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| Full name | Brian Henry Renken | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||
| Born | 21 June 1955 Fort William, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||
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Brian Henry Renken (born 21 June 1955) is a Canadian wrestler. He competed in two events at the 1976 Summer Olympics. [1]
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