Chris Campbell (wrestler)

Chris Campbell
Personal information
Full name Christopher Lundy Campbell
Born September 9, 1954 (1954-09-09) (age 64)
Westfield, New Jersey, U.S.
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona Light heavyweight

Christopher Lundy "Chris" Campbell (born September 9, 1954) is an American wrestler. He was a bronze medalist in Freestyle wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He won a gold medal at the 1981 World Wrestling Championships.[1] and a Silver medal at the 1990 World Wrestling Championships. He is the oldest known United States' wrestler to medal in the Olympic Games. When he won his Olympic medal he was a month away from his 38th birthday.

He is a native of Westfield, New Jersey, and is a graduate of Westfield High School.[2]

According to The Seattle Times, "he practices Zen and dabbles in poetry. He's a vegetarian who likes nothing better than tofu stroganoff. He leg-presses 700 pounds, meditates, and quotes everything from The Sermon On the Mount to The Teachings of Buddha".[3]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Chris Campbell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Olympics Gives Campbell New Youthful Outlook" (PDF). The Westfield Leader. August 20, 1992. p. 9. Retrieved January 19, 2016 – via Westfield Memorial Library website.
  3. ↑ "At 37, Wrestler Tries For Pin-Nacle -- Chris Campbell Has A Score To Settle". The Seattle Times. July 15, 1992.


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