrestling Association". Britishwrestling.org. 16 June 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ^ "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.