23-537: Weick is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ann Weick (1941–2014), American academic in social work Bill Weick , American sport wrestler and coach Christine Weick (born 1964), American Christian activist and writer Fred Weick (1899–1993), American aviator and aircraft designer Karl E. Weick (born 1936), American organizational theorist Paul Charles Weick (1899–1997), American judge [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
46-606: A World Cup series trophy in 2003. He also campaigned for his men's middleweight title defense at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic , and then captured two bronze medals in the same category at the World Championships (2001 and 2005). Williams qualified for the U.S. wrestling team on his major debut in the men's 74 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens . Earlier in
69-590: A perfect 34–0 season and picked up his third straight title at 167 pounds, which resulted him to being named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament and Iowa's fourteenth four-time NCAA All-American . Additionally, he ranked tenth for the most number of triumphs recorded in Iowa, and ended his career on a 39-match winning streak. At the end of 1998 season, Williams graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology and communication studies from
92-468: A place in the next round. He lost the quarterfinal match 3–2 to Kazakhstan's Gennadiy Laliyev by just two seconds ahead of overtime, but officially finished fifth in the final standings. Williams' dazing defeat from Laliyev set up a fifth-place match against Belarus' Murad Haidarau , who was immediately disqualified by the officials for an off-mat skirmish with quarterfinal opponent and eventual Olympic champion Buvaisar Saitiev of Russia. Shortly after
115-485: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Bill Weick William "Bill" Weick (1932 – August 16, 2017) was an American wrestler and coach . After winning the 1949 Illinois state title at Tilden Tech High School , Weick won two NCAA wrestling titles competing for Iowa State Teachers College (now known as the University of Northern Iowa) in 1952 and 1955. During 1953–1954, he served in
138-540: Is legendary, with a reported career record of 855–153–2. He started as a coach with Maquoketa High in Iowa, then served most of his career coaching in Illinois at Tilden Tech , Mount Carmel and Brother Rice . The teams at Mount Carmel, where he coached from 1986–2003, achieved national acclaim. Under Weick, Mount Carmel won the state dual meet title three straight years (1992–94) and was second two times (1998, 2002). He had 22 individual state champions during his tenure,
161-575: The U.S. Army . Weick was a member of the first U.S. World Greco-Roman wrestling team in 1961. He was a runner-up at the AAU National Championships three times, and was a seven-time place winner, competing in both freestyle and Greco-Roman. From 1961–65, Weick trained at the San Francisco Olympic Club . Weick coached at San Francisco State in the 1960s, and served a year as the team’s head coach. He
184-407: The surname Weick . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weick&oldid=1042926765 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
207-636: The 74 and 76-kg division at the World Championships (2001 and 2005), and finished fifth at the 2004 Summer Olympics . A graduate of the University of Iowa , Williams has also served as a member of the wrestling squad for the Iowa Hawkeyes , and eventually worked as an assistant head coach for three consecutive seasons. In 2012, Williams launched his own youth wrestling academy in North Liberty, Iowa , where he has been currently appointed as
230-577: The Games, Williams compensated for his Olympic defeat with a bronze-medal effort at the 2005 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary , and then defended his fifth straight title in the U.S. Nationals. He missed a chance to compete for his 2006 U.S. world wrestling team, but came back with a top five finish in the 84-kg division at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan , losing
253-1105: The Helms Hall of Fame, the Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Hall of Fame, the University of Northern Iowa Hall of Fame, the Glen Brand Iowa Hall of Fame, the Mount Carmel Hall of Fame, the Tilden Tech Hall of Fame and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame . He was the Illinois Coach of the Year in 1984. He has received the National Coach of the Year award from the National Federation of High School Associations. Weick
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#1732798639678276-460: The University of Iowa for four consecutive seasons (1994–1998). In his rookie campaign, he placed seventh in the NCAA meet at 158 pounds with a 30–7 record. After redshirting during the 1995 season, Williams went on to claim the first of three NCAA wrestling titles with two coming in the 158-pound division. During his senior year, Williams dominated the field at the 1998 NCAA Championships, as he capped
299-676: The University of Iowa. In 1999, Williams joined the U.S. world wrestling team, and eventually earned his first berth at the World Championships , where he finished fourth in the 76-kg division behind eventual bronze medalist Adem Bereket of Turkey. On that same year, Williams dominated the field by edging out Cuba's Yosmany Romero for his first career gold medal at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada. While competing internationally, Williams achieved seven U.S. national titles (1999, 2001–2005, 2007), and obtained
322-407: The bronze medal match to Iran's Reza Yazdani . In early 2008, Williams announced his retirement from competitive wrestling. Williams initially joined his alma mater's team staff as a strength and conditioning coach in 2001, until he was immediately promoted into the position of a full-time assistant coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling program. After three seasons, he left his staff position from
345-556: The campus to concentrate on making the U.S. Olympic team for the 2004 Summer Olympics . While serving as an assistant coach in 2003, Williams was accused of indecent exposure to the girlfriend of former Hawkeye wrestler Jason d'Agata inside her apartment in Iowa City, Iowa . Having denied intentionally of exposing himself, he pleaded not guilty to the Iowa District Court for his charges in 2005, before being acquitted by
368-475: The jury one year later. After his sporting career ended in 2008, Williams moved back to his home state of Illinois to focus on his personal life. In 2012, Williams and his family relocated to Iowa City, Iowa , where he established and run a youth wrestling academy through the Iowa City High School . Currently, he serves as a managing director and head coach of the academy. In 2017, Williams
391-399: The managing director and head coach. Williams started his sporting career as a member of Mount Carmel High School 's wrestling team under head coach Bill Weick . From there, he won four-straight Illinois state wrestling titles, and finished high school with an impressive 152–1 overall record, including 95 career falls and a single violation from an illegal slam on his freshman season. He
414-561: The most of any Illinois high school during his time there. One of the athletes he coached at Mount Carmel was Joe Williams , who went on to win three NCAA titles, two World medals and competed on the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team. In 1999, two of his Mount Carmel wrestlers competed against each other in the NCAA Division I finals, when T.J. Williams of Iowa beat Tony Davis of Northern Iowa. Among the Halls of Fame that he has been inducted are
437-610: The process, he won a gold medal over Cuba's Iván Fundora at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bratislava, Slovakia , and guaranteed his spot on the U.S. team from the Olympic Trials. Williams opened his match by thrashing Georgia's Gela Saghirashvili (5–1), and then stunned 2002 world champion Mehdi Hajizadeh of Iran with an impressive 7–5 verdict to lead the prelim pool and secure
460-458: Was also named 1992 and 1993 Illinois High School Athlete of the Year by Chicago Tribune . In 1994, Williams attended the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa on a wrestling scholarship, where he trained and competed for the Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling program, under his coach and 1972 Olympic champion Dan Gable . While wrestling for the Hawkeyes, Williams compiled a 129–9 overall record at
483-444: Was hired to be co-head coach for the wrestling program at the new Liberty High School in North Liberty, Iowa . Williams' brothers Steve and T.J. also shared the same sporting discipline with him, as the former competed for the Hawkeyes at the University of Iowa , where he picked up two NCAA titles (1999 and 2001), while the latter earned two junior national titles as a college wrestler. On May 2, 2002, Williams' older brother Steve
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#1732798639678506-612: Was named Chicagoan of the Year by the Chicago Parks Department in 1995. He was the Grand Marshal of the 1986 Illinois State High School Wrestling Tournament. Joe Williams (wrestler) Joe Williams (born November 26, 1974) is an American former freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's middleweight category. He won ten U.S. national, three consecutive NCAA (1996–1998) and two Pan American Games titles (1999 and 2003), scored two bronze medals in
529-590: Was on the U.S. Olympic team coaching staff in freestyle in 1972, 1980, 1984 and 1988, and worked with the Greco-Roman team in 1976. Weick was head coach of the 1975 Pan American Games team that won the team title. He also coached U.S. teams at the 1975 World Cup, three Junior World Championship teams (1969, 1977, 1979) and at the 1981 World University Games. Among the different nations that Weick traveled to coach U.S. teams were Cuba, Mongolia, Panama, Romania, Canada, Russia and France. His high school coaching career
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