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Sep 26, 2000 · Chris Taylor was the biggest Olympian ever in 1972, competing in freestyle wrestling in Munich, Germany at a whopping 412 pounds. Coming out of the Olympics with a bronze medal, he seemed a natural fit for pro wrestling and hooked up with another former Olympian, Verne Gagne, for training.
Biography. Weighing over 400 lbs., Chris Taylor is the heaviest American Olympian of all time. Despite his weight he was a very good technical wrestler, possessed of surprising quickness. This enabled him to twice win the NCAA Championship while at Iowa State, and he also won national titles in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Oct 3, 2023 · 77. 6.1K views 4 months ago. A legendary wrestling event dubbed the "Throw of the Century". A wrestling bout between German wrestler Wilfried Dietrich and huge American Chris Taylor at...
Jun 1, 2012 · USA Wrestling. 218K subscribers. Subscribed. 202. 21K views 11 years ago. Wrestling legend Dan Gable talks about his teammate and friend, the late Chris Taylor, at Taylor's induction...
Biography. Weighing over 400 lbs., Chris Taylor is the heaviest American Olympian of all time. Despite his weight he was a very good technical wrestler, possessed of surprising quickness. This enabled him to twice win the NCAA Championship while at Iowa State, and he also won national titles in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Nov 7, 2017 · A gentle giant. That's what they called Chris Taylor when he wrestled at Iowa State, and it is a most fitting epitaph. Seldom will two words sum up a man any better than that. One tells you...
Jul 2, 1979 · STORY CITY, Iowa, July 1 (UPI) Chris Taylor, the two‐time National Collegiate Athletic Association heavyweight wrestling champion and 1972 Olympic bronze medalist who later became a...
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