January 1, 1971 (1971-01) (age 53) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney
54 kg
World Championships
1998 Tehran
54 kg
2006 Guangzhou
55 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Clemson Tigers
NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
1993 Ames
118 lb
1994 Chapel Hill
118 lb
Samuel "Sammie" Henson (born January 1, 1971) is a World Champion wrestler, winning a gold medal in freestyle for the USA at the 1998 FILA Wrestling World Championships, held in Tehran, Iran. He was also a silver medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the freestyle 54 kg category, losing to Abdullayev in the finals of that event, held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. At the age of 36, he competed at the 2006 FILA Wrestling World Championships held in Guangzhou, China, earning a bronze medal. He was named USA Wrestling's Man of the Year in 1998.
He is formerly the head coach at West Virginia University. He was also head coach of the Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club. Henson was born in St. Louis, Missouri. In 2015, Henson was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.[1]
^Sammie Henson. National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
Samuel "Sammie" Henson (born January 1, 1971) is a World Champion wrestler, winning a gold medal in freestyle for the USA at the 1998 FILA Wrestling World...
downed twice by the 2000 Olympic silver medalist and 1998 World Champion SammieHenson, losing the spot. He quickly bounced back a week later with a Pan American...
title in 1980, and went on to win a bronze medal in the 1984 Olympics. SammieHenson is a former standout at Clemson, as one of the most accomplished Tiger...
approximately 4.5 million barrels per day (720,000 m3/d). January 1 – SammieHenson, American wrestler, Olympic silver medalist January 2 Taye Diggs, American...
Jones (1/1) Kevin Randleman (1/2) Mark Kerr (1/1) Kurt Angle (2/2) 1993 SammieHenson (1/2) Tony Purler (1/1) TJ Jaworsky (1/3) Lincoln McIlravy (1/3) Terry...
Silver Mari Holden Cycling Women's road time trial September 30 Silver SammieHenson Wrestling Men's freestyle 54 kg September 30 Silver Rocky Juarez Boxing...
Weight Division Champion Team 121 lb (55 kg) SammieHenson Pennsylvania Hammer 132 lb (60 kg) Tony Deanda New York Outrage 145 lb (66 kg) Doug Schwab...
Event Gold Silver Bronze 54 kg details Namig Abdullayev Azerbaijan SammieHenson United States Amiran Kardanov Greece 58 kg details Alireza Dabir Iran...
January 1 Alicia Berneche, opera soprano Beno Bryant, football player SammieHenson, wrestler Bridget Pettis, basketball player Denise Stapley, sex therapist...
Tunisia "Athletes & Results". uww.org. Retrieved 2022-02-02. "SammieHenson » About SammieHenson". bulltrained.com. Archived from the original on 2020-08-06...
Joe Smith (1991) — former Missouri 14th district state representative SammieHenson (1989) — 2x NCAA wrestling champion, 1998 world champion, 2000 Olympic...
Hall of Fame tennis player, winner of six Grand Slam singles titles SammieHenson (born 1971), Olympic silver medalist and World Champion in freestyle...
Silver Mari Holden Cycling Women's road time trial September 30 Silver SammieHenson Wrestling Men's freestyle 54 kg September 30 Silver Rocky Juarez Boxing...
in 1997. "Nissen Emery Award". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 2016-08-10. SammieHenson was undefeated and two-time NCAA champion at Clemson University. From...
series, losing to 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist and 1997 World Champion, SammieHenson. "Teague Moore Named Head Wrestling Coach". May 13, 2011. Retrieved...
match, before falling behind U.S. wrestler and 1998 world champion SammieHenson in the semifinals without scoring a single point. He faced against Greece's...
Silver Bronze Flyweight (−54 kg) details Namig Abdullayev Azerbaijan SammieHenson United States Amiran Kardanov Greece Bantamweight (−58 kg) details...
champion wrestler, 2016 Olympic bronze medalist in 86 kg weight class SammieHenson, two-time NCAA wrestling champion; 1998 world freestyle champion; 2000...
session, Zakharuk fell behind U.S. wrestler and 1998 world champion SammieHenson with a score 4–8, before he sought a chance to fight back in a consolation...
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