Cary Kolat
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Kolat in November 2015
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May 19, 1973 (age 43) Rices Landing, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| High school | Jefferson-Morgan High School |
| State championships | 4 (Pennsylvania) |
| College | Lock Haven University |
| NCAA championships | 2 |
| Olympic team | United States of America |
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Cary Joseph Kolat (born May 19, 1973) is an American wrestler and wrestling coach who earned two NCAA championships in 1996 and 1997 for Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania and was a member of the United States Men's Freestyle Wrestling Team from 1997–2001. During that time he won silver and bronze medals at the 1997 Krasnoyarsk and 1998 Tehran FILA Wrestling World Championships as well as competing for the United States in freestyle wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he placed 9th. Kolat is currently the head wrestling coach at Campbell University.
Kolat was born in Rices Landing, Pennsylvania. He began wrestling at age five and by age seven, he had won his first national championship, an AAU age-group competition in Lincoln, Nebraska. As a young child, Kolat, held up the Iowa wrestler Dan Gable as an inspiration. Kolat competed successfully in high school and international tournaments, finishing his career at Jefferson-Morgan High School with an undefeated (137-0) record and four Pennsylvania state titles. During this time he was named Outstanding Wrestler four times at state meets, an honor no one else had achieved even twice. His achievements led to him being profiled in Sports Illustrated in April 1992.
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