Brandon Slay
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Amarillo, Texas, U.S.
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| Full name | Brandon Douglas Slay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 14, 1975 (age 49) Amarillo, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brandon Douglas Slay (born October 14, 1975) is an American former freestyle wrestler. He won an Olympic gold medal for the United States in wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Slay also helped found Dallas Dynamite wrestling club in Dallas, Texas. Slay currently is the Assistant National Freestyle Coach and National Freestyle Resident Coach for USA wrestling, stationed at the Olympic Training Center (USOTC) in Colorado Springs.[1]
He graduated from Tascosa High School in Amarillo, Texas, where he was a three-time state champion in wrestling.
College career
Slay studied business at the University of Pennsylvania and received a degree from the Wharton School of Business. He wrestled all four years at Pennsylvania, where he was a two-time national runner-up and All-American in the NCAA tournament at 167 pounds. Slay was also a four-time All-Ivy wrestler, and two-time EIWA champion.[2] He is a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
