- Mark Schultz (wrestler)
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Mark Philip Schultz Born October 26, 1960 Nationality American Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight 203 lb (92 kg; 14.5 st) Style Wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Fighting out of Lindon, Utah Rank NCAA Division I Wrestler Mixed martial arts record Total 1 Wins 1 By knockout 1 Losses 0 Olympic medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Gold 1984 Los Angeles – 82 kg World Championships Gold 1985 Budapest – 82 kg Gold 1987 Clermont-Ferrand – 82 kg Mark Philip Schultz (born 1960) is an Olympic and 2-time World champion freestyle wrestler and a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.[1]
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Biography
He is the brother of the late Dave Schultz, who also won a Freestyle Wrestling Gold Medal at the 1984 Olympics. The Schultz brothers are the first brothers in U.S. history to win Olympic titles in the same Olympics and are the only brothers in U.S. history to win Olympic and World titles. Between them, the Schultz brothers won more NCAA, World, and Olympic titles than any American brother combination in history.
Mark Schultz attended Palo Alto High, coached by Ed Hart. He only started wrestling his junior year in high school and ended that year with a 4-6 record. The next year he didn't win any tournaments until the state qualifying meets where he won the league, region, section, and the state. [2]
Mark went to UCLA his freshman year and went 18-8. He transferred to Oklahoma University, redshirted, and spent the next 3 years from 1981 through 1983 winning 3 NCAA Championships. Mark was named the NCAA Outstanding Wrestler his junior year for defeating everyone in his weight class which included NCAA Champion Matt Reiss and 2-time NCAA Champion Ed Banach. Schultz was the NCAA Champion his sophomore year at 167 lbs but moved up a weight to challenge Banach. Schultz defeated him 16-8. The next year Schultz went undefeated and set the Oklahoma University record for most victories without a loss in a single season. In 1984 Mark and Dave Schultz both won Olympic Gold. Dave Schultz is the only 1984 Olympic Champion to win the 1983 World Championships and Mark is the only 1984 Olympic Champion to win the 1985 World Championships. Mark became the first Olympic Champion to add 2 additional World Titles in 1987 tying the U.S. record for World Golds with Lee Kemp. In 1996 after 8 years in retirement Mark made a comeback and competed in UFC 9 and won.
Mixed Martial Arts
Schultz competed in UFC 9 in 1996, facing off against the Canadian Gary Goodridge, winning by technical knockout due to Gary sustaining a bad cut. Schultz retired from competition following UFC 9 with a 1-0-0 (W-L-T) record.
As well as being a wrestler, he has trained Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with Rickson Gracie. He trained under Pedro Sauer for 4 years in BJJ.
Accomplishments
- Ultimate Fighting Champion in UFC IX
- 1984 Olympic Champion
- 1985, 87 World Champion
- 1981, 82, 83 NCAA Champion
- 1984, 85, 86, 87 National Open Freestyle Champion
- 1987 Pan American Games Champion
- 1982 World Cup Champion
- 1983, 85, 87 National Sports Festival Champion
- 1978 California High School State Champion
- 1976 Northern California Age (14-15) Gymnastic Champion
- 1982 Unanimously voted "Outstanding Wrestler" at the NCAA Championship
- 1987 USA Wrestling Athlete of the Year
- 1987 Sullivan Award Nominee
- 1987 Olympic Magazine Sportsman of the Year
- 1985 Wrestling Masters Magazine "International Wrestler of the Year"
- 1983 Captain of the University of Oklahoma wrestling team
- 1983 Set the University of Oklahoma record for most victories in a single season without a loss
- 1995 Inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame
- 2000 Inducted into the California Wrestling Hall of Fame.
- 2010 Inducted into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame with his brother Dave Schultz.
References
External links
Paly Green. Olympic Gold. Fade to Black.
Categories:- 1960 births
- Living people
- American mixed martial artists
- American sport wrestlers
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic wrestlers of the United States
- Palo Alto High School alumni
- Wrestlers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- American sport wrestler stubs
- American Olympic medalist stubs
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