Mark Albert Fuller (born March 25, 1961) was an American wrestler in

Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling (Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mod ...

Wrestling career

A member of the Sunkids Kids Wrestling Club, Fuller competed on four different USA Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling teams (1980, 1984, 1988 and 1992) and was the first American wrestler to make four Olympic teams.Myers, Richard. (January 12, 2006)
Former Lincoln wrestler rose to Olympic glory
''Gold Country Media''. Retrieved July 22, 2023. He would have competed at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

, but was prevented by the United States boycott of the event. He came in second in the

1983 Pan American Games The 1983 Pan American Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela from August 14 to August 29, 1983. The games were the first major international competition to include relatively accurate steroid testing.Taylor, William N., ''Anabolic Steroids and the ...

competition and first at the

1991 Pan American Games The 1991 Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the Pan American Sports Organization, PASO community, with events in 33 different sports. The main stadium was ...

. Fuller was also a two-time World Champion at the

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Personal life

Fuller is a

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. He is married to Heidi Fuller and is the father of four children.

References

Sources

* *''2009 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2008) p. 326.

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* 1961 births Living people Wrestlers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics American male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for the United States American Latter Day Saints Sportspeople from Roseville, California Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1991 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-wrestling-bio-stub