Kenny Monday
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Born | November 25, 1961 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. | (age 62)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 74 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kenny Dale Monday (born November 25, 1961) is an
Monday attended
As an All-American at OSU, Monday won the
Monday was a silver medalist in the 1992 Olympics and placed sixth in the 1996
On March 28, 1997, Monday competed in a mixed martial arts bout defeating John Lewis by TKO in round two at Extreme Fighting 4, which was held in Des Moines, Iowa.
Monday has also worked as the wrestling coach with the Blackzilians, a mixed martial arts camp based in Boca Raton, Florida.[2][3] He is married to Sabrina Goodwin Monday (National Sales Director for Mary Kay Cosmetics) and has three children. Both his sons would become NCAA Division I wrestlers. His oldest son Kennedy wrestled for the University of North Carolina,[4] and his younger son Quincy currently[when?] wrestles for Princeton University. Monday currently[when?] resides in North Carolina.[citation needed]
On August 15, 2022, Monday was announced as the head wrestling coach of the resurrected Morgan State University program that last competed in 1997.[5]
Mixed martial arts record
1 match | 1 win | 0 losses |
By knockout | 1 | 0 |
Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
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Win | 1–0 | John Lewis | TKO (punches) | Extreme fighting 4 | March 28, 1997 | 2 | 4:23 | Des Moines, Iowa, USA |
Submission grappling record
KO PUNCHESSee also
References
- ^ Kenny Monday. National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
- ^ "Olympic wrestling legend, Kenny Monday joins the Blackzilian camp as wrestling coach". Bloody Elbow. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
- ^ "Wrestling coach Kenny Monday let go by 'Blackzilians'". Yahoo Sports. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
- ^ "Kennedy Monday". University of North Carolina Athletic Department. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
- ^ "Olympic Gold Medalist Selected to Lead Revived Wrestling Program at Morgan State University". 15 August 2022.
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kenny Monday". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- Sherdog