Olympics and World Championships
In 1984 Mark and Dave Schultz both won Olympic Gold. The following year Mark won the World Championships and faced all the Soviet-block countries that boycotted the 1984 Olympics. In the World finals Mark built a 10-2 lead after one minute and won 10-5. Dave Schultz is the only 1984 Olympic Champion to win the 1983 World Championships and Mark is the only 1984 Olympic Champion to win the 1985 World Championships. When Mark won another World Championship in 1987, he became the first Olympic Champion to add two additional World titles, and also tied Lee Kemp's U.S. record for World golds. In 1991 Mark Schultz, Lee Kemp, and John Smith were recorded in the Guineess book of World Records as "The most world titles won by a U.S. wrestler."
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“Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)