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Henry Cejudo

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Henry Cejudo is a Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling for the United States. He was also a two division UFC champion before retiring.

When Cejudo won Olympic gold in 2008 he became the youngest wrestling Olympic champion in the history of the United States. Since then Kyle Snyder overtook the record after his 2016 Olympic gold medal which stands to this day.

Cejudo claimed a silver medal at the junior world championships in 2006, and is a 3x Pan-American champion.

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