Jake Varner
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| Full name | Jacob Stephen Varner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
March 24, 1986 Bakersfield, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | State College, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 212 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Iowa State Cyclones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nittany Lion WC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Cael Sanderson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Updated on August 13, 2012. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jacob Stephen "Jake" Varner (born March 24, 1986) is a male wrestler from United States. He won the gold medal in the 96 kg category at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3]
Varner is four-time NCAA Division One finalist, two-time NCAA Division One champion (junior and senior) and two-time California State wrestling champion for Bakersfield High School, where his uncle Andy is the head coach, and his father, Steve, is an assistant.
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- ↑ "Jake Varner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
- ↑ "Jacob Stephen Varner Profile London Olympics 2012". August 13, 2012.
- ↑ "American Jacob Varner takes 96kg freestyle wrestling gold". BBC. August 13, 2012.
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