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William T. Smith (September 17, 1928 – March 20, 2018)[1] was an American wrestler and Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling at the 1952 Olympic Games.

William Smith

Personal information
Born	(1928-09-17)September 17, 1928 Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Died	March 20, 2018(2018-03-20) (aged 89) Humboldt, Iowa, U.S.
Home town	Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S.
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Welterweight

Smith was born in Portland, Oregon and graduated from Thomas Jefferson Senior High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa.[2] He then enrolled at Iowa State Teachers College (now the University of Northern Iowa), where Smith won back-to-back NCAA wrestling titles at 165 pounds in 1949 and 1950. As a team, Iowa State Teachers College finished as NCAA Runners-Up in 1949 and NCAA Champions in 1950. He also won three Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) national titles.[3] In 1978, Smith was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.[4] Thomas Jefferson High School dedicated their Wrestling room shortly after they rebuilt their Activities Center Building in 2008. William Smith died on March 20, 2018, at the age of 89. Intermat Wrestling website posted an article about Bill citing all of his accomplishments.[5]

Olympics

Smith competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, competing in the welterweight class.[6]

References

На других языках

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- [en] William Smith (wrestler)

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[fr] William Smith (lutte)

William Thomas Smith, né le 17 septembre 1928 à Portland (Oregon) et mort le 20 mars 2018 à Humboldt, (Iowa)[1], est un lutteur américain spécialiste de la lutte libre.

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[it] William Smith (lottatore)

William Smith (Portland, 17 settembre 1928 – Humboldt, 21 marzo 2018) è stato un lottatore statunitense, specializzato nella lotta libera.

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[ru] Смит, Билл

Уильям Томас «Билл» Смит (англ. William Thomas "Bill" Smith; 17 сентября 1928 (1928-09-17), Портленд, Орегон, США[2], по другим данным Каунсил-Блафс, Айова[3] — 20 марта 2018) — американский борец вольного стиля, чемпион Олимпийских игр, трёхкратный чемпион США по версии .mw-parser-output .ts-comment-commentedText{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}@media(hover:none){.mw-parser-output .ts-comment-commentedText:not(.rt-commentedText){border-bottom:0;cursor:auto}}ААА (1949—1951) и двукратный чемпион США по версии NCAA (1949, 1950)[2][4].

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