1. Bradley Bert Rheingans was born on December 13,1953 and is an American former Greco-Roman wrestler and professional wrestler.
14 Facts About Brad Rheingans
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Brad Rheingans was a member of the United States' Greco-Roman wrestling teams for the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics, as well as winning two gold medals in the 1975 and 1979 Pan American Games and a bronze medal in the 1979 World Wrestling Championships.
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Originally from Appleton, Brad Rheingans was an NCAA Division II champion in 1975 for North Dakota State University and wrestled in the 1976 Olympics, placing fourth.
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Brad Rheingans was later inducted into the Tribune Hall of Fame.
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Brad Rheingans won gold medals in the 1975 and 1979 Pan American Games.
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From 1976 to 1977, Brad Rheingans served as assistant wrestling coach for the University of Minnesota.
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Brad Rheingans went on to serve as a coach for the Minnesota Wrestling Club, where he trained Jeff Blatnick for the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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Brad Rheingans entered professional wrestling in 1980, training under Verne Gagne and Billy Robinson.
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In 1980, Brad Rheingans made an appearance for World Wrestling Federation based in New York where he defeated Pete Doherty.
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Brad Rheingans worked for the AWA again in 1989 where he and Ken Patera formed The Olympians tag team and beat Badd Company for the AWA World Tag Team Championship but were forced to vacate the belts when Patera was kayfabe injured in a strongman contest by The Destruction Crew who subsequently won the vacant title.
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Brad Rheingans worked for AWA until August 1990 when the company went bankrupt.
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Brad Rheingans wrestled occasionally worked for World Championship Wrestling from 1989 to 1990.
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In 1989, Brad Rheingans began touring Japan with New Japan Pro-Wrestling, allying himself with his former trainee Leon White, now known as Big Van Vader, and Buzz Sawyer in battling Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu and Kengo Kimura, but later, he would aid New Japan in their battle against USSR amateur wrestlers such as Salman Hashimikov, Victor Zangiev, Vladimir Berkovich, Timur Zalasov and Wahka Evloev for the remainder of the year.
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Brad Rheingans retired in 1995 after undergoing major reconstructive surgery on both knees.