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The history of arm wrestling can be traced back to ancient Egypt, as numerous wall paintings in Egyptian caves depicted the origin of arm wrestling around 2000 BC years ago. The modern sport of arm wrestling is based on a Native American game.
The sport was prevalent in the middle age among children, as well as teenagers. It was a regular sport for high school and college student. A journalist, Bill Soberanes founded the sport of arm wrestling in the year of 1952 at the Gilardi's Saloon in Petaluma, California.
Soon, the tournaments were hosted on even bigger platforms and auditoriums of Petaluma. It was later renamed as the World Wristwrestling Championship because of its immense publicity and public demand. The championship was also telecasted on televised on the ABC's Wide World of Sports in 1969 and became an annual event on the program for the next 16 years.
In the later years, the World Armsport Federation (WAF) was founded with the United States, Canada, Brazil, and India as the first four members. It's the universally recognized global governing body of professional arm wrestling, which comprises of 80 member countries.
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