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{{Short description|American wrestler (1959–1996)}}
{{About|the Olympic wrestler|the professional wrestler|David Schultz (professional wrestler)|other people|David Schultz (disambiguation){{!}}David Schultz}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Dave Schultz
| image = Dave Schultz.jpg
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| full_name = David Lesley Schultz
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1959|06|06|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Palo Alto, California]], U.S.
| death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|1996|1|26|1959|06|06}}}}
| death_place = [[Newtown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Newtown Square, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| country = United States
| team = USA
| collegeteam = [[Oklahoma Sooners|Oklahoma]]<br>[[Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling|Oklahoma State]]
| club = [[Sunkist Kids|Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club]]
| sport = [[Wrestling]]
| event = [[Freestyle wrestling|Freestyle]] and [[Collegiate wrestling|Folkstyle]]
| weight = 74 kg
| height = 5 ft 10 in
| show-medals = yes
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{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[freestyle wrestling]]}}
{{Medal|Country|the {{USA}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Wrestling at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
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{{Medal|Gold|[[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] | {{nowrap|[[Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg|74 kg]]}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Wrestling Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1983 World Wrestling Championships|1983 Kyiv]] |74 kg}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1985 World Wrestling Championships|1985 Budapest]] |74 kg}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1987 World Wrestling Championships|1987 Clermont]] |74 kg}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1993 World Wrestling Championships|1993 Toronto]] |74 kg}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1982 World Wrestling Championships|1982 Edmonton]] |82 kg}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1986 World Wrestling Championships|1986 Budapest]] |74 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1987 Pan American Games|1987 Indianapolis]] | [[Wrestling at the 1987 Pan American Games|74 kg]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1995 Pan American Games|1995 Mar del Plata]] | [[Wrestling at the 1995 Pan American Games|74 kg]]}}
{{Medal|Competition| [[Goodwill Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1986 Goodwill Games|1986 Moscow]]|74 kg}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1994 Goodwill Games|1994 St. Petersburg]]|74 kg}}
{{MedalSport | [[Collegiate wrestling|Collegiate Wrestling]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships|NCAA Division I Championships]]}}
{{MedalCountry|the [[Oklahoma Sooners#Wrestling|Oklahoma Sooners]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1982 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships|1982 Ames]]| 167 lb}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1981 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships|1981 Princeton]]| 158 lb}}
{{MedalCountry | the [[Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling|Oklahoma State Cowboys]] }}
{{MedalBronze|[[1978 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships|1978 College Park]]| 150 lb}}
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'''David
Dave and his brother, wrestler [[Mark Schultz (wrestler)|Mark Schultz]], both won gold at the same Olympics (1984). The Schultzes were one of three sets of brothers (the others are [[Buvaisar Saitiev|Buvaisar]] and [[Adam Saitiev]], and [[Anatoli Beloglazov|Anatoli]] and [[Sergei Beloglazov]]) to win both World and Olympic championships. The Schultz brothers have won more [[NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships|NCAA]], World, and Olympic titles than any other American brother combination in history.
Schultz was employed as a coach by [[John du Pont]], a multimillionaire philanthropist who sponsored the private Foxcatcher wrestling team at an amateur sports center known as [[John du Pont#Foxcatcher Farm|Foxcatcher Farm]] that he set up on his estate in Pennsylvania. In January 1996, Schultz was murdered by du Pont, who was convicted of [[third-degree murder#Pennsylvania|third-degree murder]] and sentenced to thirteen to thirty years for prison.
==Early life==
David Lesley Schultz was born in [[Palo Alto, California]], to Dorothy Jean St. Germain (née Rich)<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/david_l_schultz_born_1959_7051362|title = DAVID SCHULTZ|access-date = March 27, 2015|website = californiabirthindex.org}}</ref> and Phillip Gary Schultz. He was the brother of [[Mark Schultz (wrestler)|Mark Schultz]], and two half-siblings – Michael and Seana. Schultz was of half Hungarian-Jewish [[Belarusian Jews|Belarusian-Jewish]] and half British/Irish/French/German descent.<ref name="mark">{{cite book|title=Foxcatcher: The True Story of my Brother's Murder, John Du Pont's Madness, and the Quest for Olympic Gold.|last=Schultz|first=Mark|isbn=9780698188709|year=2014|publisher=Penguin}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.amazon.com/Mark-Schultz/e/B00ONIRNM8 |title=Mark Schultz: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle |work=Amazon.com |year=2015 |access-date=January 11, 2015}}</ref> His paternal grandparents were Estelle (Bernstein), the daughter of a prominent paper company executive, and Maxwell L. Schultz, a business consultant.<ref>{{cite book |title=World Biography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8U8AQAAIAAJ&q=%22SCHULTZ,+MAXWELL+L.+American+Business+Consultant;+born+July+4.+1910.+Worcester.+Mass.:+son+of+Philip+H+and+Eva+(Nadel)+Schultz;%22 |volume=2-3 |date=1948 |___location=New York, N.Y. |publisher=Institute for Research in Biography |access-date=January 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Who's Who of American Women |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oinBBJ5pYa0C&q=%22SCHULTZ,+ESTELLE+BERNSTEIN+(MRS.+MAXWELL+SCHULTZ),+paper+co.+exec;+b.+N.Y.C.,+Nov.+6,+1914;+d.+Mark+and+Helen+(Kaas)+Bernstein;%22 |date=January 1976 |publisher=Marquis Who's Who |isbn=978-0-8379-0409-2 |access-date=January 11, 2015}}</ref> His maternal grandparents were Dorothy (Starks), a radiologist who graduated from Stanford Medical School #1 in her class, and Willis Rich, a Stanford ichthyology professor, inventor of the salmon ladder and discoverer of the "home stream theory" that salmon return to the rivers where they were born in order to spawn before they die. He said in a video that he was a [[ChristianIty|Christian]] by faith.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/832/The-Life-and-Legacy-Dave-Schultz-Chapter-1-The-Day-Wrestling-Died|title=The Life and Legacy of Dave Schultz, Chapter 1: The Day Wrestling Died|access-date=May 17, 2017|archive-date=May 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508105624/http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/832/The-Life-and-Legacy-Dave-Schultz-Chapter-1-The-Day-Wrestling-Died|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/832/The-Life-and-Legacy-Dave-Schultz-Chapter-1-The-Day-Wrestling-Died|title=The Life and Legacy of Dave Schultz|last=Palmer|first=Mark|date=January 26, 2006|website=Intermatwrestle.com|access-date=May 17, 2017|archive-date=May 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508105624/http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/832/The-Life-and-Legacy-Dave-Schultz-Chapter-1-The-Day-Wrestling-Died|url-status=dead}}</ref>
As a young child, Dave was overweight (nicknamed "Pudge"), and was often [[bullying|bullied]] at school by classmates for his weight and appearance.<ref name="mark"/><!-- ___location 99 in kindle version--> He also had [[dyslexia]], which many of his teachers mistook for [[mental disabilities]].<ref name="mark" />
Schultz began wrestling in the 7th grade at Ashland Junior High School in Ashland Oregon. Then he transferred to David Starr Jordan Middle School in Palo Alto and wrestled under coach Robert Hoskins.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.mercurynews.com/history/ci_26491206/foxcatcher-murder-true-story|title = The Foxcatcher murder: The true story|last1 = Garcia|first1 = Edwin|date = September 8, 2014|work = San Jose Mercury News|access-date = March 27, 2015|last2 = Wykes|first2 = S.L.}}</ref> In 1977 as a senior at [[Palo Alto High School]], he became state champion. That year he also won both his first national and international wrestling titles. As a high school senior he pinned 2-time NCAA champion and NCAA "Outstanding Wrestler" Chuck Yagla and World Cup Champion Joe Tice at the Great Plains Championships. His brother Mark started competing in sports in gymnastics, winning the Northern California All-Around Gymnastics Championships in his age group. In his junior year he switched to wrestling, and in his senior year won state.<ref name="mark" />
==Wrestling career==
[[File:Mohammad Reza Tupchi , Kenny Monday, Chris Campbell, Abbas Jadidi, Dave Schultz.jpg|thumb|300px|Dave Schultz (on far right) with (L-R) [[Mohammad Reza Tupchi]], [[Chris Campbell (wrestler)|Chris Campbell]], [[Kevin Jackson]], and [[Abbas Jadidi]].]]
=== High school career ===
Schultz's high school wrestling records included winning first place in the prestigious Great Plains freestyle tournament, which qualified him to compete on his first U.S. international team in the [[Tbilisi]] Tournament in then-Soviet Georgia.<ref name="mark" /> The Tbilisi Tournament is considered by many experts in the wrestling community to be the "toughest tournament in the world."<ref name="mark" /> Schultz earned a silver medal and was the highest-placing American at the tournament. Due to the timing of Tbilisi, Schultz was not able to compete in the high school tournaments that were required to qualify for the California State Championships, but his coach Ed Hart successfully petitioned the state coaches association to allow him to compete.<ref name="mark" /> Wrestling at 170 lbs, a weight class above his normal weight, Schultz pinned all his opponents in the state championships but the last, whom he defeated 12–1 in the final match.<ref name="mark" /> Later that year he won his first national title by winning the U.S. National Open Greco-Roman Championships and won the award for most falls in the least amount of time. Schultz's senior year is considered by most experts as the most successful senior year in U.S. high school wrestling history.<ref name="mark" />
=== College ===
In college, Schultz was a three-time [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] All-American, first at [[Oklahoma State University]] and then twice at the [[University of Oklahoma]]. In 1982, he was the 167-pound weight class NCAA Champion defeating Mike Sheets from Oklahoma State University in the finals by criteria tie-breaker in overtime. His career collegiate record was 91–8: 30–4 at Oklahoma State University and 61–4 at the University of Oklahoma.<ref name="mark" />
=== World and Olympics career ===
Schultz won ten Senior National titles (eight in Freestyle and two in [[Greco-Roman wrestling|Greco-Roman]]) over a 19-year span, at three weight divisions: 149.9 lb, 163 lb and 180.5 lb. In international competition, Schultz won a 1983 World Championship<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5k781xo2AM|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818031213/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5k781xo2AM|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 18, 2022|title=Dave Shultz Gold {{!}} 1983 Worlds {{!}} Schultz vs Magamadov|date=January 28, 2014|website=cmptrained.com}}</ref> and a 1984 [[Summer Olympics|Olympic]] gold medal, competing with the United States team. Schultz won the gold medal at the 74 kg weight class over Martin Knosp from West Germany.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Official Report of the Games of the XXIII Olympiad Los Angeles, 1984|publisher=Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee}}</ref> He won four World Cup<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwXDxEGXnsM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/ZwXDxEGXnsM| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Dave Schultz Interview After 1984 Olympic Gold Medal win.|date=March 13, 2008|website=Youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and two [[Pan American Games]] titles, and is the only American ever to twice win the tournament in [[Tbilisi, Georgia]]. In all, he was a seven-time World and Olympic medalist. Together, Dave and his brother [[Mark Schultz (wrestler)|Mark Schultz]], along with the Banach brothers, were the first American brothers to each win gold medals in the same Olympics. The Schultz brothers are the only American brothers to win both World and Olympic championships.<ref name=":1" />
=== Coaching and post professional career ===
At various times, Schultz also served as an assistant coach at the University of Oklahoma, [[Stanford University]], and the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] where he coached Dave Lee and Jim Jordan to NCAA titles. Among many other top U.S. wrestlers, Schultz trained 1996 [[Summer Olympics|Olympic]] Gold Medalist [[Kurt Angle]], who later became a [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestler]].<ref name=":2" /> In the 1990s, he worked as a coach for [[John du Pont]]'s "Team Foxcatcher", which trained at a complex built on the du Pont family farm in [[Newtown Square, Pennsylvania]]. In 1996, Schultz was murdered there by John du Pont.<ref name="mark" />
==Murder==
Schultz trained at the Foxcatcher center while preparing for another Olympic bid, as well as coaching the wrestling team. On January 26, 1996, he was shot and killed by John du Pont, the owner of the center. Du Pont had exhibited bizarre and threatening behavior for an extended period preceding the murder.
Dave Schultz was 36 at the time of his death. His body was cremated. Schultz's surviving family included his wife Nancy, his son Alexander, his daughter Danielle, his siblings, and both parents.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/wrestlng/tribute.htm|title = Tribute to David Schultz|date = 1996|newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] News|access-date = March 27, 2015}}</ref> His wife, Nancy, later founded the Dave Schultz Wrestling Club, which supported 20 displaced athletes from Team Foxcatcher, providing them with training and coaching resources through the 1996 Olympics. In recognition of her contributions, she received the Lifetime Service to Wrestling award from the California Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Hall of Fame's Order of Merit award in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nancy Schultz Vitangeli |url=https://nwhof.org/hall_of_fame/bio/4403?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=nwhof.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=National Wrestling Hall of Fame |url=https://nwhof.org/staff/36?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=nwhof.org |language=en}}</ref>
At the trial, neither the prosecution nor the defense suggested a motive for the crime. A jury rejected du Pont's plea of [[insanity defense|not guilty by reason of insanity]]; he was convicted as guilty but mentally ill.<ref name=cnn>{{ cite web |title=Du Pont guilty but mentally ill in Olympic wrestler's murder |website=[[CNN]] |date=February 25, 1997 |url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9702/25/dupont.verdict/reax.html |access-date=February 2, 2016|author-link=CNN }}</ref> Du Pont was sentenced by Judge Patricia Jenkins to 13–30 years incarceration and died in prison on December 9, 2010. Schultz's father Philip told ''[[The New York Times]]'' that "the fact that he's officially gone is almost a moot point. I did forgive the man for what he did. I never forgave the act."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/sports/olympics/10dupont.html | work=The New York Times | first=Jeré | last=Longman | title=John E. duPont, Heir Who Killed an Olympian, Dies at 72 | date=December 9, 2010}}</ref>
The story of the events leading to his death are portrayed in the 2014 film ''[[Foxcatcher]]'', with Schultz portrayed by [[Mark Ruffalo]].
==Legacy==
After Schultz's murder, 20 former Foxcatcher athletes were left without training or coaching resources six months before the [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Olympic Games]]. Schultz's widow founded the Dave Schultz Wrestling Club in March 1996 to sponsor the stranded wrestlers through the Olympics. The Club succeeded beyond the initial goal. It continued to train athletes in both men's and women's [[freestyle wrestling|freestyle]] and [[Greco-Roman wrestling|Greco-Roman]] wrestling until it closed in 2005.<ref name=SchultzWC>{{Cite web | last = Abbott | first = Gary | title = RIP Dave Schultz Wrestling Club | date = April 23, 2005 | url=http://www.wrestlingpod.com/wrestling-news/w1013/ | access-date = December 8, 2010}}</ref> Among the wrestlers who competed under Dave Schultz WC sponsorship were Olympic gold medalists [[Kurt Angle]] (100 kg/220 lbs Men's Freestyle, 1996) and [[Brandon Slay]] (76 kg/167.5 lbs Men's Freestyle, 2000), Olympic bronze medalist [[Patricia Miranda]] (48 kg/105.5 lbs Women's Freestyle, 2004), and World Champion [[Stephen Neal]] (130 kg/286 lbs. Men's Freestyle, 1999).<ref name=SchultzWC />
* Since Schultz's death, [[USA Wrestling]] has hosted the annual Dave Schultz Memorial International wrestling meet at the [[United States Olympic Training Center]] in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]].
* In 1997, Schultz was posthumously inducted into the [[National Wrestling Hall of Fame]] as a Distinguished Member.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nwhof.org/stillwater/hall-of-fame/#type=hof&honoree=107|title=Honoree: Dave Schultz}}</ref>
* The singlet Kurt Angle wore in his early [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] career was a tribute to Schultz.<ref name=AngleSchultz>{{Cite web | last = Angle | first = Kurt | title = Twitter | url=https://twitter.com/RealKurtAngle/status/728600314857836545 | access-date = May 8, 2016}}</ref>
* In 1996, the National Wrestling Hall of Fame established the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award, which celebrates an outstanding high school male wrestler from each state, while also signifying regional and a national winner. The award is equally based on wrestling success, scholastic achievement, and community service.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award |url=https://nwhof.org/national-wrestling-hall-of-fame/national_honorees/awards/Dave_Schultz_High_School_Excellence_Award |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=nwhof.org}}</ref>
* In 2016, [[United World Wrestling]] posthumously inducted Schultz into its Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-22 |title=United World Wrestling to induct 15 members into Hall of Fame at Rio 2016 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1037973/united-world-wrestling-to-induct-15-members-into-hall-of-fame-at-rio-2016 |access-date=2024-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122205628/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1037973/united-world-wrestling-to-induct-15-members-into-hall-of-fame-at-rio-2016 |archive-date=January 22, 2024 }}</ref>
==Representation in other media==
* The 2014 film ''[[Foxcatcher]]'', directed by [[Bennett Miller]], with [[Mark Ruffalo]] playing Schultz, [[Steve Carell]] as du Pont and [[Channing Tatum]] as Mark, is based on Mark Schultz's New York Times best selling autobiography, however it's extremely inaccurate. For his portrayal of Dave, Ruffalo was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/01/15/oscar-nominee-mark-ruffalo-channing-should-be-here-in-my-place/|title = Oscar Nominee Mark Ruffalo: 'Channing Should Be Here in My Place'|last = Chai|first = Barbara|date = January 15, 2015|work = The Washington Street Journal|access-date = March 27, 2015}}</ref>
* Dave's brother Mark Schultz wrote a non-fiction New York Times best seller, ''Foxcatcher: The True Story of My Brother's Murder, John du Pont's Madness, and the Quest for Olympic Gold'' (2014).
* The story of [[John du Pont]], David Schultz, and Team Foxcatcher is documented in ''The Prince of Pennsylvania'', a documentary film directed by Jesse Vile for ESPN's ''[[30 for 30]]'' series.
==Athletic achievements==
* 1982 [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] Division I Champion, 167 lb class
* 1983 Senior Freestyle world champion, 163 lb
* 1984 [[Summer Olympics|Olympic]] gold medalist, 163.1 lb
* 1986 [[Goodwill Games]] gold medalist
* 1994 [[Goodwill Games]] silver medalist
* Seven-time USA Senior Freestyle champion (1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995; all except 1988 (180.5
* Five-time World Cup champion (1980, 1982, 1985, 1994, 1995)
* Two-time [[Pan American Games]] champion (1977 (Greco-Roman), 1987(Freestyle))
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* Two-time Sunkist International Champion (1989, 1990)
* Three-time DeGlane Challenge Champion (1983, 1990, 1991)
* Three-time World silver medalist, 163
* Two-time World Bronze medalist (1982, 1986)
==See also==
* [[List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling]]
* [[United States results in men's freestyle wrestling]]
*[[List of Jews in Sports]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://nwhof.org/stillwater/hall-of-fame/#type=hof&honoree=107 Dave Schultz at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/news/1996_Jan_31.SCHULTZ.html ''Palo Alto Weekly'' obituary], with recollections of Schultz as a youth – January 31, 1996
* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/wrestlng/tribute.htm ''Washington Post'' obituary]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20000819133201/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/events/1996/olympics/weekly/960812/olyrassl.html ''Sports Illustrated'' article] by [[Rick Reilly]] on the [[Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 U.S. Olympic wrestling team]] drawing inspiration from the memory of Dave Schultz and the presence of his wife and children at the [[Atlanta Games]]
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