Melvin Douglas (wrestler)
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Full name | Melvin L. Douglas III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Topeka, Kansas, U.S. | August 21, 1963||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle and Folkstyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Oklahoma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Melvin L. Douglas III (born August 21, 1963)[1] of Topeka, Kansas is an American wrestler who was the 1993 World Champion, and made six World championship teams for the United States, including appearances at two Olympic games, and was a two-time NCAA Division I Champion for the University of Oklahoma. In 2013, Douglas was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.[2]
High school
[edit]In 1979, 1980 and 1981, Douglas won the Kansas state championship at Highland Park High School in Topeka, Kansas. Douglas was also a USA Junior Freestyle national champion in 1981, after his senior season of high school.
College
[edit]While at The University of Oklahoma, Douglas was a four-time All-American and won the NCAA championship in 1985 and 1986 at 177 pounds.
International
[edit]Douglas represented the United States in the FILA World Championships six times, and won the 1993 world championship at 90 kg.[3] Douglas won silver in 1989 and third in 1994 and '95. Douglas competed in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta where he placed seventh (with a 3–2 record) at 90 kg. He also qualified for the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia at 97 kg, finishing in 18th place.
References
[edit]- ^ "State Records".
- ^ Melvin Douglas III. National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Melvin Douglas vs J.J. Mcgrew. YouTube.
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Olympic wrestlers for the United States
- Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- American male sport wrestlers
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Oklahoma Sooners wrestlers
- Wrestlers at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in wrestling
- 20th-century American sportsmen