Kendall Duane Cross ( English Kendall Duane Cross ); February 24, 1968 , Hardin, Montana , USA - American freestyle wrestler, Olympic champion, World Cup winner, three-time US champion [1] [2] .
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| Full name | Kendall Dwayne Cross |
| A country |  USA |
| Club | Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club |
| Date of Birth | February 24, 1968 (51 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Hardin, Montana , USA |
| Trainers | Joe Siy; Jim Humphrey |
| Growth | 170 cm |
| Weight | 57 kg |
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Biography
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While in high school, he fought for Mustang High School and as part of this team in 1985 won the state title and was fourth in the US Junior Championships. In 1986 he won the "bronze" of the world championship among juniors. In 1987, he was third in the US Championship in the age category espoir . Entering the University of Oklahoma , in 1988 won the World Cup in the espoir age category and in 1989 won the NCAA Championship . In 1990, he was fifth in the US Championship. From 1990 to 1994 he was a member of the US national team. [3]
In 1992, he was third at the Pan American Championships in Albany .
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he fought in the category of up to 57 kilograms ( bantamweight ). The tournament participants, numbering 18 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, five 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 tenth 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. Kendall Cross, losing a meeting with a Turkish wrestler and winning a fight against the future Olympic champion of Cuban Alejandro Puerto , according to the results of the meetings was only in third place in the group. The American fighter quickly lost the fight for fifth place.
| A circle | Rival | A country | Result | Base | Scrum time |
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| one | Robert Dawson | Victory | 3-2 (3 points) | ||
| 2 | Keiji okuyama | Victory | Touche (4 points) | 1:01 | |
| 3 | Oweis Mallahi | Victory | 5-3 (3 points) | ||
| four | Ramsey Musaoglu | Defeat | 3-7 (1 point) | ||
| five | Alejandro Puerto | Victory | 10-6 (3 points) | ||
| Final (for 5th place) | Rumen Pavlov | Defeat | Touche (4 points) | 0:44 |
In 1995, he rejoined the US team.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he fought in the category of up to 57 kilograms ( bantamweight ). 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 replenished with 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. 21 athletes fought in the category. Kendall Cross, winning all the meetings, became the champion of the Olympic Games.
| A circle | Rival | A country | Result | Base | Scrum time |
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| one | Talata Embalo | Victory | 10-0 (for a clear advantage of 10 points) | 0:54 | |
| 2 | Sonny Abe | Victory | 4-2 (4 points) | 5 a.m. | |
| Quarter final | - | - | - | - | - |
| Semifinal | Ri Jung Sam | Victory | 12-2 (for a clear advantage of 10 points) | 4:59 | |
| The final | Givi Sisauri | Victory | 5-3 | 5 a.m. |
In 1997 he became the owner of the World Cup. In the same year, he was declared the owner of the John Smith Prize for 1996, awarded to the best freestyle wrestler of the year in the United States. [four]
Member of the National Fight Hall of Fame (2002).
| Flexibility and mobility, combined with unusual psychological strength, brought him victory over much stronger opponents [5] Original text Flexibility and quickness, combined with uncommon mental toughness, brought him victory over far more powerful opponents |
He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in political science and economics. Since 2002, he worked as a financial consultant at Merrill Lynch . He is also a trainer (coached at the University of North Carolina, Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club, Dave Schultz School and Harvard University ) and the author of several wrestling manuals. [6] . Adidas has launched the Adidas Adistar Wrestling Shoes Kendall Cross .
Married (wife - patent attorney), has two children. [6]
In 2006, at the invitation of the Dagestan wrestling federation, he returned to the fight and at the tournament in Makhachkala at the age of 38 he sensationally defeated Adam Batirov , the brother of two-time Olympic champion Mavlet Batirov . In 2007, he took third place in the tournament in memory of Dave Schultz . Subsequently, he returned to coaching.
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Notes
- ↑ Kendall Cross Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com .
- ↑ Database (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment January 31, 2014. Archived on October 9, 2011.
- ↑ USA Wrestling Kendall Cross Bio - 1996 .
- ↑ David Taylor Wins John Smith Prize
- ↑ KENDALL CROSS - Mustang Wrestling Website (inaccessible link) . Archived January 31, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 CROSS, KENDALL (1968-) (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment January 31, 2014. Archived October 3, 2009.
Links
- Kendall Cross - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Kendall Cross - profile on International Wrestling Database