Kenny Monday
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Kenny Dale Monday (born November 25, 1961 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
) is an Olympic
gold medalist and three-time All-American wrestler from Oklahoma State University. He began wrestling at age six at a YMCA
after-school program and grew up idolizing Olympic wrestler Wayne Wells. He is a 3X Olympian.
Monday attended Booker T. Washington High School, where he wrestled for legendary coach Ernie Jones, and won four state titles and the 1977 Junior National championship. He never lost a dual from seventh grade through the end of high school and finished with a record of 140-0-1.
As an All-American at OSU, Monday won the NCAA
title in 1984 at 150 pounds. His collegiate record of 121-12-2 contributed to the Cowboys winning two Big Eight titles. He won the 1989 World Championship and a series of USA Freestyle championships in 1985, 1988, 1991, and 1996. He won the Olympic Championship in 1988 in a 2-2 overtime against the Soviet Union
's Adlan Varaev.
Monday was a silver medalist in the 1992 Olympics and placed sixth in the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics
. He is a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Monday resides in Stillwater, Oklahoma
with his wife and three children.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's...
) is an Olympic
Olympic Games
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gold medalist and three-time All-American wrestler from Oklahoma State University. He began wrestling at age six at a YMCA
YMCA
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after-school program and grew up idolizing Olympic wrestler Wayne Wells. He is a 3X Olympian.
Monday attended Booker T. Washington High School, where he wrestled for legendary coach Ernie Jones, and won four state titles and the 1977 Junior National championship. He never lost a dual from seventh grade through the end of high school and finished with a record of 140-0-1.
As an All-American at OSU, Monday won the NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
title in 1984 at 150 pounds. His collegiate record of 121-12-2 contributed to the Cowboys winning two Big Eight titles. He won the 1989 World Championship and a series of USA Freestyle championships in 1985, 1988, 1991, and 1996. He won the Olympic Championship in 1988 in a 2-2 overtime against the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
's Adlan Varaev.
Monday was a silver medalist in the 1992 Olympics and placed sixth in the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
. He is a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Monday resides in Stillwater, Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
with his wife and three children.