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Originally Posted by Palma Wrestler
1. Aleksandr Karelin (three golds and one silver medal in the Olympicsfor Greco)
2. Makharbek Khadartsev (two golds and one silver medal in the olympicls for freestyle)
3. Sergey Beloglazov (two time gold Medalist and 6 time world champ for Freestyle)
4. John Smith ( two time gold medalist and four time world champ for Freestyle)
5. Vincenzo Maenza (two time Gold and one time silver medalist for Greco)
6. Ivan Yargin (Two Golds in Freestyle)
7. Buvaysa Saytiev (two golds in Freestyle)
8. Arsen Fadzayev (Two Golds in Freestyle)
9. Jon Rønningen (Two Golds in Greco)
10. Hamza Yerlikaya (Two Golds in Greco)
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You forgot someone rather important...Oh yea could probably be like # 1
And he is actually from the good ole' USA
Bruce Baumgartner:
1980
*NCAA Division I runner-up, heavyweight, as a sophomore (Corvallis, OR)
*Midlands Tournament Champion (Chicago, IL)
*Olympic Team Alternate
*National Freestyle Champion
1981
*NCAA Division I runner-up, heavyweight, as a junior (Princeton, NJ)
*World University Champion (Romania)
*Midlands Tournament Champion (Chicago, IL)
*National Freestyle Champion
1982
*NCAA Division I national champion, heavyweight, as a senior (Ames, IA)
*Concluded collegiate career with a 134-12 record, 73 pins.
*World team member for first time, 1982
*Midlands Tournament Champion (Chicago, IL)
*National Freestyle Champion
1983
*World Championships, bronze (Kiev, USSR)
*World Cup Championships, silver (Toledo, OH)
*Tiblisi Tournament, silver (USSR)
*Pan-American Games, silver (Venezuela)
*Sports Festival Champion (Colorado Springs, CO)
*Midlands Tournament Champion (Chicago, IL)
*National Freestyle Champion
1984
*Olympic Gold Medalist (Los Angeles)
*World Cup Champion (Toledo, OH)
*Tiblisi Tournament, gold, undefeated (USSR)
*AAU National Champion
*Midlands Tournament Champion (Chicago, IL)
*National Freestyle Champion
1985
*World Cup Champion (Toledo, OH)
*World Super Championships, gold (Tokyo, Japan)
*World Championships, bronze (Budapest, Hungary)
*Tiblisi Tournament, silver (USSR)
*Sports Festival Champion (Baton Rouge, LA)
*Midlands Tournament Champion (Chicago, IL)
*National Freestyle Champion
1986
*World Champion (Budapest, Hungary)
*Goodwill Games, gold (Moscow, USSR)
*World Cup Champion (Toledo, OH)
*Sports Festival Champion (Chapel Hill, NC)
*Midlands Tournament Champion (Chicago, IL)
*National Freestyle Champion
1987
*World Championships, bronze (Claremont-Ferrand, France)
*Pan-American Games, gold (Indianapolis, IN)
*Midlands Tournament Champion (Chicago, IL)
*National Freestyle Champion
1988
*Olympic Silver Medalist (Seoul, South Korea)
*World Cup Champion, silver (Toledo, OH)
*Pan-American Champion, (Colorado Springs, CO)
*National Freestyle Champion
1989
*World Cup Championships, gold (Toledo, OH)
*Pan-American Champion (Colorado Springs, CO)
*World Championships, silver (Switzerland)
*World Wrestling Grand Championships Champion (Pittsburgh, PA)
*National Freestyle Champion
1990
*World Cup Champion (Toledo, OH)
*National Freestyle Champion
*Goodwill Games, silver (Seattle, WA)
*World Championship, silver (Tokyo, Japan)
*National Freestyle Champion
*Grand Masters Champion (Pittsburgh, PA)
1991
*Pan-American Games, gold (Cuba)
*World Cup Champion (Toledo, OH)
*National Freestyle Champion
1992
*Olympic Gold Medalist (Barcelona, Spain)
*Undefeated, outscored opponents 35-1
*First United States wrestler to win three Olympic medals
*US Grand Prix Champion (Columbus, OH)
*National Freestyle Champion
1993
*World Champion (Toronto, Canada)
*US Grand Prix Champion (Jersey City, NJ)
*National Freestyle Champion
*World Cup, silver (Chattanooga, TN)
1994
*World Cup Champion (Edmonton, Canada)
*National Freestyle Champion
*Goodwill Games, bronze (St. Petersburg, Russia)
*World Championships, silver (Istanbul, Turkey)
1995
*World Champion (Atlanta, GA)
*Pan-American Games, Gold (Argentina)
*World Cup, Silver (Chattanooga, TN)
*National Freestyle Champion
*James E. Sullivan Award Winner
1996
*Olympic Bronze Medalist (Atlanta, GA)
*U.S. Olympic Flag bearer
*National Freestyle Champion
In a nutshell, four-time Olympian and owns four Olympic Medals: two gold, one silver and one bronze.