Mark Schultz (wrestler)

Mark Schultz (born October 26, 1960 in Palo Alto , California ) is a retired American wrestler .

Career

Mark Schultz grew up in Palo Alto and attended high school there. At first, wrestling was not his main sport; instead, he primarily devoted himself to gymnastics. It was only when his older brother David achieved great success in university wrestling that he started wrestling more seriously. After moving to the University of Oklahoma , he achieved many victories in university wrestling ( NCAA ). There was a legendary fight in 1982 when he beat the multiple university champion Ed Banach , who, like Mark Schultz and his brother David , should become Olympic champion in Los Angeles in 1984 , safely on points. Mark Schultz was also several times USA champion and was besides his Olympic victory, also 1985 and 1987 world champion in freestyle wrestling (middleweight). In 1988 Mark Schultz ended his career as an amateur wrestler. He was first a trainer at Brigham Young University , Stanford University and the Air Force Academy , later Jiu-Jitsu fighter (Japanese Jiu Jitsuka ) and "Ultimate Fighter". In 1989, Schultz caused a scandal at Villanova University , where Schultz worked as an assistant coach. Schultz were accused of violating the NCAA regulations, including a. Having carried out alcoholic parties with his protégés, Schultz then left the university and joined John du Pont's "Team Foxcatcher" for a time, which at the time consisted of a large number of swimmers and triathletes. He is currently also working as a professional wrestler.

In 2014 Schultz published Foxcatcher: The True Story of My Brother's Murder, John du Pont's Madness, and the Quest for Olympic Gold, a book about the murder of his brother by the eccentric billionaire John E. du Pont , which du Pont, however, was donated to a patron of Wrestling is reduced and aspects such as du Pont's role as a promoter of swimmers , modern pentathletes (US championships were held for the first time on du Pont's farm as early as 1967) and above all triathletes (du Pont saw himself as the father of triathlon at the time) completely leaves out. In the film Foxcatcher (2014), Mark Schultz was portrayed by Channing Tatum .

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, F = Freestyle Mi = Middleweight, then up to 82 kg body weight)

• 1984, gold medal , OS in Los Angeles , Wed, F, with victories over Karabacak, Turkey , Reinsfield, New Zealand , Rinke, Canada , Ortelli, Italy and Nagashima, Japan
• 1985, 1st place , super championship in Tokyo , Wed, F, in front of Taimuras Dzgojew , USSR
• 1985, 1st place , World Cup in Budapest , Wed, F, ahead of Alexandar Nanew , Bulgaria , Alexander Tambowzew, USSR and Reiner Trik , Federal Republic of Germany
• 1987, 1st place , Pan American Games, Wed, F, in front of Lou Kok, Canada and Orlando Hernandez, Cuba
• 1987, 1st place , World Championships in Clermont-Ferrand , Wed, F, ahead of Alexander Nanew, Wladimir Modosjan, USSR, Andrzej Radomski, Poland and Reiner Trik
• 1988, 6th place , OS in Seoul , Wed, F, behind Han Hyung-Woo, South Korea , Necmi Gençalp , Turkey , Josef Lohyna, Czechoslovakia , Alexander Tamboradzew, Bulgaria and Puntsagiin Süchbat , Mongolia

National successes

• USA champions, Wed, F, in 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987,
• NCAA Division Collegiate Champion, M, F, in 1981, 1982, and 1983

plant

• Mark Schultz: Foxcatcher: The True Story of My Brother's Murder, John du Pont's Madness, and the Quest for Olympic Gold. Dutton Adult, 2014, ISBN 978-0-525-95503-0 .

Web links

• Website about Mark Schultz

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Paul Domowitch, Kevin Mulligan: 'nova Wrestling: Two Years Of Turmoil ( English ) In: Daily News, Philadelphia . 3rd December 1988.
2. ↑ Remembering Swimmer John DuPont - 1938 - 2010 ( English ) International Swimming Hall of Fame .
3. ↑ Alice Higgins: Trials Of A Busy Pentathlete . In: Sports Illustrated . August 28, 1967. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012.
4. ^ Cover Tri-Athlete March 1986 . March 1986. Archived from the original on October 6, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ^ Portrait of John du Pont in the official program of the Ft. Lauderdale Bud Light US Triathlon Series 1982 . 1982.
6. ↑ Associated Press : Du Pont stamp makes claimsoft did does not stick ( english ) In: Reading Eagle, Reading (Berks County, Pennsylvania) . February 16, 1996.