Lincoln McIlravy
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| Full name | Lincoln Paul McIlravy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 17, 1974 (age 49) Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Iowa Hawkeyes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Dan Gable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lincoln Paul McIlravy (born July 17, 1974) is an American former freestyle and folkstyle wrestler.
High School and College Career[edit]
McIlravy wrestled for Philip High School in Philip, South Dakota where he won five state titles, going on to wrestle in college for the University of Iowa under celebrated coach Dan Gable.[1] He was a four-time finalist and three-time NCAA Wrestling Division I champion, winning in 1993, 1994 and 1997.
International career[edit]
McIlravy later competed for the United States in the 1998 and 1999 World Championships, 1999 Pan Am Games, and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where he won the bronze medal in the Freestyle 69 kg competition.[2]
As a competitor, McIlravy was known for his aggressive and innovative attacks,[3] including the so-called "boot scoot" technique.[4] For his numerous accolades and example of a student-athlete, McIlravy was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame.[5] In 2009, McIlravy was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.[6]
Since retirement from competition, McIlravy became a businessman, owning different hotels in Iowa and Nebraska.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Dan Gable tells us which Iowans could have been MMA stars". Hawk Central. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- ^ "Sports Heroes: Lincoln McIlravy". Argus Leader. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- ^ "Lincoln McIlravy". Vault. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- ^ NWCA (2016-07-13), Lincoln McIlravy: Boot Scoot, retrieved 2018-05-30
- ^ "Iowa champ, Olympic medalist McIlravy in National High School Hall of Fame". InterMat. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- ^ Lincoln McIlravy. National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
- ^ "Hotel Equities to manage Olympic wrestler's 4-hotel portfolio". 19 February 2020.
Bibliography[edit]
- Zavoral, Nolan. 1997. A Season on the Mat. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-684-84787-0
- Hammond, Jairus K. 2005. The History of Collegiate Wrestling. National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. ISBN 978-0-9765064-0-9
External links[edit]
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lincoln McIlravy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- American male sport wrestlers
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in wrestling
- People from Haakon County, South Dakota
- Sportspeople from Rapid City, South Dakota
- Iowa Hawkeyes wrestlers
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in wrestling
- 20th-century American people