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Originally Posted by The Natural994 You forgot someone rather important...Oh yea could probably be like # 1
And he is actually from the good ole' USA
Bruce Baumgartner:
1980
*NCAA Division I runner-up, heavyweight, as a sophomore (Corvallis, OR)
*Midlands Tournament Champion (Chicago, IL)
*Olympic Team Alternate
*National Freestyle Champion
1981
*NCAA Division I runner-up, heavyweight, as a junior (Princeton, NJ)
*World University Champion (Romania)
*Midlands Tournament Champion (Chicago, IL)
*National Freestyle Champion
1982
*NCAA Division I national champion, heavyweight, as a senior (Ames, IA)
*Concluded collegiate career with a 134-12 record, 73 pins.
*World team member for first time, 1982
*Midlands Tournament Champion (Chicago, IL)
*National Freestyle Champion
1983
*World Championships, bronze (Kiev, USSR)
*World Cup Championships, silver (Toledo, OH)
*Tiblisi Tournament, silver (USSR)
*Pan-American Games, silver (Venezuela)
*Sports Festival Champion (Colorado Springs, CO)
*Midlands Tournament Champion (Chicago, IL)
*National Freestyle Champion
1984
*Olympic Gold Medalist (Los Angeles)
*World Cup Champion (Toledo, OH)
*Tiblisi Tournament, gold, undefeated (USSR)
*AAU National Champion
*Midlands Tournament Champion (Chicago, IL)
*National Freestyle Champion
1985
*World Cup Champion (Toledo, OH)
*World Super Championships, gold (Tokyo, Japan)
*World Championships, bronze (Budapest, Hungary)
*Tiblisi Tournament, silver (USSR)
*Sports Festival Champion (Baton Rouge, LA)
*Midlands Tournament Champion (Chicago, IL)
*National Freestyle Champion
1986
*World Champion (Budapest, Hungary)
*Goodwill Games, gold (Moscow, USSR)
*World Cup Champion (Toledo, OH)
*Sports Festival Champion (Chapel Hill, NC)
*Midlands Tournament Champion (Chicago, IL)
*National Freestyle Champion
1987
*World Championships, bronze (Claremont-Ferrand, France)
*Pan-American Games, gold (Indianapolis, IN)
*Midlands Tournament Champion (Chicago, IL)
*National Freestyle Champion
1988
*Olympic Silver Medalist (Seoul, South Korea)
*World Cup Champion, silver (Toledo, OH)
*Pan-American Champion, (Colorado Springs, CO)
*National Freestyle Champion
1989
*World Cup Championships, gold (Toledo, OH)
*Pan-American Champion (Colorado Springs, CO)
*World Championships, silver (Switzerland)
*World Wrestling Grand Championships Champion (Pittsburgh, PA)
*National Freestyle Champion
1990
*World Cup Champion (Toledo, OH)
*National Freestyle Champion
*Goodwill Games, silver (Seattle, WA)
*World Championship, silver (Tokyo, Japan)
*National Freestyle Champion
*Grand Masters Champion (Pittsburgh, PA)
1991
*Pan-American Games, gold (Cuba)
*World Cup Champion (Toledo, OH)
*National Freestyle Champion
1992
*Olympic Gold Medalist (Barcelona, Spain)
*Undefeated, outscored opponents 35-1
*First United States wrestler to win three Olympic medals
*US Grand Prix Champion (Columbus, OH)
*National Freestyle Champion
1993
*World Champion (Toronto, Canada)
*US Grand Prix Champion (Jersey City, NJ)
*National Freestyle Champion
*World Cup, silver (Chattanooga, TN)
1994
*World Cup Champion (Edmonton, Canada)
*National Freestyle Champion
*Goodwill Games, bronze (St. Petersburg, Russia)
*World Championships, silver (Istanbul, Turkey)
1995
*World Champion (Atlanta, GA)
*Pan-American Games, Gold (Argentina)
*World Cup, Silver (Chattanooga, TN)
*National Freestyle Champion
*James E. Sullivan Award Winner
1996
*Olympic Bronze Medalist (Atlanta, GA)
*U.S. Olympic Flag bearer
*National Freestyle Champion
In a nutshell, four-time Olympian and owns four Olympic Medals: two gold, one silver and one bronze. |