Michael Farina
American wrestler
- Born
- 5 May 1958, Elmhurst
- Citizenship
- United States
- Sport
- amateur wrestling
- Occupation
- athlete, amateur wrestler
- Height
- 155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Michael Farina (born May 5, 1958) is an American wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 48 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Farina made the USA Greco-Roman wrestling Olympic team as a high school senior, becoming the second wrestler in American history to come straight from high school and earn a spot on an Olympic team. He is also the youngest American in history to become an Olympian in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Farina wrestled for York High School in Elmhurst, Illinois, where he placed third in the state as a junior and won an Illinois State Championship as a senior. Prior to graduating high school, he won the National Junior Freestyle Championship in 1974 and the National Junior Greco-Roman Championship in 1974 and 1975.
He attended college and wrestled at Iowa State University, where he graduated in 1981. He also later earned a graduate degree from the University of Minnesota.
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