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| Full name | Rulon Ellis Gardner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 16, 1971 Afton, Wyoming, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 130 kg (287 lb) 120 kg (265 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Nebraska | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Robert Christensen Anatoly Petrosyan Steve Fraser | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rulon Ellis Gardner (born August 16, 1971) is an American retired Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Olympic Games, defeating Russia's three-time reigning Olympic gold medalist Aleksandr Karelin in the final;[2] Karelin was previously unbeaten for 13 years in international competition. Gardner won a bronze medal at the 2004 Games.[1] In 2010, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.[3]
- ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rulon Gardner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- ^ Niesen, Joan (November 18, 2020). "Rulon Gardner and the lonely afterglow of Olympic gold". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
- ^ Rulon Gardner. nwhof.org. Retrieved March 28, 2023.