Today's Birthdays

one click shows all of today's celebrity birthdays

Browse All Birthdays

43,625    Actors
27,931    Actresses
4,867    Composers
7,058    Directors
842    Footballers
221    Racing drivers
925    Singers
9,111    Writers

Get FamousLikeMe on your website
One line of code gets FamousLikeMe on your website. Find out more.

Subscribe to Daily updates


Add to Google

privacy policy



Famous Like Me > Actor > G > Rulon Gardner

Profile of Rulon Gardner on Famous Like Me

 
Name: Rulon Gardner  
   
Also Know As:
   
Date of Birth: 16th August 1971
   
Place of Birth: Afton, Wyoming, USA
   
Profession: Actor
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia

Rulon Gardner (born August 16, 1971 in Afton, Wyoming) is an amateur wrestler in the Greco-Roman discipline from the United States. He graduated from the University of Nebraska.

Gardner is perhaps most well known for his defeat of Alexander Karelin in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Karelin had been undefeated for 13 years, and had not given up a point in 6 years, prior to his loss in the gold medal match to Gardner.

After the 2000 Olympics he suffered a series of injuries, including an amputated toe and a dislocated wrist. He was also in a motorcycle accident. Despite his injuries, he won the U.S. Olympic trials for his weight class and competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, he was unable to repeat his 2000 performance, although he did win a bronze medal. After the bronze medal match, he left his shoes on the mat as a traditional symbol of retirement.

Gardner has since begun competing in mixed martial arts and in 2005 he became the host for a professional wrestling league called Real Pro Wrestling.

Aside from his Olympic medals, his achievements include:

  • U.S. Champion, 2001
  • James E. Sullivan Award for amateur athlete of the year, 2001
  • Gold medal, World Wrestling Championships, 2001
  • Jesse Owens Award, 2001
  • United States Olympic Committee Sportsman of the Year, 2001
  • ESPY award for U.S. Male Olympic athlete of the year, 2001
  • Pan American Games champion, 1998
  • U.S. Champion, 1997
  • World Cup Champion, 1996
  • U.S. Champion, 1995

External link

  • Official Website

This content from Wikipedia is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Rulon Gardner