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Old 07-11-2006, 04:37 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Olympic Athletes in MMA
How many olympic level athletes have there been in MMA who have competed successfully? And who were they? The ones I know are Dan Henderson (not sure if he medalled though) and Yoshida (Olympic gold in judo 1992).
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what about Couture and Lindland?
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rulon, nakamura. Lindland was a silver medalist, Couture I believe was on the team as an alternate but did not compete?
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Coleman was an alternate on the olympic team...
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nastula and akiyama

im pretty sure nakamura never made it to olympics
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kevin randleman?
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good question
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Randleman was 2X NCAA champ. He didn't make an Olympic bid. Back in the day Kevin Jackson (Olympic Champ and current U.S. Olympic freestlye coach) had a go with FRank Shamrock, Frank by submission.
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