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Meet the 2008 U.S. Olympians
Original Content  |  September 08, 2008
Deontay Wilder
Boxing

Deontay Wilder

What a knockout! Deontay Wilder started boxing less than three years before the Olympic Games, but inexperience didn't stop him from fighting his way to a bronze medal in Beijing. Deontay beat Moroccan boxer Mohammed Arjaoui to earn the U.S boxing team's only medal.
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