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| Full name | Ludwig David Banach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 6, 1960 (age 64) Sussex County, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Port Jervis, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 209 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle and Folkstyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Iowa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | U.S. Army and Hawkeye Wrestling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Dan Gable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ludwig David "Lou" Banach (born February 6, 1960)[1] is an American athlete who won a gold medal in wrestling in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He was noted with his fraternal twin brother Ed Banach for both winning gold medals in freestyle wrestling at the same Olympics.
After earning a master's in business degree at Pennsylvania State University in 1988, Banach has had a career as a banker based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since 2010 he has been a segment leader for Associated Bank of Green Bay.
- ^ "Lou Banach". Sports Reference. 2010. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2010.