Dave Schultz (wrestling)

David Schultz ( born June 6, 1959 in Palo Alto, California, † January 26, 1996 in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania) was an American wrestler.

Career

David Schultz began like most U.S. Ringer his career at the high school. After high school days in Palo Alto, he attended universities in Oklahoma and won here several NCAA Championships. 1977 also began his international success with a win in the Pan American Championships. His first successes he achieved even in the Greco-Roman style, later moving to free style on. His greatest successes were the Olympic gold medal in 1984 in Los Angeles and winning the 1983 World Championship in Kiev. In addition, he still won five more world championship medals. He also denied many strong international tournaments occupied, of which he won some, so 1984 and 1991 in Tbilisi, 1985 in Tokyo, 1983, 1990 and 1991 in Paris and Clermont- Ferrand and at the Goodwill Games in 1986.

The brother of David Schultz, Mark, was also a very successful wrestler and Olympic champion in 1984 in the middleweight ( up to 82 kg body weight).

David Schultz has worked during his time as an active wrestler as coach at Stanford University, the University of Oklahoma and the University of Wisconsin. 1995/96 he was manager of the private wrestling team " Foxcatcher - squad" in Newtown Square, which was sponsored by the multi-millionaire John E. DuPont. This shot dead on 26 January 1996 of a dispute out David Schultz. David Schultz, leaving his wife and two children and was in Ashland, Oregon, buried.

Achievements

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Cup, We = welterweight, then to 74 kg body weight, Mi = middleweight, then to 82 kg body weight, GR = Greco-Roman style, F = Freestyle )

National success

USA - champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1977 and 1982 in light welterweight or,
United States Champion in freestyle: 1981, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994 and 1995 in the welter or middleweight,
NCAA (American University Sports Association) Division I champion all American in 1978, 1981 and 1982

Swell

Weblink

Profile of David Schultz ( wrestler) at the Institute for Applied Training Science

List of Olympic gold medalist in wrestling

Born in 1959
Died in 1996
Man
Olympic champion (wrestling )
Ringer (United States)
Olympian (United States)
World Champion ( Wrestling )

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