Craig Miller (born 10 June 1985 in

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) is a New Zealand

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Early years

He attended

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, where he first began wrestling in 2002.

Wrestling career

He competed at the

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for

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freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ...

where he placed 7 out of 16 competitors in the 65kg division. He then retired from freestyle wrestling to concentrate on

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. He competed in the African & Oceania Olympic qualifying in Algeria in April 2016, losing in a semi final to Australian Vinod Kumar Dahiya. On 19 July 2016 he was added to the New Zealand team for the

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after Dahiya was suspended for doping violations. He was due to compete in the men's 66 kg division, but received a knee injury during training in

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and withdrew before the competition started.

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* 1985 births Living people Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers for New Zealand New Zealand male sport wrestlers New Zealand sportsmen Wrestlers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Dunedin People educated at Trinity Catholic College, Dunedin Commonwealth Games wrestlers for New Zealand 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-wrestling-bio-stub