Jeff Blatnick

Known for

Acting

Gender

Male

Born

July 26, 1957

Age at death

55

Died

October 24, 2012

From

Niskayuna, New York, USA

Jeffrey Carl "Jeff" Blatnick was an American super heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler and sports commentator. He won NCAA Division II heavyweight wrestling championships in 1978 and 1979 and won the Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1984 after battling back from cancer. During his wrestling days, he and Dan Severn were in the same U.S. National Wrestling Team.