Randall Scott Lewis (born June 7, 1959) is an American wrestler and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, where he won the gold medal in freestyle wrestling in the featherweight class.[1][2] In 1998, Lewis was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.[3]
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| Full name | Randall Scott Lewis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 7, 1959 (age 65) Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle Folkstyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Iowa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hawkeye Wrestling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Dan Gable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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High School career
editLewis won three high school state wrestling titles in South Dakota. At one point in his high school career, Lewis held the national consecutive pin record, with 45 straight. He later won the Junior World (20 years old and younger) Freestyle Championship.
College and Senior level career
editIn college, Lewis became a four-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion at the University of Iowa. He was a two-time Olympian, in both 1980 and 1984. President Jimmy Carter's boycott prevented the U.S. team from traveling to the 1980 Olympic Games held in Moscow, Russia.
At the 1984 Olympic Games, Lewis won the gold medal at the 62 kg weight division in freestyle wrestling, outscoring his first four opponents 52-4 to advance to the final, where he defeated Japan's Kosei Akaishi 24-11 in 4:52. He was second in the 1988 U.S. Olympic trials to John Smith, losing out in a best of three series. Smith went on to capture Olympic gold in both the 1988 and 1992 Games.
References
edit- ^ "1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Wrestling". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on August 27, 2008. Retrieved April 29, 2008.
- ^ "Wrestling – Olympic Games – Men: Freestyle -62 kg". sports123.com. Retrieved April 29, 2008.
- ^ Randy Lewis. National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
External links
edit- Randy Lewis at the International Wrestling Database
- Randy Lewis at Olympedia
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