Tom Petryshen
Canadian wrestler
Thomas Anthony Petryshen (born January 3, 1969, in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a former Olympic wrestler from Canada. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he finished ninth in the men's freestyle 48 kg event. He began his grappling career as a thirteen-year-old in Surrey, British Columbia, and went on to wrestle for Simon Fraser University and represent Canada at the international level.
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