Name John Peterson Role Olympic athlete | Siblings Ben Peterson | |
Born October 22, 1948 (age 75) ( 1948-10-22 ) Cumberland, Wisconsin, U.S. Olympic medals Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Men's freestyle Middleweight Similar People Ben Peterson, Levan Tediashvili, Adolf Seger | ||
76 olympic gold medalist john peterson on importance of greco roman wrestling
John Allan Peterson (born October 22, 1948 in Cumberland, Wisconsin) is an American wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.
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Olympics
Peterson competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich where he received a silver medal in Freestyle wrestling, the middleweight class. He won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Peterson's brother, Ben Peterson, also competed in both the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, also winning gold (1972) and silver (1976) medals in Freestyle wrestling.
Peterson grew up in Comstock, Wisconsin, attending nearby Cumberland High School before graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Stout in 1971.
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