Kendall Cross
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| Full name | Kendall Duane Cross | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 24, 1968(age56) Hardin, Montana,U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Mustang, Oklahoma,U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | FreestyleandFolkstyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Oklahoma State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kendall Duane Cross(born February 24, 1968) is an Americanfreestyle wrestler,wrestling coach andOlympicgold medalist. He won the gold medal at the1996 Summer Olympicsin Atlanta, Georgia, where he wrestled in the 57 kilogram (125.5 pounds) weight class. He defeatedGuivi SissaouriofCanada5–3 in the final match.[1]Cross also competed at the1992 Summer Olympicswhere he placed sixth. He had defeated the eventual winner and the two-time world championAlejandro Puertoof Cuba in a previous tournament but lost 10–6 in round six of the elimination rounds.[2]
Early career
[edit]In high school, Cross wrestled forMustang High SchoolinMustang, Oklahomawhere he won a state title. He wrestled collegiately forOklahoma State Universitywhere he was a three time All-American and won the NCAA Championship in 1989.[3]Kendall graduated fromOSUwith a major in political science and economics.[4]
Highlight achievements
[edit]- Distinguished Member of theNational Wrestling Hall of Fame,inducted 2002[5]
- Three time US National Champion
- Outstanding Freestyle Wrestler at the U. S. Nationals, 1992 and 1995
- 1997 USA Wrestling Athlete of the Year[6]
- 1992 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin Tournament Champion (he defeated the strong world wrestlerBagavdin Umakhanov)[7][8]
- Espoir National and Espoir World Cup Champion, 1988
- Bronze medal at Junior World Championships, 1986
- World Cup Champion, 1997
- Olympic Champion, 1996
Coaching
[edit]After college he served as an assistant coach atUniversity of North Carolina Chapel Hillin Chapel Hill, NC while training for the Olympics. He also served as a coach for the Sunkist Kids and the Dave Schultz Wrestling Clubs. Kendall went on to become an assistant coach atHarvard Universityand worked atMerrill LynchinBoston.While inBoston,he founded the Kendall Cross Gold Medal Wrestling Club, which developed young athletes. Then after moving to Dallas, helped coach at Dallas Dynamite, with other OlympiansBrandon SlayandJamill Kelly.In addition to helping coach at Dallas Dynamite, he also coaches at Trinity Christian Academy.
Family
[edit]Kendall has two children, Kennedy and London Cross, and currently resides inNew York City.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Americans Angle, Cross Capture Wrestling Golds".The Washington Post.August 13, 2000.RetrievedJuly 5,2008.
- ^"Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤57 kilograms), Men".Sports Reference.RetrievedMarch 21,2024.
- ^"Kendall Cross Home Page".Archived fromthe originalon May 24, 2010.RetrievedJuly 5,2008.
- ^"Kendall Cross".Archived fromthe originalon October 3, 2009.RetrievedJuly 6,2008.
- ^"National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum".Archived fromthe originalon July 28, 2003.RetrievedSeptember 23,2006.
- ^"Kendall Cross's Bio: Olympic Champion".
- ^All about freestyle wrestling(in Russian). Vladikavkaz: Project-Press. 1997. p. 190.
- ^Museum of Ivan Yarygin. Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin.
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- Harvard Crimson coaches
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in wrestling
- Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- American male sport wrestlers
- People from Hardin, Montana
- People from Mustang, Oklahoma
- Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestlers
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Oklahoma sport stubs