Biography

Dave Schultz was born on June 6, 1959 in Palo Alto, California, USA. He was married to Nancy Schultz Vitangeli. He died on January 26, 1996 in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA.

Olympic wrestling champion.

Brother of Olympic wrestling champion Mark Schultz.

Was helping train Kurt Angle for the 1996 Olympic Games (as mentioned by Kurt Angle in an interview with Steve Austin on his show Broken Skull Sessions) prior to being killed.

The 'Dave Schultz Memorial International' tournament is named after him: "In 1996, we lost a great representative for our sport, Dave Schultz. As an accomplished wrestler, Dave was an outstanding ambassador, a good friend to the international wrestling community, as well as a strong family man. To honor the memory of our friend Dave, USA Wrestling and Nancy Schultz have worked together to create the Dave Schultz Memorial International. This tournament represents the spirit of friendship, sportsmanship and goodwill that Dave exemplified. Through his open mind and open heart, Dave taught many of us to look beyond the boundaries of countries and language, to look at our similarities and common love of the sport of wrestling." [Official Website].