Randy Lewis (wrestler), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Randy Lewis (wrestler)

Olympic wrestler

Date of Birth: 07-Jun-1959

Place of Birth: Rapid City, South Dakota, United States

Profession: amateur wrestler

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Randy Lewis (wrestler)

  • Randall Scott Lewis (born June 7, 1959, in Rapid City, South Dakota) is an American wrestler and Olympic champion.
  • He competed at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, where he won the gold medal in freestyle at featherweight.
  • After winning three high school state titles in South Dakota, he became a four-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion at the University of Iowa.
  • A two-time Olympian, and 1984 Olympic champion in Los Angeles, Lewis was a member of 1980 Olympic team, but President Jimmy Carter's boycott prevented the U.S.
  • team from traveling to the Games in Moscow.
  • Lewis won the gold medal at 136.5 pounds in freestyle wrestling at the 1984 Olympics Games, outscoring his first four opponents 52-4 to advance to the final, where he crushed Japan's Kosei Akaishi 24-11 in 4:52.
  • He was second in the 1988 Olympic trials to John Smith, who wound up winning the gold medal.
  • Lewis was also 1983 Pan American Games champion.

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