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Apr 09, 1968 Omaha, Nebraska, United States 56 years old
American Olympic wrestler
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About Tom Brands
- Tom Brands (born April 9, 1968) is an American former Olympic wrestler and is currently the head wrestling coach for the University of Iowa.
- He won a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.An intense competitor, Brands' wrestling career with the University of Iowa included a record of 158-7-2 and an undefeated season in 1991 where he was 45-0.
- He was a four-time All-American, three-time NCAA Champion, three-time Big Ten Conference Champion, and Outstanding Wrestler at the 1992 NCAA Tournament.
- His brother, Terry, was also a standout at Iowa. Internationally, Brands won a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in freestyle at 136.5 pounds; a gold medal at the 1993 World Freestyle Championships in Toronto; two World Cup gold medals (1994 and 1995); and the gold at the 1995 Pan American Games.
- He won four U.S.
- Nationals titles (1993–96) and made four straight U.S.
- World or Olympic teams (1993–96).
- He was named 1993 USA Wrestling Athlete of the Year, 1993 John Smith Outstanding Freestyle Wrestler, and 1993 Amateur Wrestling News Man of the Year.
- He was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2001.
