Sunkist Kids is a

wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

club and nonprofit organization based in

Scottsdale, Arizona , settlement_type = City , named_for = Winfield Scott , image_skyline = , image_seal = Seal of Scottsdale (Arizona).svg , image_blank_emblem = City of Scottsdale Script Logo.svg , nick ...

History

Founded in 1976, Sunkist Kids has produced 55 Olympic medalists since its inception. Many of American wrestling's greatest champions are from the organization, such as wrestling legend John Smith (two-time Olympic gold medalist and four-time world champion), women's wrestling pioneer

Tricia Saunders Tricia Saunders (born as ''Patricia McNaughton''; February 21, 1966 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American amateur wrestler and pioneer in the sport of Women's Freestyle Wrestling. She earned a total of five FILA Wrestling World Championships me ...

(four-time world champion),

Cael Sanderson Cael Norman Sanderson ( ; born June 20, 1979) is an American former folkstyle and freestyle wrestler who is the current head coach of Penn State University's wrestling team. As a wrestler, he won an Olympic Gold medal and was undefeated in four ...

(2004 Olympic gold medalist), and Greco-Roman wrestler

Rulon Gardner Rulon Ellis Gardner (born August 16, 1971) is an American retired Greco-Roman Olympic Gold Medalist wrestler. He competed at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics and won the gold medal in 2000, defeating Russia's three-time reigning gold medalist Aleksan ...

(2000 Olympic heavyweight gold medalist). The head coach is currently Mark Perry. Since 1976, the ''Sunkist Kids'' Wrestling Club has produced more Olympic, world, and U.S. national champions than any other elite wrestling club in the United States. To date, the ''Sunkist Kids'' have 55 Olympic and world medals and 164 national champions.

Dan Severn Daniel DeWayne Severn (born June 8, 1958), nicknamed "The Beast", is an American professional wrestler, retired mixed martial artist and amateur wrestler. A UFC Hall of Fame member, Severn is considered one of the leading pioneers of mixed marti ...

was the original Sunkist Kid of the ''Sunkist Kids''.{{cite web, title=Severn, Dan, url=http://www.worldwidedojo.com/sport-based/severn-dan/, website=World Wide Dojo, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816211307/http://www.worldwidedojo.com/sport-based/severn-dan/, access-date=15 February 2016, archive-date=2016-08-16

References

External links

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