Noel Loban (born 29 April 1957) is a former British

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who won a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics. He was also an NCAA wrestling champion at

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in 1980.

Wrestling career

Noel won the 1980 NCAA National Championship in the 190 lb weight division for

, beating

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of Arizona State. It was the first sports national championship in Clemson school history. Loban competed in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

, where he won a bronze medal in the

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category and also competed in the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

. He represented

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and won a gold medal in the 90 kg light-heavyweight, at the

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, Scotland. Eight years later he won a bronze medal in the 100 kg heavyweight division, at the

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Coaching career

Since 2008, Loban has been the Director of Student-Athlete Development for the NC State University wrestling program.

Personal life

Loban is a

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Christian.

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