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Danny Mack Gable (born October 25, 1948) is an American former folkstyle and freestyle wrestler and coach. Considered to be one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, Gable is a two-time NCAA Division I national champion, a world gold medalist, and an Olympic gold medalist. Gable was only the third wrestler to have ever been inducted into the United World Wrestling's Hall of Fame in the Legend category.[1][2] On December 8, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump awarded Gable with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.[3]

Dan Gable

Gable in April 2014
Personal information
Full name	Danny Mack Gable
Born	(1948-10-25) October 25, 1948 (age 74) Waterloo, Iowa, U.S.
Alma mater	Iowa State University
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	150 lb (68 kg)
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1972 Munich 68 kg Wrestling World Championships 1971 Sofia 68 kg Pan American Games 1971 Cali 68 kg Men's collegiate wrestling Representing the Iowa State Cyclones NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships 1968 Pennsylvania 130 lb 1969 Utah 137 lb 1970 Illinois 142 lb

Early life

Gable grew up in Waterloo, Iowa. When he was 15 years old, a teenager from his neighborhood raped and murdered Gable's 19-year-old sister. Although Gable has called his sister's death his "biggest loss,"[4] he did not allow the tragedy to affect his focus on wrestling. Instead, he thought of it as a reason to train with even more determination:

"The more you can settle into focusing on what you have and what you would like to do and where you want to go — a positive point of view — the quicker things turn around and positive things start to happen."[5]

Wrestling career

College

From 1967 to 1970, Gable attended Iowa State University, where he competed in folkstyle wrestling. At Iowa State, he became an NCAA Division I national runner-up and two-time national champion. Gable's college career record was 117–1, with his only loss being in the final match of his final season to Larry Owings of the University of Washington.[6]

Freestyle

From 1971 to 1973, Gable competed internationally in freestyle wrestling. Highlights of his career include gold medals at the 1971 Tbilisi Tournament, the 1971 world championships, and the 1972 Olympic Games. At the 1972 Games, in particular, Gable won all six of his matches without giving up a point.[7] After competing sporadically from 1974 to 1975, Gable retired and became a full-time coach. In 1991, Gable was awarded with the Art Abrams Lifetime Achievement Award by Cauliflower Alley Club.[8]

Match results

World Championships & Olympic Games Matches
Res.	Record	Opponent	Score	Date	Event	Location
1972 Olympic at 68 kg
Win	12–0	Ruslan Ashuraliyev	3–0	August 27, 1972	1972 Summer Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany
Win	11–0	Włodzimierz Cieślak	Fall
Win	10–0	Kikuo Wada	6–0
Win	9–0	Stefanos Ioannidis	Fall
Win	8–0	Klaus Rost	20–0
Win	7–0	Safer Sali	Fall
1971 UWW world at 68 kg
Win	6–0	Ismail Yuseinov	8–3	August 27, 1971	1971 World Wrestling Championships	Sofia, Bulgaria
Win	5–0	Kikuo Wada	Fall
Win	4–0	Josef Engel	Fall
Win	3–0	Nihat Kabanli	Fall
Win	2–0	Eero Suvilehto	Fall
Win	1–0	Vasily Kazakov	5–1

Coaching career

From 1976 to 1997, Gable was the head wrestling coach at the University of Iowa. Gable's teams compiled a dual meet record of 355–21–5. He coached 152 all-Americans, 45 national champions, 106 Big Ten Champions and 12 Olympians, including eight medalists. His teams won 21 Big Ten Conference championships, and 15 NCAA Division I titles.[6]

In addition to coaching folkstyle wrestling at the University of Iowa, Gable coached freestyle wrestling. Gable was the head coach of three Olympic teams and six world teams.[6]

Awards and honors

2020

• Presidential Medal of Freedom

Legacy

Olympic gold medalist freestyle wrestler Gable Steveson was named after him.[10]

Gable has been written about in many magazines and numerous books, including Two Guys Named Dan (1976), From Gotch to Gable: A History of Wrestling in Iowa (1981), The Toughest Men in Sports (1984) and Legends of the Mat (2006), all by wrestling historian Mike Chapman.[11]

He also has a museum named for him in his hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, part of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum.

See also

• Iowa Sports Hall of Fame

Bibliography

• Baughman, Wayne. 1987. Wrestling On & Off the Mat. R. Wayne Baughman. ISBN 978-0-9618446-0-8
• Chen, Albert. 2014. "Where are they Now: Catching up with Dan Gable and Larry Owings," Sports Illustrated (July 11, 2014)[12]
• Gable, Dan. 2015. A Wrestling Life: The Inspiring Stories of Dan Gable. University of Iowa Press. ISBN 978-1609383404
• Hammond, Jairus K. 2005. The History of Collegiate Wrestling. National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. ISBN 978-0-9765064-0-9
• Moffat, James V. 2007. Wrestlers At The Trials. Exit Zero Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9799051-0-0
• Smith, Russ L. 1973. The Legend of Dan Gable. Medalist Sports Education Publication.
• Zavoral, Nolan. 1997. A Season on the Mat. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4165-3553-9

References

External links

• Official site
• Dan Gable Official Interview at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-12-21)
• Website of film 'Catch: the hold not taken' at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-09-14)
• Gable's wins and losses between the years 1963 and 1973
• Dan Gable at the USOPC Hall of Fame
• Dan Gable at Olympics.com
• Dan Gable at Olympic.org (archived)
• Dan Gable at usolympicteam.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-03-13)
• Dan Gable at Olympedia

На других языках

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- [en] Dan Gable

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[fr] Dan Gable

Dan Gable est un lutteur américain spécialiste de la lutte libre né le 25 octobre 1948 à Waterloo (Iowa).

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[it] Dan Gable

Daniel Mack Gable, noto come Dan Gable (Waterloo, 25 ottobre 1948), è un ex lottatore e allenatore di lotta statunitense, specializzato nella lotta libera.

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[ru] Гейбл, Дэн

Дэнни Мак «Дэн» Гейбл (англ. Danny Mack "Dan" Gable); род. 25 октября 1948 (1948-10-25), Уотерлу[en], Айова, США — американский борец вольного стиля, чемпион Олимпийских игр, чемпион мира, чемпион Панамериканских игр[1][2]. Самый известный американский борец, некоторыми специалистами называется как величайший из борцов Соединённых Штатов[2].

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