Bruce Baumgartner

Medal record
Bruce Baumgartner
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
Gold	1984 Los Angeles	Super heavyweight
Gold	1992 Barcelona	Super heavyweight
Silver	1988 Seoul	Super heavyweight
Bronze	1996 Atlanta	Super heavyweight

Bruce Robert Baumgartner (born November 2, 1960, in Haledon, New Jersey) is a retired American amateur wrestler and current Director of Athletics for the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.

Baumgartner is a four-time Olympian and owns four Olympic Medals: two gold, one silver and one bronze. He holds a Bachelors degree in education from Indiana State University in Terre Haute, IN where he competed collegiately for 4 years. During his collegiate career he finished runner-up at Nationals his sophomore and junior years, and was the 1982 National Champion his senior year completing an undefeated season of 44-0. His collegiate record was 134-12 with 73 falls. In 1995, he was presented the James E. Sullivan Award by the Amateur Athletic Union as the outstanding amateur athlete in the U.S. He was sponsored through the New York Athletic Club. Baumgartner attended Manchester Regional High School in Haledon, New Jersey.^[1]

He is noted for his huge dislike of professional wrestling.

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Preceded by Par J. Arvidsson Rowdy Gaines Oliver Luck Kenneth W. Sims Lynette Woodard	NCAA Top Five Award Class of 1983 Bruce Baumgartner John Elway Richard J. Giusto Charles F. Kiraly David R. Rimington	Succeeded by John E. Frank Beth Heiden Terrell L. Hoage Stefan G. Humphries Steve Young