Matt Ghaffari

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Matt Ghaffari is an American-Iranian Olympic silver-medal winning wrestler. He was a Two-time Olympic team member and a 1996 Olympic silver medalist. He is the only wrestler with four World and Olympic Medals, and is a four-time World Cup Champion and seven-time Pan-American Champion. Class of 1979.[1]

Ghaffari attended Paramus High School in Paramus, New Jersey.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Robbins, Liz. "OLYMPICS; Wrestler Two Victories From Dream", The New York Times, June 24, 2000. Accessed October 17, 2007. "To advance, Ghaffari had to pull out a trick he first used two decades ago at Paramus High School in New Jersey.... At 38, and a loss away from retirement, Ghaffari is still crafty and accomplished, compiling more Olympic and world championship medals than any other Greco-Roman wrestler with four."

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