Trump to Award Iowa Wrestling Icon Dan Gable Medal of Freedom

President makes announcement at campaign rally in Des Moines
Gable won Olympic gold medal for U.S. in 1972 Munich games

Donald Trump listens as Dan Gable speaks during a campaign stop in Waterloo, Iowa in 2015.Photographer: Charlie Neibergall/AP

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By Jennifer Jacobs

October 14, 2020 at 3:37 PM UTC

Updated on

October 15, 2020 at 12:58 AM UTC

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President Donald Trump said he would award Olympic wrestling champion Dan Gable the Medal of Freedom, honoring his storied career as an athlete, coach and motivational speaker.

Gable, 71, is a beloved figure in his native Iowa, where polls show the president to be neck-and-neck with Democratic nominee Joe Biden just weeks before Election Day.