King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Chris Campbell

Olympic wrestler

克里斯·坎贝尔 ·

Born
1954, Westfield
Citizenship
United States
Sport
amateur wrestling
Occupation
amateur wrestler
Height
172 cm (5 ft 8 in)

Christopher Lundy Campbell (born September 9, 1954) is an American wrestler. He was a bronze medalist in freestyle wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He won a gold medal at the 1981 World Wrestling Championships, and a Silver medal at the 1990 World Wrestling Championships. He is the oldest United States wrestler to medal at the Olympic Games. When he won his Olympic medal he was a month away from his 38th birthday.

While wrestling for the University of Iowa, Campbell was a three-time All-American and a two-time NCAA champion, winning titles in 1976 & ’77. His career record of 122-6-3 ranks sixth on Iowa’s all-time career winning percentage list.

Campbell is a vegetarian. He is a native of Westfield, New Jersey, and is a graduate of Westfield High School, University of Iowa, and Cornell Law School.

According to The Seattle Times, "He practices Zen and dabbles in poetry. He's a vegetarian who likes nothing better than tofu stroganoff. He leg-presses 700 pounds, meditates, and quotes everything from The Sermon On the Mount to The Teachings of Buddha".

Competitions

CompetitionYearResult
1992 Summer Olympics1992

External links

Facts from Wikidata Q1086541 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.