Jake Varner
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| Full name | Jacob Stephen Varner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 24, 1986 Bakersfield, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 212 lb (96 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Iowa State Cyclones | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nittany Lion Wrestling Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Cael Sanderson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jacob Stephen "Jake" Varner (born March 24, 1986) is a male wrestler from the United States. He won the gold medal in the 96 kg category at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3]
Varner wrestled for the Iowa State University Cyclones. He is a four-time NCAA Division I finalist and two-time NCAA Division I champion (junior and senior). He is also a two-time California State wrestling champion for Bakersfield High School in Bakersfield, California, where his uncle Andy is the head coach and his father, Steve, is an assistant.
He has been an assistant wrestling coach at Penn State since 2016.[4]
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References[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jake Varner. |
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jake Varner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2013-02-07.
- ^ "Jacob Stephen Varner Profile London Olympics 2012". August 13, 2012. Archived from the original on August 22, 2012.
- ^ "American Jacob Varner takes 96kg freestyle wrestling gold". BBC. August 13, 2012.
- ^ https://gopsusports.com/sports/wrestling/roster/coaches/jake-varner/673.
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bakersfield, California
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- Iowa State Cyclones wrestlers
- Wrestlers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in wrestling
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- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
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