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| Full name | Cary Joseph Kolat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 19, 1973 (age 51) Rices Landing, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle and Folkstyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Lock Haven Penn State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dave Schultz Wrestling Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cary Joseph Kolat (born May 19, 1973)[1] is an American wrestler and wrestling coach who earned two NCAA championships in 1996 and 1997 for Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania and was a member of the United States Men's Freestyle Wrestling Team from 1997–2001. During that time he won silver and bronze medals at the 1997 Krasnoyarsk and 1998 Tehran FILA Wrestling World Championships, as well as competing for the United States in freestyle wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2017, Kolat was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.[2] Kolat is currently the head wrestling coach at United States Naval Academy.[3]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cary Kolat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
- ^ Cary Kolat. National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
- ^ "Cary Kolat - Wrestling Coach - Naval Academy Athletics". Navy Athletics. Retrieved March 12, 2021.