David Santos Zuniga (born March 1, 1968) is a retired wrestler that competed in the 1996 Olympics and several FILA Wrestling World Championships.
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| Birth name | David Santos Zuniga | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 1, 1968[1] Worland, Wyoming, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | Minnesota | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Minnesota Storm | |||||||||||||||||
| Team | USA | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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International career
editZuniga placed 4th at the 1994 World Wrestling Championships and also competed at the 1995 World Wrestling Championships, 1997 World Wrestling Championships, and 1999 World Wrestling Championships.[2]
Zuniga was a bronze medalist at the 1995 Pan American Games and a silver medalist at the 1999 Pan American Games.[3]
At the 1996 Olympics in the Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg Zuniga defeated Ainsley Robinson in the first round before losing to Ivan Ivanov and Sergey Martynov.[4]
References
edit- ^ David Zuniga at Sports Reference
- ^ USA Wrestling (May 17, 2007). "USA Wrestling - Features, Events, Results | Team USA". Themat.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
- ^ USA Wrestling (May 17, 2007). "USA Wrestling - Features, Events, Results | Team USA". Themat.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
- ^ "Archives - Philly.com". Articles.philly.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2017.