Henry Wittenberg
Olympic athlete
1918 – 2010
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Who was Henry Wittenberg?
Henry Wittenberg was an outstanding American wrestler and Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling. He won two Olympic medals and was the first American wrestler after 1908 to achieve this feat. He at one point in his career wrestled 300 matches without losing. He taught wrestling at Yeshiva University and City College of New York for thirteen years. In 1977, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
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- Born
- Sep 18, 1918
Jersey City - Also known as
- Виттенберг, Генри
- Education
- City College of New York
- Columbia University
- Died
- Mar 9, 2010
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on July 23, 2013
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