Douglas Blubaugh
Olympic wrestler and trainer (1934–2011)
ダグラス・ブルーボー · 더글러스 블러보
- Born
- 31 December 1934, Ponca City
- Died
- 16 May 2011, Tonkawa
- Citizenship
- United States
- Sport
- amateur wrestling
- Occupation
- coach, amateur wrestler
- Height
- 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Douglas Morlan Blubaugh (December 31, 1934 – May 16, 2011) was an American wrestler and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where he became the freestyle Olympic Gold Medalist at welterweight, defeating the legendary 1956 Olympic Champion and 3-time World Champion Iranian Wrestler Emam-Ali Habibi.
Blubaugh, born in Ponca City, Oklahoma, was an AAU Champion and an NCAA Champion in 1957 at Oklahoma State University. In 1959 he won another AAU Championship, winning the Outstanding Wrestler Award. Also in 1959 Blubaugh won a Pan-American Games Gold Medal before he made the 1960 Olympic team. While a student at OSU, Blubaugh was initiated as a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity; in January 2011, he was inducted into the ΤΚΕ Oklahoma Hall of Fame. In 1979, Blubaugh was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.
For his efforts in Rome, Blubaugh was named the World's Outstanding Wrestler in 1960. Blubaugh later became wrestling coach at Indiana University.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 Pan American Games | ||
| 1960 Summer Olympics | 1960 |
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q1252049 (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.