WWE touts signing of three Olympians
WWE is touting the arrival of three new Performance Center recruits.
Olympians Aaron Fara, Shady Elnahas, and Francois Prinsloo have now joined the WWE Performance Center after being offered developmental contracts by the company in 2024. They were signed after taking part in a WWE tryout that featured 17 Olympic athletes. Fara and Elnahas have a background in judo, while Prinsloo is a track and field athlete.
Fara and Elnahas are both 27 years old. Fara is from Austria, while Elnahas was born in Egypt before moving to Canada.
The 23-year-old Prinsloo is from South Africa and later competed in track and field at the University of South Alabama.
WWE.com wrote about the three new additions:
Aaron Fara
Hailing from Austria, the same country as ‘The Ring General’ Gunther, Aaron Fara is a globally renowned star in the world of judo. A former world champion, Fara won the gold medal at the 2023 IJF Grand Slam and represented his country at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Shady Elnahas
A former gold medal winner at the IJF Grand Prix, IJF Grand Slam, Commonwealth Games, Pan American Championships and Pan American Games in judo, Shady Elnahas was born in Egypt before immigrating to Canada at a young age. A two-time Olympian, Elnahas has had an astonishing 12 Grand Slam medals throughout his career.
Francois Prinsloo
From Worcester, South Africa, and then the University of South Alabama, Francois Prinsloo is a decorated track and field star with a background in the discus throw. Prinsloo won the Division I title in discus with a throw of 63.51 meters before competing at the 2024 Olympics later that same year.
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