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Dan Gable
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Head Wrestling Coach at the University of Iowa (1977-1997).
Coached Iowa to 15 NCAA National Wrestling (nine in a row from 1978-1986) Championships and 21 Big 10 Wrestling titles.
Won three Iowa High School State Wrestling titles.
Graduated from Waterloo (Ia.) West High School.
Won two NCAA Wrestling championships at Iowa State University.
Had a combined high school and collegiate record of 182-1 and 299-6-3 overall record including national and international matches.
Won Olympic Lightweight Gold Medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In six matches, he did not surrender a point.
Trained for the Olympics for three years, working out for seven hours a day, seven days a week.
Member of the Olympic Hall of Fame.
Soviet Union launched a nationwide search for a wrestler who could be Gable, after he beat several of its top grapplers.
Had two hip replacement surgeries.
Inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1980.
Inducted into the Iowa State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1997 (inaugural class).
Inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.
[7 December 2020] Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President
Donald Trump
at a ceremony in the Oval Office.
Inducted into the United World Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2012 in the Legends category.
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