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| Full name | James Evan Johnson | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1954-04-07) April 7, 1954 (age 70) Cokato, Minnesota, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Orono, Minnesota, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Greco-Roman and Folkstyle | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | Minnesota | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Minnesota Wrestling Club | |||||||||||||||||
| Team | USA | |||||||||||||||||
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James "Evan" Johnson (born April 7, 1954) is an American former wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 90 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He wrestled collegiately for the University of Minnesota, where we was an NCAA wrestling champion and two-time finalist. Johnson was inducted into the David Bartelma Minnesota Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1995 and the "M" Club Hall of Fame in 2002.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "James Johnson Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
- "M" Club Hall of Fame - Evan Johnson. gophersports.com. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
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