Ben Peterson - Olympic Gold Medalist 72'

Benjamin Lee "Ben" Peterson (born June 27, 1950) is a retired American freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal, respectively. As a college wrestler, Peterson was a two-time NCAA champion at Iowa State. He founded the "Camp of Champs," which brought in Olympic wrestlers to train with high schoolers. Peterson also coached wrestling at Maranatha Baptist University for 28 years.

Ben is often credited with having invented a version of the Granby Roll wrestling move, popularly called the Peterson Roll, but denies having invented the move. He says that he used the move during the widely viewed Olympic Games, which is one reason the move became connected to him.

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Ed Gutierrez interviews Olympic Gold Medalist Ben Peterson.

Ben Peterson, a two-time Olympic medalist (gold and silver) and Executive Director of Camp of Champs, enters his 10th season as an assistant wrestling coach at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2021-22.

Peterson recently released "Road to Gold", the story of his ascension to two NCAA championships and an Olympic gold medal.

The story details the journey of Peterson and his older brother, John, who also claimed Olympic gold. The Peterson family grew up on a dairy farm in Comstock, Wis., and attended Cumberland High School.

Peterson won two national championships at 190 pounds as a student-athlete at Division I Iowa State University. He won an Olympic gold medal at the 1972 Summer Games in Munich, Germany, claiming the title in the 90-kilogram weight class in the freestyle division.

Peterson earned a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal in the same event and won five Amateur Athletic Union championships during his career.

Peterson works with the team every Tuesday as a motivational speaker and works with student-athletes individually on personal development.

Peterson is a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame (1986 inductee), the Iowa State University Athletic Hall of Fame (1998), and the Cumberland High School Athletic Hall of Fame (2014). He is also a member of the Athletic Hall of Fame at Maranatha Baptist Bible College (2005), where he served as head wrestling coach for 27 1/2 years, and the National Christian College Athletic Association Hall of Fame (2004).

Ben Peterson - Olympic Gold Medalist 72'

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