Jeff Blatnick
Born
July 26, 1957
Died
October 24, 2012 (55 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
