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Noel Loban (born 29 April 1957) is a former British freestyle wrestler who won a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics. He was also an NCAA wrestling champion at Clemson University in 1980.
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. Loban competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal in the light-heavyweight category and also competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics . [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]
Since 2008, Loban has been the Director of Student-Athlete Development for the NC State University wrestling program. [4]
Loban is a born again Christian. [5]
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