BEN PETERSON Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 Photo - Olympic gold medalist Wrestler

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BEN PETERSON Hand Signed 4X6 Photo This Photo is Hand signed By BEN PETERSON. %100 Authentic Autograph ! The Autograph is VERY BOLD & Looks Amazing ! BEN PETERSON Also wrote a BIBLE VERSE on this photo. The photo is in Good Condition & is a High Quality photo. RARE AUTOGRAPGH PHOTO . .Will be shipped SUPER FAST to you & will be Well packaged . I will ship to you . The SAME DAY you pay :) YES... I even ship on Saturday . Payment MUST be made in 3 days or less after this listing ends . Combined s&h is Extra each additional listing . In the 3 day Period . Check out my other Low Priced Autographs & my Fantastic feedback :) . Ad my STORE to your FAVORITES LIST . I do list NEW Low Priced autographs EVERY DAY ! Upon Request . I do offer my Lifetime Guarantee COA . Just message me at Checkout . Thank you :) Amanda
Ben Peterson Peterson (bottom) at the 1976 Olympics Personal information Full name Benjamin Lee Peterson Born June 27, 1950 (age 70) Barron County, Wisconsin, U.S. Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) Sport Sport Freestyle wrestling Club Iowa State Wrestling Club hide Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing United States Olympic Games 1972 Munich 90 kg 1976 Montreal 90 kg World Championships 1973 Tehran 90 kg Pan American Games 1975 Mexico City 90 kg Benjamin Lee "Ben" Peterson (born June 27, 1950) is a retired American freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal, respectively. As a college wrestler, Peterson was a two-time NCAA champion at Iowa State. He founded the "Camp of Champs," which brought in Olympic wrestlers to train with high schoolers. Peterson also coached wrestling at Maranatha Baptist University for 28 years.College career Peterson continued his wrestling career at Iowa State University where he competed in the 190 pound weight class and studied architecture Peterson continued his success capturing three Big Eight championships and back-to-back NCAA titles in 1971 and 1972. Peterson would later be one of the first inductees into the Iowa State Hall of Fame in 1998.International career and coaching After his prep career came to an end, Peterson continued competing at the international level with great success. At the 1972 Munich Olympics Peterson won gold in the 90 kg division.He followed that up with Bronze at the '73 World Championships in Tehranand Gold at the Mexico City hosted '75 Pan American Games.At the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Peterson would once again return to the podium with Silver in the 90 kg weight class. at the conclusion of the Montreal Olympic games, Peterson would retire from competitive wrestling to focus on coaching. In 1972 Peterson began his coaching career as head coach at Maranatha Baptist University in Watertown, WI. A position he would hold for the next 28 years. In 1977 Ben along with his brother John would start the Camp of Champs Wrestling Camps. The camp is a faith-based wrestling skills camp. Ben was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2002.Peterson Roll Ben is often credited with having invented a version of the Granby Roll wrestling move, popularly called the Peterson Roll, but denies having invented the move. He says that he used the move during the widely viewed Olympic Games, which is one reason the move became connected to him.Olympic game matches Res.RecordOpponentScoreDateEventLocation 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist at 90kg Loss 11–1–1 Levan Tediashvili 5–11 July 29, 1976 1976 Olympic Games Montreal Win 11–0–1 Horst Stottmeister 13–8 Win 10–0–1 Paweł Kurczewski 13–4 Win 9–0–1 Bárbaro Morgan Fall Win 8–0–1 Yoshiaki Yatsu 19–2 Win 7–0–1 Shukri Akhmedov 14–13 Win 6–0–1 Stelică Morcov 7–4 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist at 90kg Win 5–0–1 Rusi Petrov Fall August 30, 1972 1972 Olympic Games Munich Win 4–0–1 Bárbaro Morgan Fall Win 3–0–1 Reza Khorrami Won Draw 2–0–1 Gennady Strakhov Draw Win 2–0 Raúl García Fall Win 1–0 Paweł Kurczewski Won Reference:[15][16]