Noel Loban

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Noel Loban
Personal information
Born (1957-04-28) 28 April 1957 (age 68)
Wimbledon, London, England
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Sport Amateur wrestling
Event
Light-heavyweight / heavyweight
ClubRedbridge AWC
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1984 Los Angeles 90 kg
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1986 Edinburgh 90 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Victoria 100 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Clemson Tigers
NCAA Division I Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1980 Corvallis 190 lb

Noel O. Loban (born 29 April 1957) is a former British freestyle wrestler who compted at two Olympic Games in 1984 and 1988 and won a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics. He also won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.

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Wrestling career

Noel won the 1980 NCAA National Championship in the 190 lb weight division for Clemson University, beating Dan Severn of Arizona State. It was the first sports national championship in Clemson school history.[ citation needed ]

Loban competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal in the light-heavyweight category. [1]

He represented England and won a gold medal in the 90 kg light-heavyweight, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. [2] Eight years later he won a bronze medal in the 100 kg heavyweight division, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. [3]

At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul he participated in the heavyweight category. [4]

Loban was a six-times winner of the British Wrestling Championships at light-heavyweight in 1984 and at heavyweight in 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1994. [5]

Coaching career

Since 2008, Loban has been the Director of Student-Athlete Development for the NC State University wrestling program. [6]

Personal life

Loban is a born again Christian. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Noel Loban". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
  3. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. ↑ "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "List of British Senior Champions from 1904 to 2001" (PDF). British Wrestling. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "Noel Loban - Director of Student Athlete Development - Wrestling Coaches".
  7. ↑ "Moncur through". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 31 July 1986. Retrieved 15 October 2024.


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