Lee Kemp

Lee Kemp known as one of the greatest wrestlers in United States history was a threetime Gold Medalist in the World Championships a fourtime Gold Medalist in the World Cup of Wrestling a twotime Gold Medalist in the Pan American Games a seventime national champion and was named the United States Wrestling Federation Man of the Year in 1978 He was inducted to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1989 28 years after the 1980 Boycott where Lee was a favorite to win the Gold he got a chance to fulfill Olympic dreams by being selected to coach the 2008 Olympic Wrestling Team Lee Kemp was among seven wrestling legends inducted into United World Wrestling UWW International Wrestling Hall of Fame one of only six Americans inducted to date in a ceremony during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games He has been featured three times in Sports Illustrated Magazine February 1977 April 1982 May 1982 Life Magazine featured Kemp in their 1984 Olympic Preview issue along with Michael Jordan Carl Lewis Edwin Moses and Greg Louganis Lee Kemp was born and spent his early youth in Cleveland Ohio and later moved to Chardon a farming community 30 miles northeast of Cleveland where he was a 2time Ohio state champion finishing his junior and senior years with an undefeated record of 5500 with 24 pins Kemp attended the University of WisconsinMadison on a full athletic scholarship winning three NCAA titles at 158 pounds and placing 2nd as a true freshman losing on a split referees decision in overtime After his freshman year Lee Kemp didnt lose another collegiate bout posting 108 victories and one draw against collegiate competition that included a win over the legendary Dan Gable Kemp earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing from Wisconsin in 1979 and an MBA in 1983 Kemp was inducted into University of Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991