David Zuniga
Appearance
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Birth name | David Santos Zuniga | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Worland, Wyoming, U.S. | March 1, 1968|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Minnesota | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Minnesota Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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David Santos Zuniga (born March 1, 1968) is a retired wrestler that competed in the 1996 Olympics and several FILA Wrestling World Championships.
International career
[edit]Zuniga placed 4th at the 1994 World Wrestling Championships and also competed at the 1995 World Wrestling Championships, 1997 World Wrestling Championships, and 1999 World Wrestling Championships.[2]
Zuniga was a bronze medalist at the 1995 Pan American Games and a silver medalist at the 1999 Pan American Games.[3]
At the 1996 Olympics in the Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg Zuniga defeated Ainsley Robinson in the first round before losing to Ivan Ivanov and Sergey Martynov.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ David Zuniga at Sports Reference
- ^ USA Wrestling (May 17, 2007). "USA Wrestling - Features, Events, Results | Team USA". Themat.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
- ^ USA Wrestling (May 17, 2007). "USA Wrestling - Features, Events, Results | Team USA". Themat.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
- ^ "Archives - Philly.com". Articles.philly.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
Categories:
- 1968 births
- American male sport wrestlers
- Living people
- Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic wrestlers for the United States
- Minnesota Golden Gophers wrestlers
- Wrestlers at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Wrestlers at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in wrestling
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in wrestling
- 20th-century American sportsmen