Kenneth Dale "Kenny" Monday ( born Kenneth Dale "Kenny" Monday ; born , ) - American freestyle wrestler, champion and medalist of the Olympic Games, world champion, medalist World Cup, Pan American Champion [1] [2] .
| Kenny Monday | |
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| personal information | |
| Floor | |
| Full name | Kenneth Dale Monday |
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| Specialization | |
| Club | Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | |
| Trainers | Bobby Douglas, Dave Schulz |
| Growth | 178 cm |
| Weight | up to 74 kg |
Biography
Kenny Monday began wrestling at the age of six, in the after-school wrestling section of the YMCA . His idol was Wayne Wells . While studying at school, he became a four-time state champion and won the 1977 Junior US Championship. From the seventh grade I did not lose school, and at the end of school I had a score of 140-0-1. While studying at the University of Oklahoma , he won the NCAA Championship (1984).
In 1985, he won the US Championship, repeated success in 1988, and in the same year won silver at the World Cup.
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he fought in the category of up to 74 kilograms ( welterweight ). The tournament participants, numbering 30 people in the category, were divided into two groups. Points were awarded for winning fights, from 4 points for a clear victory and 0 points for a clear defeat. In each group, four wrestlers with the highest scores were determined (the fight was held according to the system with elimination after two defeats ), they played the first to eighth places among themselves. The winners of the groups met in the battle for the first or second places, who took second place - for the third and fourth places and so on. Kenny Monday confidently won the group, in the finals he defeated the Soviet athlete Adlan Varaev and became the Olympic champion. It was suggested that the refereeing in the final bout was biased, the Soviet delegation filed a protest, but it was not even accepted for consideration [3] .
| A circle | Rival | A country | Result | Base | Scrum time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Fitz Walker | Victory | 12-0 (3.5 points) | ||
| 2 | Alfonso Hessel | Victory | Touche (4 points) | 2 a.m. | |
| 3 | Janos Click | Victory | 3-2 (3 points) | ||
| four | Shaban Sadie | Victory | 4-0 (3 points) | ||
| five | Gary holmes | Victory | 6-0 (3 points) | ||
| five | Lodoin Enkhbayar | Victory | 2-0 (3 points) | ||
| 6 | Pekka Rauhala | Victory | 7-0 (3 points) | ||
| The final | Adlan Varaev | Victory | 5-2 |
In 1989, at the World Cup, he was again second, but became the world champion. In 1990, he won the tournament of the Grand Masters of Olympic wrestling. In 1991, he won the Pan American Games, remained second at the World Cup and became the US champion for the third time.
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he fought in the category of up to 74 kilograms ( welterweight ). The tournament participants, numbering 18 people in the category, were divided into two groups. The rules basically remained the same, only the five best athletes in the group left the group for the final bouts. Kenny Monday again confidently advanced in the tournament bracket, but in the final he was defeated with a minimum score from Korean Pak Jan Sung.
| A circle | Rival | A country | Result | Base | Scrum time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Milan Revitsky | Victory | 2-0 (3 points) | ||
| 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| 3 | Ho Bisgaltou | Victory | 4-0 (3 points) | ||
| four | Magomedsalam Hajiyev | Victory | 6-0 (3 points) | ||
| five | Krzhishtov Valenchik | Victory | 2-0 (3 points) | ||
| The final | Park Joon Song | Defeat | 0-1 (0 points) |
In 1996 he became a four-time US champion.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he fought in the category of up to 74 kilograms ( welterweight ). After the first round, the wrestlers were divided into two tables: winners and losers. The winners continued to fight among themselves, and the losers participated in comforting battles. After two defeats in the preliminary and classification (comforting) rounds, the wrestler dropped out of the tournament. Thus, during the tournament, the losers were eliminated twice from the table of the defeated, but it was also replenished by the losers from the table of winners. Ultimately, the top eight wrestlers were determined. The losers never met in the fight for 1-2 places, those who lost in the semifinal met with the winners of the comforting battles and the winners of these meetings fought for 3-4 places and so on. 22 athletes fought in the category. Kenny Monday managed to reach the semifinals, where he was defeated by Buvaysar Saitiev . In the next, comforting battle, he was again defeated by the Japanese Takui Ota, and was already fighting for only 5th place, but he was also defeated there.
| A circle | Rival | A country | Result | Base | Scrum time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Alberto Rodriguez | Victory | 1-1 (according to the judges' preference) (1 point) | 8 a.m. | |
| 2 | Radion Kertanti | Victory | 5-1 (5 points) | 5 a.m. | |
| Quarter final | - | - | - | - | - |
| Semifinal | Buvaysar Saitiev | Defeat | 1-6 (1 point) | 5 a.m. | |
| 6th classification round | Takuya Ota | Defeat | 2-4 (1 point) | 7:04 | |
| Final (for 5th place) | Alexander Laipold | Defeat | 0-0 (according to preference) (0 points) | 8 a.m. |
On March 28, 1997, he tried himself in MMA and in the second round won by technical knockout over John Lewis, the black belt winner in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu , thus becoming the champion of the Extreme Fighting Championship [4]
At the end of his career, he trained in Oklahoma.
Since April 2013 and at the moment is the head coach of the team of MMA fighters, boxers and kickboxers Blackzilians (famous participants such as Guillermo Rigondo , Vitor Belfort , Matt Mithrion , Alistair Overeem , etc.) [5]
Member of the US National Fight Hall of Fame.
Notes
Links
- Kenny Monday - Olympic stats on Sports-Reference.com
- Kenny Monday - profile on International Wrestling Database