A look at Iowa's Olympic wrestlers over the years

Former Hawkeyes Daniel Dennis smiles after beating Anthony Ramos in the 125.5-pound (57 kilo) freestyle championships at the U.S. Wrestling Olympic Team Trials at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday, April 10, 2016.

Jake Varner beat Kyven Gadson in their match on Sunday, April 10, 2016, during the wrestling Olympic Trials at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. Both Varner and Gadson are both former Iowa State wrestlers.

Northern Iowa head wrestling coach Doug Schwab gets animated in the meet against Oklahoma State on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, at the McCleod Center in Cedar Falls.

Cael Sanderson, top, of Ames, Iowa, works for control of Muhammed Lawal, of Stillwater, Okla. during their 84kg/185 lbs. Freestyle match at the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team Trials, Saturday, May 22, 2004, in Indianapolis. Sanderson won 7-2.

USA's Lincoln McIlravy takes down Nigeria's Ibo Oziti in a qualifying 69 kg freestyle wrestling match Sept. 29, 2000 at the Sydney Olympic Games. McIlravy won the match when Oziti forfeited by injury.

Iowa assistant wrestling coach Terry Brands addressed the crowd at the Polk County I - Club meeting held at the Sheraton Hotel in West Des Moines on Tuesday April 29, 2014.

USA's Tom Brands, (top), was a winner in the 62kg weight class, of freestyle wrestling, over Magomed Azizov of Russia on Aug. 2, 1996.

Iowa State head wrestling coach Kevin Jackson poses for a photo during Iowa State University wrestling media day in Ames on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016.

Nate Carr, representing the U.S. on the wrestling mat.

Former Gable wrestler Barry Davis embraces his former coach during "This Is Your Life, Dan Gable" at the Coralville Marriott Hotel and Convention Center kicking off FryFest 2011 on Sept. 2 in Coralville.

Wrestler Ed Banach accepts his gold medal during the 1984 Olympic Games.

Lou Banach, left, Steve Banach, center, and Ed Banach, right, shown during their wrestling days at Iowa in 1982.

From 1975: Iowa assistant coach Dan Gable, left, meets with newly-named Hawkeyes co-captains for the upcoming season, Tim Cysewski, center, and Chuck Yagla.

American wrestler Randy Lewis on the podium after winning the gold medal in the Men's 57 kilogram Freestyle Wrestling event at the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California, USA on August 10, 1984.

Three Americans wrestlers who won medals at the Olympic Games freestyle wrestling competitions pose together at the medal award ceremony Sept. 1, 1972, in Munich. From left: Ben Peterson, of Comstock, Wis, a gold medal winner in the 90 kilos class, Chris Taylor, of Dowagiac, Mich, a bronze medal in the over 100 kilos class, and Dan Gable, of Waterloo, Iowa, a gold medal in the 68 kilos class. (AP Photo).

Bobby Douglas, center, former coach of both Arizona State and Iowa, watches Arizona State University's Kordell Norfleet and Iowa State University's Joel Shapiro wrestle during the Arizona State University vs. Iowa State University meet Saturday, January 11, 2020 at Chase Field. Douglas led ASU to the title in 1988. (Nicole Neri/The Republic)

Bill Smith won an Olympic gold medal in wrestling in 1952.