TEAMUSA.ORG FEATURE: Cejudo hopes for golden comeback

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Annabelle Tometich (Red Line Editorial )
02/01/2011


Two and a half years after becoming the youngest U.S. wrestler to win an Olympic gold medal at 21, Henry Cejudo still is adjusting.

Now 23, the self-proclaimed ghetto kid who grew up in trying neighborhoods of Los Angeles and Phoenix now conducts seminars for businessmen and women on what it takes to be a champion. He has traveled to France, Japan, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and to his mother’s native Mexico to teach wrestling clinics and give lectures.

Cejudo (pronounced seh-hoo-dough) has written a book, “American Victory.” Politicians have asked him to advocate against the Arizona immigration laws. Adidas named a shoe after him.

And now he is back on the mat, making a comeback which he hopes will end with a trip to the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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