Frank Wiatt Lewis (December 6, 1912 – August 16, 1998) was an American wrestler and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, where he earned a gold medal in the freestyle welterweight (72 kg) division.[1]
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| Full name | Frank Wiatt Lewis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 6, 1912 Coleman, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | August 16, 1998 (aged 85) Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Cushing, Oklahoma, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle and Folkstyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Oklahoma A&M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Edward C. Gallagher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Frank was born in Coleman, Texas and raised in Cushing, Oklahoma. In high school, he won an Oklahoma wrestling state championship in 1929. He wrestling collegiately at Oklahoma State (then called Oklahoma A&M). Lewis was an NCAA runner-up in 1934 and the NCAA champion in 1935 at 155 pounds, while also being named Most Outstanding Wrestler of the event. Following college, he earned a sport on the U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestling team, winning a gold medal in the welterweight division (72 kg) at the 1936 Olympic Games.
In 1979, Lewis was inducted in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.[2]
References
edit- ^ "1936 Summer Olympics – Berlin, Germany – Wrestling" Archived 2007-02-21 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 28, 2008)
- ^ Palmer, Mark. (December 5, 2017). InterMat Rewind: Frank Lewis Archived 2022-02-14 at the Wayback Machine. InterMat Wrestling. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
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