John Peterson, who won Olympic gold in 1976 after claiming an Olympic silver four years earlier, explains his meteoric rise as a wrestler after having never qualified for the state high school tournament as a prep in Wisconsin. | Trackwrestling

Smith Downs Sarkisian in ’88 Olympic Finals Rematch John SMITH (USA), a four-time world champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist, downed Stepan SARKISIAN (URS) in pool action of the ’89 World Championships, in what was a rematch of the ’88 Seoul Olympic finals. Smith ultimately capped off the ’89 World Championships in Martigny, Switzerland with the 62kg gold medal. -- #uww #unitedworldwrestling #WomensWrestling #grecoromanwrestling #grecoroman #freestyle #freestylewrestling #wrestling #olymp