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| Full name | Lincoln Paul McIlravy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 17, 1974 (age 50) Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Philip, South Dakota, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle and Folkstyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hawkeye Wrestling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Iowa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Dan Gable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lincoln Paul McIlravy (born July 17, 1974) is an American former freestyle and folkstyle wrestler.
McIlravy wrestled for Philip High School in Philip, South Dakota where he won five state titles, going on to wrestle in college for the University of Iowa under celebrated coach Dan Gable. [1] He was a four-time finalist and three-time NCAA Wrestling Division I champion, winning in 1993, 1994 and 1997.
McIlravy later competed for the United States in the 1998 and 1999 World Championships, 1999 Pan Am Games, and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where he won the bronze medal in the Freestyle 69 kg competition. [2]
As a competitor, McIlravy was known for his aggressive and innovative attacks, [3] including the so-called "boot scoot" technique. [4] For his numerous accolades and example of a student-athlete, McIlravy was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame. [5] In 2009, McIlravy was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member. [6]
Since retirement from competition, McIlravy became a businessman, owning different hotels in Iowa and Nebraska. [7]
Cael Norman Sanderson is an American former folkstyle and freestyle wrestler who is the current head coach of Penn State's wrestling team. As a wrestler, he won an Olympic gold medal and was undefeated in four years of college wrestling at Iowa State (159–0), becoming a four-time NCAA Division I champion (1999–2002).
Danny Mack Gable is an American former folkstyle and freestyle wrestler and coach. Considered to be one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, Gable is a two-time NCAA Division I national champion, a world gold medalist, and an Olympic gold medalist. Gable was only the third wrestler to be inducted into the United World Wrestling's Hall of Fame in the Legend category. In 2014, Gable was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2020.
John William Smith is an American folkstyle and freestyle wrestler and coach. Smith was a two-time NCAA Division I national champion, and a six-time world level champion with two Olympic Championships and four World Wrestling Championships. Smith is the only American wrestler ever to win six consecutive World and Olympic championships as a competitor. At the end of his competitive career, Smith had won more World and Olympic gold medals in wrestling than any other American. Smith was widely known for his low single leg takedown, and is considered one of the greatest freestyle wrestlers of all time.
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The University of Iowa men's wrestling program is one of the most successful NCAA Division I athletic programs. The Hawkeyes are 37 time Big Ten Conference champions and second in NCAA history with 24 National Championships.
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Edward Joseph "Ed" Banach is an athlete who won a gold medal in wrestling in the 1984 Summer Olympics. He wrestled for the University of Iowa under coach Dan Gable from 1980 to 1983, where he was a four-time NCAA All-American, and a three-time NCAA national champion. He was named the 1983 Big Ten Athlete of the Year.
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Lloyd Weldon "Butch" Keaser is an American former wrestler who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics for the United States in freestyle wrestling. In 1973, he won a gold medal at the World Championships and became the first African American to achieve this honor.
Leroy (Lee) P. Kemp, Jr. is an American former freestyle and folkstyle wrestler. Kemp would achieve success at the high school, collegiate, and international levels.
William Michael Zadick is an American amateur wrestler. He won an NCAA college wrestling championship while competing with the University of Iowa and a gold medal at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships in freestyle wrestling.
Cary Joseph Kolat is an American wrestler and wrestling coach who earned two NCAA championships in 1996 and 1997 for Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania and was a member of the United States Men's Freestyle Wrestling Team from 1997–2001. During that time he won silver and bronze medals at the 1997 Krasnoyarsk and 1998 Tehran FILA Wrestling World Championships, as well as competing for the United States in freestyle wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2017, Kolat was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member. Kolat is currently the head wrestling coach at United States Naval Academy.
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