James Johnson (wrestler, born 1954)
Appearance
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Full name | James Evan Johnson | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Cokato, Minnesota, U.S. | April 7, 1954|||||||||||||||||
Home town | Orono, Minnesota, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Greco-Roman and Folkstyle | |||||||||||||||||
College team | Minnesota | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Minnesota Wrestling Club | |||||||||||||||||
Team | USA | |||||||||||||||||
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James "Evan" Johnson (born April 7, 1954) is an American former wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 90 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1] He wrestled collegiately for the University of Minnesota, where we was an NCAA wrestling champion and two-time finalist. Johnson was inducted into the David Bartelma Minnesota Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1995 and the "M" Club Hall of Fame in 2002.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "James Johnson Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
- ^ "M" Club Hall of Fame - Evan Johnson. gophersports.com. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
Categories:
- 1954 births
- Living people
- American male sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers for the United States
- Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- People from Cokato, Minnesota
- Minnesota Golden Gophers wrestlers
- Wrestlers at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in wrestling
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- American sport wrestler stubs