Olympic Champions Wrestling in College

[Southermostwrestlingfan]

Soo I'm watching the Minn match last night because my Roku was nice enuff to record it for me with out being asked.

Curious as hell, How rare is it that Gable is wrestling in college with an Olympic GOLD medal hanging on his wall.
Also to think, it could have very well been possible to have 2 Olympic champs wrestling in NCAA this year if Spencer's body allowed it.

Would love to hear a story from an opponent, that has to be humbling and an honor to wrestle the best in the world, no doubt up against next level stuff.

Any thoughts or stats on Olympic champs on the NCAA mats?

 

[Spicolli]

Amine is a bronze also..crazy

 

[Eastern HWT]

Kyle Snyder also wrestled for Ohio State after winning Olympic Gold in 2016 and J’Den Cox for Missouri won bronze.

here is a USA article about Olympic medals and return to college.

https://www.teamusa.org/usa-wrestling/features/2016/october/04/olympic-medalist-snyder-and-cox-return-to-ncaa-competition

 

[TarpHawk]

Barry Davis. Silver '84, NCAA champ '85.

Ken Chertow. Olympian '88. Never an NCAA champ, 6th @ 118 in '89.

That's the two off the top of my head.

 

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Barry Davis. Silver '84, NCAA champ '85.

Ken Chertow. Olympian '88. Never an NCAA champ, 6th @ 118 in '89.

That's the two off the top of my head.

Randy Lewis made the 1980 Olympics that was boycotted and took 7th at NCAA's the following year when he broke his elbow (74 match win streak halted when he broke his elbow).

John Smith won the Olympics in 1988, I believe his Senior year at Okie State.

 

[wasdt21]

who was japanese wrestler for ok st

 

[Grip220]

Yojiro Uetake

Arguably the best ever, two time Olympic champ and undefeated 3 timer.

 

[Kwoodhawk]

Yojiro Uetake

Arguably the best ever, two time Olympic champ and undefeated 3 timer.

I saw him at NCAA's in Ames many, many years ago. Was the quickest I think I ever saw.

 

[Grip220]

I saw him at NCAA's in Ames many, many years ago. Was the quickest I think I ever saw.

I never saw him wrestle, but what is said by most is he was never really that close to losing a college match then he goes and wins two consecutive gold medals. Crazy

 

[ao_coachphil]

Yojiro Uetake

Arguably the best ever, two time Olympic champ and undefeated 3 timer.

The dude was, (excuse my french) A TOTAL BADASS (can I say that in here). There is quite the argument that he is the greatest wrestler EVER to come out of OSU. I actually believe that to be true!

 

[CurtisLoew40]

Yojiro Uetake

Arguably the best ever, two time Olympic champ and undefeated 3 timer.

How did this happen? And seeing his results how they hell is it not still happening? Most other sport recruits globally.

 

[artradley]

How did this happen? And seeing his results how they hell is it not still happening? Most other sport recruits globally.

9.9

 

[Kwoodhawk]

How did this happen? And seeing his results how they hell is it not still happening? Most other sport recruits globally.

Yojiro Uetake - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Yojiro Uetake Obata

The National Wrestling Hall Of Fame

nwhof.org

"I don't know how good he was," said his collegiate coach, Myron Roderick, "because I never saw him challenged."

 

[artradley]

Yojiro Uetake - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Yojiro Uetake Obata

The National Wrestling Hall Of Fame

nwhof.org

Fwiw, another member of the 1964 Japanese Olympic team moved to the US and opened our family’s favorite Hibachi restaurants, with lots of wrestling photos on the wall in the entrance area.

History | Mt. Fuji Restaurants

www.mtfujirestaurants.com

 

[grapplefann]

I saw him at NCAA's in Ames many, many years ago. Was the quickest I think I ever saw.

One of the smoothest and slickest that I've ever seen as well.

 

[SPOONER]

How did this happen? And seeing his results how they hell is it not still happening? Most other sport recruits globally.

Those are global sports. Folkstyle wrestling is not; it is US only. That's a big reason why international wrestlers competing in college in the USA is on the rare side. It happens, but not a lot.

 

[IAChief32]

How did this happen? And seeing his results how they hell is it not still happening? Most other sport recruits globally.

The Clones have a Russian and a Cuban. The Russian actually wrestled folk in Massachussets though.

 

[slushhead]

The Clones have a Russian and a Cuban. The Russian actually wrestled folk in Massachussets though.

Interesting, didn’t know that. I’m going to look up where, exactly — and will lol if the answer is New Bedford.

EDIT: Not even close — it was Wayland (much more posh than NB).

 

[nearfall2]

I’ve been selling Yojiro Uetake as the GOAT for a long time on this forum. A lot of people don’t understand that Uetake did not dominate in Folkstyle because of his culture. He did enough to win but did not want to embarrass his opponent. That is a hard concept for some Americans. He was never in danger of losing in Folkstyle.