Ike Anderson
Appearance
Isaac (Ike) Anderson | |||||||||||||||
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Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Born | Columbia, South Carolina[1] | December 22, 1957||||||||||||||
High school | Lower Richland High School | ||||||||||||||
State championships | 1 (South Carolina) | ||||||||||||||
College | Appalachian State University | ||||||||||||||
Olympic team | United States of America | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Isaac (Ike) Anderson is a former United States Olympic athlete who competed in Greco-Roman wrestling and was a former Greco-Roman developmental coach for USA Wrestling.[2]
Anderson was 6th at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea in Greco-Roman wrestling (62 kg).[3] Anderson won three U.S. National titles in Greco-Roman wrestling, was a national runner-up four times, and took silver at 62 kg at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba.[3]
Anderson attended Appalachian State University where he qualified for the NCAA Championships and earned degrees in recreation and physical education.[3] Anderson also wrestled for Broward Community College.[4] In 1990, he was inducted into Appalachian State Athletics Hall of Fame.[5]
References
- ^ Ike Anderson Bio. Sports-Reference. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ SC Wrestling Weekly Stories and Photos - Tuesday - October 18, 2005
- ^ a b c "TheMat.com - USA Wrestling". Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
- ^ Anderson Is An Olympic Hopeful - Sun Sentinel
- ^ App State Athletics Hall of Fame. appstatesports.com. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
Categories:
- Living people
- Wrestlers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- American male sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers of the United States
- Appalachian State University alumni
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in wrestling
- 1957 births
- Wrestlers at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games