Dave Schultz (amateur wrestler)

Dave Schultz
Personal information
Full nameDavid Lesley Schultz
Born(1959-06-06)June 6, 1959
Palo Alto, California, U.S.
DiedJanuary 26, 1996(1996-01-26) (aged 36)
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle and Folkstyle
College teamOklahoma
Oklahoma State
ClubSunkist Kids Wrestling Club
TeamUSA
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles74 kg
World Championships
1983 Kyiv74 kg
1985 Budapest74 kg
1987 Clermont74 kg
1993 Toronto74 kg
1982 Edmonton82 kg
1986 Budapest74 kg
Pan American Games
1987 Indianapolis74 kg
1995 Mar del Plata74 kg
Goodwill Games
1986 Moscow74 kg
1994 St. Petersburg74 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
NCAA Division I Championships
Representing the Oklahoma Sooners
1982 Ames167 lb
1981 Princeton158 lb
Representing the Oklahoma State Cowboys
1978 College Park150 lb

David Lesley Schultz (June 6, 1959 – January 26, 1996) was an American Olympic and World champion freestyle wrestler, and a seven-time World and Olympic medalist. He coached individuals and teams at the college level and also privately.

Dave and his brother, wrestler Mark Schultz, both won gold at the same Olympics (1984). The Schultzes were one of three sets of brothers (the others are Buvaisar and Adam Saitiev, and Anatoli and Sergei Beloglazov) to win both World and Olympic championships. The Schultz brothers have won more NCAA, World, and Olympic titles than any other American brother combination in history.

Schultz was employed as a coach by John du Pont, a multimillionaire philanthropist who sponsored the private Foxcatcher wrestling team at an amateur sports center known as Foxcatcher Farm that he set up on his estate in Pennsylvania. In January 1996, Schultz was shot and killed by du Pont. du Pont would be convicted of third-degree murder and was sentenced to thirteen to thirty years for prison.