Cornish Wrestling
Ancient jacketed wrestling from Cornwall — pin any three points of a four-point score to win.
👥1 per team🌤outdoor
What is Cornish Wrestling?
Cornish wrestling is one of the oldest surviving forms of jacketed wrestling in the world. Wrestlers wear thick canvas jackets and try to throw the opponent so that both shoulders and a hip touch the ground simultaneously (a "back"), earning three points. Bouts are scored by judges called "sticklers".
Quick facts
Category
Combat Sports
Type
Individual
Players
1 per team
Where played
outdoor
Country of origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Estimated origin
Medieval Cornwall; earliest records ~13th century
Olympic
No
Popularity
niche
Sources & provenance
Last verified 2026-08-20.verified