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Jim Gruenwald

Olympic wrestler

Born
9 June 1970, Milwaukee
Citizenship
United States
Sport
amateur wrestling
Occupation
amateur wrestler
Height
162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight
60 kg (132 lb)

James Matthew Gruenwald (born June 9, 1970) is a retired amateur American Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's lightweight category. He won three U.S. national titles (2003–2004, 2008), picked up a bronze medal in the 60-kg division at the 2003 Pan American Games, and represented the United States in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), finishing sixth in Sydney and tenth in Athens respectively. Since his sporting career ended in late 2004, Gruenwald served as an assistant coach for the Greco-Roman wrestling team at the United States Olympic Training Center in Marquette, Michigan from 2005 - 2009, and currently, heads the Wheaton College wrestling program in Illinois.

Competitions

CompetitionYearResult
2000 Summer Olympics2000
2004 Summer Olympics2004

External links

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