Kenny Monday

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 1989 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.

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