Kendall Cross Clinic set for Monday November 23

Olympic Gold Medalist Kendall Cross will serve as a guest clinician at the Manhattan Training Center Monday November November 22nd during the Gotham City Grapplers Club Team Practice from 6-8pm.  Kendall won won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he wrestled in the 57 kilogram (125.5 pounds) weight class. He defeated Guivi Sissaouri of Canada 5-3 in the final match.Cross also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics where he placed sixth.  In high school, he wrestled for Mustang High School in Oklahoma where he won a state title. He wrestled for Oklahoma State University where he was a three time All-American and won the NCAA Championship in 1989. Kendall graduated from OSU with a major in political science and economics.

Cross's other achievements include:

• Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, inducted 2002
• Three time US National Champion
• Outstanding Freestyle Wrestler at the U. S. Nationals, 1992 and 1995
• 1997 USA Wrestling Athlete of the Year
• Espoir National and Espoir World Cup Champion, 1988
• Bronze medal at Junior World Championships, 1986
• World Cup Champion, 1997