History

The Greco-Roman program at the United States Olympic Education Center was established in 1999.  Since its inception, it has developed a number of  U.S. World Team members at the FILA-Junior, University and Senior level.

In 2006, Spenser Mango captured two world medals; a gold at the University World Championships in Mongolia, and a bronze at the FILA-Junior World Championships in Guatemala.  Mango was the first American wrestler to ever win a gold medal in the University World Championships.  Teammate Harry Lester won the U.S. World Team Trials and competed in the 2006 World Championships in Guangzhou, China on September 23 - October 3.

Olympic Team Members

• Ivan Ivanov (USOEC Coach), 1996 Summer Olympics (for Bulgaria), Atlanta, Georgia, USA - 5th place
• Jim Gruenwald (USOEC Coach), 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney, Australia - 6th place
• Jim Gruenwald (USOEC Coach), 2004 Summer Olympics, Athens, Greece - 10th place
• Spenser Mango, 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing, China - 8th place
• Adam Wheeler, 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing, China - Bronze medalist

World Medalists

• Harry Lester, 2006 - Two-Time Bronze medalist
• Harry Lester, 2007 - Gold & Bronze medalist

World Team Members

• Jim Gruenwald (USOEC Coach), 2001 Patras, Greece - dnp
• Jim Gruenwald (USOEC Coach), 2002 Moscow, Russia - 8th place
• Jim Gruenwald (USOEC Coach), 2003 Creteil, France - 4th place
• Harry Lester, 2005 Budapest, Hungary - dnp
• Harry Lester, 2006 Guangzhou, China - Bronze medalist
• Harry Lester, 2007 Baku, Azerbaijan - Bronze medalist

World Championship Team Members

• Jim Gruenwald (USOEC Coach), 2003 - 4th place
• Harry Lester, 2004 - 5th place
• Cheney Haight, 2005 - Member
• Harry Lester, 2005 - 5th place
• Spenser Mango, 2005 - 7th place
• Joe Betterman, 2006 - Bronze medalist
• Chas Betts, 2006 - Silver medalist
• Jacob Curby, 2006 - Qualified
• Harry Lester, 2006 - 3rd place
• Joe Betterman, 2007 - Silver medalist
• Jacob Fisher, 2007 - 7th place
• Harry Lester, 2007 - Bronze medalist
• Harry Lester, 2008 - 3rd place

U.S. National Champions

• Jim Gruenwald (USOEC Coach), 2003
• Jim Gruenwald (USOEC Coach), 2005
• Harry Lester (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), 2005
• Jim Gruenwald (USOEC Coach), 2008
• Spenser Mango (St. Louis, Mo.), 2008
• Joe Betterman (Chicago, Ill.), 2009
• Harry Lester (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), 2009

U.S. National Team Members

• Spenser Mango (St. Louis, Mo.), 2009
• Joe Betterman (Chicago, Ill.), 2009
• Jacob Curby (LaGrange, Ill.), 2009
• Harry Lester (Cuyohoga Falls, Ohio), 2009
• Jacob Fisher (Platte City, Mo.), 2009
• Chas Betts (St. Michael, Minn.), 2009
• R.C. Johnson (Plymouth, Minn.), 2009
• Peter Gonaridis (Leominster, Mass.), 2009