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thumb Paul Pons (1864–1915), stage name ''le Colosse'', was a French wrestler. He won the first title as world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1898 (as opposed to the first Olympic victory, won two years earlier by Carl Schuhmann) Born in Sorgues, he won the first world championship in wrestling, organized by ''Le Journal des Sports'', by beating Russian competitor Wladislaus Pytlasinski.〔(Paul Pons, premier champion du monde )〕 His fame allowed him to open a gym in Paris offering wrestling classes. His most famous student was Belgian wrestler, Constant Lavaux (stage name ''Constant le Boucher'').〔(Histoire de la lutte belge )〕 The championship passed to Bulgarian Nikola Petroff in 1900, when he defeated Pons at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. Pons was considered one of the best wrestlers of all time during his lifetime. He published his memoirs in the sports magazine ''La Vie au grand air'' in 1907. He continued competing until 1909, when he, now aged 44, was defeated by Giovanni Raicevich in Milan. Pons published a book on the history of wrestling in 1912.〔''La lutte. Histoire de la lutte. Manuel complet'', Pierre Lafitte, Paris, 1912, including 48 photographs and 55 drawings. (La Lutte, par Paul Pons )〕 He was included in the French ''gloires du sport'' (hall of fame of French sports) in 2003.〔(XIe promotion des gloires du sport français, 2003 ).〕 ==References== * Monique Berlioux, Serge Laget et Eric Lahmy, ''Gloires du sport'', Paris-Biarritz, Atlantica, 2009 . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Pons」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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