Mark Schultz in The News
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Mormons at past Olympics (1984 - 1996) |
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Oklahoma Wrestling History |
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Olympics a direct pipeline to MMA Mark Schultz : The 1984 Olympic wrestling gold medalist was in Detroit on May 17, 1996, for a UFC show, when a medical exam the day before the show revealed fighter Dave Beneteau had been concealing a broken hand. Schultz, who had studied jiu-jitsu after being submitted in a gym encounter with Rickson Gracie a few years earlier, stepped in for Beneteau and decisioned Gary Goodridge. UFC had high hopes for him, but the UFC’s image in those days was so bad that Brigham Young University, where he was coaching wrestling, told him he’d be fired if he fought again. |
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Sports Reference - Mark Schultz Biography and Statistics |
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Top 10: Schultz Brothers Top List of Sibling Wrestlers Dave Schultz overcame obesity as a youth to become one of the greatest wrestlers in U.S. history. During his senior year in high school, Schultz won a state title and also defeated two-time NCAA champion Chuck Yagla to win the Great Plains Championship. Schultz also competed for the U.S. International team in Soviet Georgia and earned a silver medal – the highest placing of any American wrestler. According to Wikipedia, Schultz’s senior season is considered by experts as the greatest senior season in U.S. high school wrestling history. In college, he was a three-time NCAA All-American. He went on to win seven World or Olympic medals (including a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics). Brother Mark did not wrestle until his senior year in high school but he still managed to win a state title. Mark also is a three-time NCAA champion and a two-time World Champion with a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics. Mark and Dave are the only two brothers to ever win both an Olympic and World gold medal. |