According to South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame,
The 1977 Rapid City Stevens grad won the gold medal at 136.5 pounds in freestyle wrestling at the 1984 Olympics, outscoring his first four opponents 52-4 to advance to the final, where he crushed Japan s Kosei Akaishi 24-11 in 4:52. He was the youngest member of 1980 Olympic wrestling team but President Jimmy Carter’s boycott prevented the U.S. team from traveling to the Games in Moscow.
Honorable Mention: Jacob Forerester from Sioux Falls Lincoln, Ryan Van Emmrick from Salem, Lee Pulse from Kimball, Tony Denke from Bennett County, Hazen Bye and Tim Manning from Vermillion and I m leaving a bunch of guys out that deserve recognition.