James Chico Hernandez
American martial artist
- Born
- 14 April 1954
- Citizenship
- United States
- Sport
- amateur wrestling
- Occupation
- amateur wrestler
James Chico Hernandez (born April 14, 1954) is an American martial artist who competes in Sambo. Born in Pilsen, Chicago, he represented the United States in Sambo and freestyle wrestling at national and international levels over a career spanning several decades. He won the Fédération Internationale Amateur de Sambo World Championships in 2000 and earned multiple AAU national titles in Sambo, Greco-Roman, and freestyle wrestling. Hernandez served in the U.S. Army from 1981 to 2014, attaining the rank of First Sergeant, and was among the first Sambo wrestlers to be featured on a Wheaties cereal box. He was inducted into the AAU Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2012.
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.