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USA WRESTLING NATIONAL STAFF NATIONAL WOMEN'S COACH TERRY STEINER coaching women wrestlers who are involved in the U.S. Olympic Training Center resident athlete program. He will also play an important role in the development of women's wrestling in the United States. For the first time, women's wrestlers competed in the Olympic Games in 2004. Steiner He is responsible for the training of America's elite women freestyle wrestlers, as well as Steiner was named USA Wrestling's full-time National Women's Coach in April 2002, the first in USA Wrestling history. helped lead that Olympic team to one silver and one bronze medal, the second-highest medal count of any nation. Under Steiner's guidance, U.S. teams on international tours have turned in many out- standing performances. At the 2003 World Championships in New York City, all seven U.S. women's competitors won medals, including gold medalist Kristie Marano, as the team tied with Japan for the team title. The U.S. has placed in the Top 5 in the World five times under Steiner. Steiner also has coached World champions in Iris Smith and Clarissa Chun. Steiner worked six years as an assistant wrestling coach at Wisconsin, working with head coach Barry Davis. He has helped develop a number of successful Div. I wrestlers, includ- ing two-time NCAA champion Donny Pritzlaff. Steiner also spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Oregon State. Steiner claimed second in the 1998 U.S. Nationals and placed at the U.S. National Championships eight times. He placed fourth in the 1996 Olympic Trials and fifth in the 2000 Olympic Trials. He won a gold medal at the 1996 Pan American Championships. He was a 1993 NCAA champion for Iowa, where he won three All-American honors and compiled a career record of 124-27-2. He was also voted the Outstanding Wrestler at the 1993 NCAA Championships. Originally from Bismarck, N.D., Steiner won two state titles for Century High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in social work from Iowa in 1993. Steiner and his wife, Jodi, have one daughter, Raven. 10 - 2012 USA Wrestling Media Guide