Kenny Monday
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| Gold | 1988 Seoul | Welterweight | |
| Silver | 1992 Barcelona | Welterweight | |
Kenny Dale Monday (born November 25, 1961 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an Olympic gold medalist and three-time All-American wrestler from Oklahoma State University. He began wrestling at age six at a YMCA after-school program and grew up idolizing Olympic wrestler Wayne Wells. He is a 3X Olympian.
Monday attended Booker T. Washington High School, where he wrestled for legendary Coach Ernie Jones, and won four state titles and the 1977 Junior National championship. He never lost a dual from seventh grade through the end of high school and finished with a record of 140-0-1.
As an All-American at OSU, Monday won the NCAA title in 1984 at 150 pounds. His collegiate record of 121-12-2 contributed to the Cowboys winning two Big Eight titles. He won the 1983 World Championship and a series of USA Freestyle championships in 1985, 1988, 1991, and 1996. He won the Olympic Championship in 1988 in a 2-2 overtime against the Soviet Union's Adlan Varaev.
Monday was a silver medalist in the 1992 Olympics and placed sixth in the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. He is a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Monday resides in Garland, Texas with his wife and three children.
In 2007, mixed martial arts (MMA) champion Randy Couture was asked to give his opinon of the top five wrestlers who also fought in MMA bouts. His list, in order: (1) Kenny Monday (2) Kevin Jackson (3) Rulon Gardner (4) Matt Lindland (5) Dan Henderson. RealFighter Issue 15, 2007.
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