Douglas Blubaugh

Medal record
Men's wrestling
Competitor for the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold	1960 Rome	Freestyle, welterweight

Douglas Morlan Blubaugh (December 31, 1934 – May 16, 2011) , was an American wrestler and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where he received a gold medal in freestyle welterweight, defeating the five-time world champion Emam-Ali Habibi.^[1]

Blubaugh, born in Ponca City, Oklahoma, was a two-time AAU Champion at Oklahoma State University before he made the 1960 Olympic team. While a student at OSU, Blubaugh was initiated as a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity; in January 2011, he was inducted into the TKE Oklahoma Hall of Fame.^{[citation needed]}

For his efforts in Rome, Blubaugh was named the World’s Outstanding Wrestler in 1960.^{[citation needed]} Blubuagh later became wrestling coach at Indiana University,^[1] and his son followed him as a top high school wrestler.

He resided in Tonkawa, Oklahoma until his death in an accident while riding his motorcycle.^[1]

Blubaugh continued to be an ambassador for the sport of wrestling until his death on May 16, 2011 at the age of 76.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Klingman, Kyle (May 17, 2011). "FLASH: Olympic Champion Doug Blubaugh passes away at 76". themat.com. USA Wrestling. http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=23600. Retrieved May 18, 2011. 

Persondata
Name	Blubaugh, Douglas
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	December 31, 1934
Place of birth	Ponca City, OK
Date of death	May 16, 2011
Place of death	Tonkawa, OK