Mike Zadick, Steve Fraser to go ‘On the Mat’ this week

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Dan Gable Museum ()
07/14/2010


2006 World silver medalist Mike Zadick and 1984 Olympic champion Steve Fraser will be radio show guests this week.

“On the Mat" is a presentation of the Dan Gable International Wrestling Institute and Museum and can be heard live on the Internet at www.kcnzam.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5:00 - 6:00 PM Central time on AM 1650, The Fan. Feel free to e-mail radio@wrestlingmuseum.org with any questions or comments about the show. 

Mike Zadick was a three-time All-American at the University of Iowa prior to his international career. Zadick recently won the World Team Trials in June in the 132-pound freestyle division and will be competing at the World Championships in Moscow, Russia in September. Zadick won a World silver medal in 2006, was a World team member in 2007 and an Olympian in 2008.

Steve Fraser was the first American wrestler to win an Olympic gold medal in the Greco-Roman discipline, claiming the top spot at 198 pounds in Los Angeles in 1984. He was a two-time All-American at the University of Michigan and has been the National Greco-Roman Coach since 1995. Fraser led the 2007 team to its only Greco-Roman World team championship.