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American wrestler
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Male
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Birth:
24 March 1986(Bakersfield, USA)
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Residences
State College, USA
The details
Biography
Jacob Stephen "Jake" Varner (born March 24, 1986) is a male wrestler from the United States. He won the gold medal in the 96 kg category at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Varner wrestled for the Iowa State University Cyclones. He is a four-time NCAA Division I finalist and two-time NCAA Division I champion (junior and senior). He is also a two-time California State wrestling champion for Bakersfield High School in Bakersfield, California, where his uncle Andy is the head coach and his father, Steve, is an assistant.
He has been an assistant wrestling coach at Penn State since 2016.