Chris Taylor (wrestler)

Christopher J. " Chris " Taylor ( born June 13, 1950 in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, † June 30, 1979 in Story City, Story County, Iowa) was an American wrestler.

Life

The 1.96 m wide Taylor started for Iowa State University, for which he got the NCAA heavyweight championship in 1972 against Greg Wojciechowski. He won the bronze medal in the super heavyweight ( freestyle) at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. With a weight of about 200 kg Chris Taylor is considered one of the heaviest Olympian ever.

Of the Games in 1972 his fight in the Greco-Roman style against Wilfried Dietrich remained in memory, he lost to by a spectacular union; in freestyle he had previously defeated Dietrich. Taylor, who has finally weighed approximately 230 kg died, already at age 29 of a heart attack.