Kenny Monday
Team: Freestyle
Weight Class: 163
1995-96 Team USA Ranking: unranked
Years on Team USA: 6 (1988-93, 94-95)
Residence: Phoenix, AZ.
College: Oklahoma State Univ.
High School: Washington H.S. (OK.)
Born: November 25, 1961 in Tulsa, OK.
Height: 5' 10"
Career Highlights
International:
- 1988 Olympic Champion
- Second in 1996 Acropolis Grand Prix (Russia)
- 1996 Dan Kolov Tournament champion (Bulgaria)
- Third in 1995 Henri Deglane Challenge (France)
- Third in '95 U.S. Nationals
- Third in 1992 U.S. Open Grand Prix
- 1992 Roger Coulon Tournament champion (France)
- Second in 1991 World Championships
- 1991 President's Cup champion (Turkey)
- 1991 Pan American Games champion
- Second in 1990 Goodwill Games
- 1989-90 Grand Masters champion
- 1989 World and U.S. Open International Champion
- Second in 1988 World Cup
U.S.
- Three-time U.S. Nationals champion (1985, 1988, 1991, 1995)
- Third in 1994 World Team Trials
- Second in 1992 Olympics
- 1992 Final Olympic Wrestle-off champion
- 1991 World Team Trials champion
- Second in 1990 World Team Trials
- 1989 U.S. Olympic Festival champion
- 1988 Olympic Team Trials champion
- 1977 Junior Nationals champion
College
Competed for Tommy Chesbro at Oklahoma State Univ
1984 NCAA Champion as a senior
Second in 1982 and 1983 NCAA Championships as a sophomore and junior
High School
Competed for Ernie Jones at Booker T. Washington HS in Oklahoma
Four-time state champion from 1977-80
Personal
Hobbies include basketball, dancing, reading, music and traveling
He is married. His wife is Sabrina.
They have a daughter Sydnee
He owns a Subway franchise and a gourmet coffee shot in Tulsa.
Awards
1988 USA Wrestling Athlete of the Year
1989 Amateur Wrestling News Man of the Year
Outstanding Wrestler at 1989 & 1990 Grand Masters Tournament
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