Cali

Santiago de Cali, simply referred to as Cali, is a city in western Colombia and the capital of the Valle del Cauca Department. With a population of 2.5 million, Cali is the third largest city in the country. The principal urban, cultural, and economic site in southwestern Colombia, Cali has one of the fastest growing economies in the country due to its geographic location.

Cali is located on the Cauca Valley to the west of the Cauca River and to the east of the Western Mountain Range near the hills known as Farallones de Cali. The city rests approximately 1,000 meters (3,280 ft.) above sea level and its topography is fairly flat. Approximately 100 km west of Cali and over the Western Cordillera, lies the port city of Buenaventura on the Colombian Pacific coast; to the northeast are the industrial town of Yumbo and the city of Palmira, where Cali's international airport, the Alfonso Bonilla Aragón (CLO), is located in Palmira, Colombia. It is Colombia's third largest airport in terms of passengers, transporting 2,667,526 in 2009.

Wrestling in Cali, Valle del Cauca
In Cali, the national Wrestling Federation "Federacion Colombiana de lucha Olimpica" was founded in 1967. The first president Jaime Zapata specifically promoted wrestling in "Valle". In neighbour citys of Cali such as Buga and Palmira there are also wrestling clubs. Until 2005 Cali was the Headquarter of the National Wrestling Association.
Cali benefited from the fact that the very good Japanese coach Norio Okada worked some years.
Cali hosted the Junior and Verteran World Cup in wrestling in 1992.
In female wrestling, Cali can prensent two world class athletes with the 5th World champion in 2011, Carolina Hidalgo and Jackeline Renteria (2 olympic Bronze medals).
Provicial asociacion: Liga de Lucha vallecaucana

Clubs und Places to wrestle in Cali:

Coliseo el Pueblo
Batallon Pichincha
Coliseo Mariano Ramos
University del Valle -Univalle
Colegio San Gabriel Fundencia