Dave Schultz (wrestler), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dave Schultz (wrestler)

American wrestler and murder victim

Date of Birth: 06-Jun-1959

Place of Birth: Palo Alto, California, United States

Date of Death: 26-Jan-1996

Profession: amateur wrestler

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

David Leslie Schultz (June 6, 1959 – January 26, 1996) was an American Olympic and world champion freestyle wrestler, a seven-time World and Olympic medalist.
He coached individuals and teams at the college level and also privately.
He was murdered by John Eleuthère du Pont, a millionaire philanthropist who sponsored the private Foxcatcher wrestling team at an amateur sports center, known as Foxcatcher Farm, he set up on his estate in Pennsylvania. Dave and his brother Mark Schultz, also a wrestler, were noted for both winning gold at the same Olympics (1984).
The Schultzes were one of three sets of brothers (the others are Buvaisar and Adam Saitiev, and Anatoli and Sergei Beloglazov), to win both World and Olympic championships.
The Schultz brothers won more NCAA, U.S.
Open, World, and Olympic titles than any other American brother combination in history.