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| Birth name | David Santos Zuniga | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 1, 1968 [1] Worland, Wyoming, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | Minnesota | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Minnesota Storm | |||||||||||||||||
| Team | USA | |||||||||||||||||
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David Santos Zuniga (born March 1, 1968) is a retired wrestler that competed in the 1996 Olympics and several FILA Wrestling World Championships.
Zuniga placed 4th at the 1994 World Wrestling Championships and also competed at the 1995 World Wrestling Championships, 1997 World Wrestling Championships, and 1999 World Wrestling Championships. [2]
Zuniga was a bronze medalist at the 1995 Pan American Games and a silver medalist at the 1999 Pan American Games. [3]
At the 1996 Olympics in the Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg Zuniga defeated Ainsley Robinson in the first round before losing to Ivan Ivanov and Sergey Martynov. [4]
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