Terry Brands (born April 9, 1968) is an American Olympic

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who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, after losing the semi-final match to the Iranian

, Alireza Dabir. While wrestling at the

University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public university, public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is org ...

, Brands won NCAA titles in 1990 and 1992, both at 126 pounds. He was a two-time world freestyle champion at 58 kg, winning titles in 1993 and 1995. Terry became the head wrestling coach at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he coached the likes of Christopher Bird and Matthew Wilbanks. Terry also served as an assistant coach at Montana State-Northern. His twin brother,

Tom Brands Tom Brands (born April 9, 1968) is an American former Olympic wrestler and is currently the head coach of the University of Iowa men's wrestling team. He won a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. An intense competitor, Brands' wrestling c ...

, a fellow wrestler, won a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Brands grew up in

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. After serving as resident coach for the

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, he currently is Associate Head Coach for the

Hawkeyes, serving under his twin brother, head coach

. Brands lost to

Kendall Cross Kendall Duane Cross (born February 24, 1968) is an American freestyle wrestler, wrestling coach and Olympic Games, Olympic gold medalist. He won the gold medal at the Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgi ...

in the 1996 Olympic trials. Cross went on to win the gold medal in Atlanta. Brands reached the Olympics in 2000 and won a bronze medal. Terry Brands now serves as the Associate Head Coach at the University of Iowa. Since coaching at Iowa he has set school records for the longest dual unbeaten (84), longest winning streak (69), and most dual shutouts (8). He also coaches the Hawkeye Wrestling Club and was named the 2014 Terry McCann Freestyle Coach of the Year. In 2006, Brands was inducted into the

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as a Distinguished Member.Terry Brands
''National Wrestling Hall of Fame''. Retrieved September 17, 2022.

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External links

FILA Wrestling DatabaseTerry Brands Rokfin Channel
1968 births Living people Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics American male sport wrestlers Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in wrestling Iowa Hawkeyes wrestlers American twins Twin sportspeople People from Sheldon, Iowa World Wrestling Champions Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 20th-century American people 21st-century American people {{US-Olympic-medalist-stub