Randy Lewis (wrestler)

For other people with the same name, see Randy Lewis (disambiguation).

Randy Lewis

Personal information
Full name	Randall Scott Lewis
Born	June 7, 1959 (1959-06-07) (age 65) Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S.
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing the United States Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles 62 kg

Randall Scott Lewis (born June 7, 1959, in Rapid City, South Dakota) is an American wrestler and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, where he won the gold medal in freestyle wrestling in the featherweight class.

Lewis won three high school state wrestling titles in South Dakota. At one point in his high school career, Lewis held the national consecutive pin record at 45. He later won the Junior World (20 years old and younger) Freestyle Championship.

In college, Lewis became a four-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion at the University of Iowa. He was a two-time Olympian, in both 1980 and 1984. President Jimmy Carter's boycott prevented the U.S. team from traveling to the 1980 Olympic Games held in Moscow, Russia. At the 1984 Olympic Games, Lewis won the gold medal at the 62 kg weight division in freestyle wrestling, outscoring his first four opponents 52-4 to advance to the final, where he defeated Japan's Kosei Akaishi 24-11 in 4:52.

He was second in the 1988 U.S. Olympic trials to John Smith, losing out in a best of three series. Smith went on to capture Olympic gold in both the 1988 and 1992 Games.

In 1998, Lewis was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.

External links

• Randy Lewis at the International Wrestling Database
• Randy Lewis at Olympedia