Back Рулон Гарднър Bulgarian Rulon Gardner Czech Rulon Gardner German Rulon Gardner Spanish Rulon Gardner ET رولون گاردنر FA Rulon Gardner Finnish Rulon Gardner French רולון גארדנר HE Rulon Gardner Italian
 Gardner (right) at the 2004 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Rulon Ellis Gardner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 16, 1971 Afton, Wyoming, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 130 kg (287 lb) 120 kg (265 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Nebraska | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Robert Christensen Anatoly Petrosyan Steve Fraser | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rulon Ellis Gardner (born August 16, 1971) is an American retired Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Olympic Games, defeating Russia's three-time reigning Olympic gold medalist Aleksandr Karelin in the final;[2] Karelin was previously unbeaten for 13 years in international competition. Gardner won a bronze medal at the 2004 Games.[1] In 2010, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.[3]
- ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rulon Gardner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- ^ Niesen, Joan (November 18, 2020). "Rulon Gardner and the lonely afterglow of Olympic gold". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
- ^ Rulon Gardner. nwhof.org. Retrieved March 28, 2023.