How many Olympic gold medalists have fought in MMA?

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Portillo
Date: January 07, 2010 at 02:53 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/how-many-olympic-gold-medalists-have-fought-in-mma.21158/

This guy won gold in 1984. Any others?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Schultz_(amateur_wrestler)

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: CPT
Date: January 07, 2010 at 06:45 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/how-many-olympic-gold-medalists-have-fought-in-mma.21158/

Rulon Gardner
Hidehiko Yoshida
Satoshi Ishii
There might be more, but those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: frontrowbrian
Date: January 07, 2010 at 09:47 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/how-many-olympic-gold-medalists-have-fought-in-mma.21158/

kevin jackson 1992 Gold
kenny monday 1988 Gold, 1992 SILVER
Rulon Gardner 2000 Gold greco, 2004 Bronze
karam gaber 2004 Gold greco
Istvan Majoros 2004 Gold greco --- fought Kid Yamamoto and then quit MMA
mark schultz 1984 Gold
Judo
Satoshi Ishii 2008 Gold
Yoshida 1992 Gold
Pawel Natsula 1996 Gold
Makoto Takimoto 2000 Gold
Henry Cejudo, a 2008 gold medalist, will be the next to add to the list

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Sedulous
Date: January 07, 2010 at 09:51 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/how-many-olympic-gold-medalists-have-fought-in-mma.21158/

Mark Schultz was so awesome at wrestling.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: nigel_foe
Date: January 07, 2010 at 11:00 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/how-many-olympic-gold-medalists-have-fought-in-mma.21158/

How did Hendo do, anyway?

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: frontrowbrian
Date: January 07, 2010 at 11:14 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/how-many-olympic-gold-medalists-have-fought-in-mma.21158/

nigel_foe said:
How did Hendo do, anyway?
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10TH Place in 1992 Olympics, 12th place at the 1996 Olympics. Hendo wrestled at 82 kgs which is a shade under 181 lbs

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Portillo
Date: January 08, 2010 at 01:03 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/how-many-olympic-gold-medalists-have-fought-in-mma.21158/

Thanks everyone. There seems to be a decent amount of them, although some of there records arent great. I think in the future you might see Olympians switching to MMA, who are still at the peak of their career.