Randy Lewis

1977 Rapid City Stevens High School grad. Iowa. Won gold medal at 136.5 pounds in freestyle wrestling at 1984 Olympics, outscoring his first four opponents 52-4 to advance to the final, where he crushed Japan's Kosei Akaishi 24-11 in 4:52. Was member of 1980 Olympic team but President Jimmy Carter's boycott prevented the U.S. team from traveling to the Games in Moscow. Was second in the 1988 Olympic trials to John Smith, who wound up winning a gold medal. Was 1990 Pan Am champion. At Iowa, he was a four-time AllAmerican and two-time NCAA champion. At Stevens, Lewis was 89-0 with 83 pins in his last three years (1975-77), and he set a national prep mark with 45 straight pins.