Achievements He competed at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, where he received a gold medal in freestyle featherweight. After winning three high school state titles in South Dakota, he was a four-time All-American and two-time National Collegiate Athletic Association champion at the University of Iowa. A two-time Olympian, and 1984 Olympic champion in Los Los Angeles At Iowa, he was a four-time All-American and two-time National Collegiate Athletic Association champion. Won gold medal at 136.5 pounds in freestyle wrestling at 1984 Olympics, outscoring his first four opponents 52-4 to advance to the final, where he crushed Japan"s Kosei Akaishi 24-11 in 4:52. He was second in the 1988 Olympic trials to John Smith, who wound up winning a gold medal, and was 1990 Pan Am champion.
Membership Was member of 1980 Olympic team but President Jimmy Carter"s boycott prevented the United States. team from traveling to the Games in Moscow.