February 6, 1960 (1960-02-06) (age 64) Sussex County, New Jersey, U.S.
Home town
Port Jervis, New York, U.S.
Height
6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight
209 lb (95 kg)
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles
100 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Iowa Hawkeyes
NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
1981 Princeton
Heavyweight
1983 Oklahoma City
Heavyweight
1982 Ames
Heavyweight
Lou Banach (right) with his twin brother Ed Banach (left), August 1984
Ludwig David "Lou" Banach (born February 6, 1960)[1] is an American athlete who won a gold medal in wrestling in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He was noted with his fraternal twin brother Ed Banach for both winning gold medals in freestyle wrestling at the same Olympics.
After earning a master's in business degree at Pennsylvania State University in 1988, Banach has had a career as a banker based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since 2010 he has been a segment leader for Associated Bank of Green Bay.
^"Lou Banach". Sports Reference. 2010. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
Ludwig David "Lou" Banach (born February 6, 1960) is an American athlete who won a gold medal in wrestling in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles...
1983). He was named the 1983 Big Ten Athlete of the Year. Banach and his twin brother LouBanach were noted for both winning gold medals in wrestling in...
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against LouBanach of the United States, where he lost by fall in 61 seconds. Two years earlier, in 1978, Atiyeh, then wrestling for LSU, defeated Banach 13-10...
qualifying match in controversial fashion to eventual gold medal winner LouBanach, a match that Severn credits with launching his career. "I would have...
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Sheets of Oklahoma State was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler and LouBanach of Iowa received the Gorriaran Award. "Wrestling" (PDF). NCAA.ord. 19...
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(21 Sep 2017). "USA OLYMPIANS AND THEIR COLLEGES". Retrieved 2017-10-14. Banach attended the University of Iowa as an undergraduate and Penn State as a...
University, where he later became a championship-winning coach. Ed and LouBanach together won five individual NCAA championships for Iowa and were able...
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