1. Bruce Baumgartner is the current assistant vice president for university advancement and former athletic director at the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania near Erie, Pennsylvania and current President of USA Wrestling.
12 Facts About Bruce Baumgartner
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Between 1983 and 1996, Bruce Baumgartner won 13 World or Olympic medals, the most World and Olympic medals among American wrestlers.
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Bruce Baumgartner is one of the most accomplished American wrestlers of all time, winning 4 Olympic medals, 9 World Championship medals and 4 Pan-American medals ; he has won 12 World Cup medals, an NCAA title, 4 Olympic Festival titles, 2 AAU National titles and a Junior National title.
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Bruce Baumgartner is a four-time Olympian and owns four Olympic Medals: two gold, one silver and one bronze.
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Bruce Baumgartner holds a Bachelor's degree in education from Indiana State University in Terre Haute, IN where he competed collegiately for 4 years.
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Bruce Baumgartner frequently worked out alongside Kurt Thomas, an Olympic Gymnast.
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Bruce Baumgartner attended Manchester Regional High School in Haledon, New Jersey.
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Bruce Baumgartner ranked as one of the top super-heavyweight freestyle wrestlers for more than a decade.
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Bruce Baumgartner confirmed his status with the Communist Bloc wrestlers by winning in 1986, clinching his first of his three world titles.
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In 1998, Bruce Baumgartner was inducted into the Indiana State University Athletic Hall of Fame; in 2003, the Missouri Valley Conference named him an 'Institutional Great' and inducted him into the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame.
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In 2008, Bruce Baumgartner was inducted into the US Olympic Hall of Fame.
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Bruce Baumgartner was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member in 2002 and the International Wrestling Federation Hall of Fame in 2003.