James Martinez (wrestler)
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Olympic Games
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1984 Los Angeles | 68 kg |
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1985 Kolbotn | 68 kg |
James Martinez (born 1958) is an American wrestler. He was born in Osseo, Minnesota. He was the Olympic bronze medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1984.[1] He also won a bronze medal in the 1985 World Championships.
Jim wrestled for the University of Minnesota, where he was a Big Ten Champion and NCAA Division I All-American.
He is currently the wrestling coach at Chandler MMA Wrestling Club in Arizona
References[]
- ^ "Jim Martinez". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
External links[]
- James Martinez at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Minnesota
- Wrestlers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- American male sport wrestlers
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in wrestling
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- People from Osseo, Minnesota
- Minnesota Golden Gophers wrestlers
- Pan American Games medalists in wrestling
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
- Wrestlers at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Wrestlers at the 1987 Pan American Games
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- American Olympic medalist stubs
- American sport wrestler stubs