Editing Dan Gable (section)

{{short description|American wrestler and coach (born 1948)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Dan Gable
| image = Dan Gable.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Gable in 2014
| full_name = Danny Mack Gable
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|10|25}}
| birth_place = [[Waterloo, Iowa]], U.S.
| height = 5 ft 9 in
| weight = 68 kg
| country = United States
| team = USA
| sport = [[Wrestling]]
| event = [[Freestyle wrestling|Freestyle]] and [[Collegiate wrestling|Folkstyle]]
| collegeteam = [[Iowa State Cyclones wrestling|Iowa State]]
| coach = [[Harold Nichols]]
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[freestyle wrestling]] }}
{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Wrestling at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]
{{MedalGold|[[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]]|[[Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 68 kg|68 kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Wrestling Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1971 FILA Wrestling World Championships|1971 Sofia]]|68 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition | [[Pan American Games]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1971 Pan American Games|1971 Cali]] | [[Wrestling at the 1971 Pan American Games|68 kg]] }}
{{MedalSport |  [[Collegiate wrestling|Collegiate Wrestling]]}}
{{MedalCountry | the [[Iowa State Cyclones wrestling|Iowa State Cyclones]] }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships|NCAA Division I Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1968 NCAA University Division Wrestling Championships|1968 State College]]|130 lb}}
{{MedalGold|[[1969 NCAA University Division Wrestling Championships|1969 Provo]]|137 lb}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1970 NCAA University Division Wrestling Championships|1970 Evanston]]|142 lb}}
}}

'''Danny Mack Gable''' (born October 25, 1948) is an American former [[Collegiate wrestling|folkstyle]] and [[Freestyle wrestling|freestyle]] wrestler and coach. Considered to be one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, Gable is a two-time [[NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships|NCAA Division I]] national champion, a [[1971 World Wrestling Championships|World]] gold medalist, and an [[1972 Summer Olympics|Olympic]] [[Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 68 kg|gold medalist]]. Gable was only the third wrestler to be inducted into the [[United World Wrestling]]'s Hall of Fame in the Legend category.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dangable.com/bio/#bio |title=Bio : Dan Gable – 15 National Championships. Olympic Champion. World Champion. |website=dangable.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/person/dan-gable |title=Dan Gable – United World Wrestling |website=unitedworldwrestling.org}}</ref> In 2014, Gable was inducted into the [[International Sports Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite web |title=2014 International Sports Hall of Fame Inductees |url=https://sportshof.org/2014-hall-of-fame/ |website=www.sportshof.org |author=Dr. Robert Goldman | date=March 11, 2014 | access-date=July 14, 2023}}</ref> and awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-07 |title=Trump honors legendary Iowa wrestler Gable at White House |url=https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-iowa-coaching-2020-tokyo-olympics-olympic-games-beb4d523b2786980e81d1fdce518aa45 |access-date=2020-12-08 |website=AP NEWS}}</ref>