Townsend Saunders
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1968 (56 years old)
Birth Place
White Sands, New MexicoPosition
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Retired
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5'5"
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170 lbs
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UFC Welterweight
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 |  |  |  | UFC 18 The Road to the Heavyweight Title | 08 Jan 99 | |
 | | | | UFC 16 Battle in the Bayou | 13 Mar 98 | |
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Townsend Saunders (born April 20, 1967) is an Olympic silver medalist in freestyle wrestling. Collegiately, Saunders was a two-time NCAA Division I All-American at Arizona State University and an NCAA Division II National Champion for California State University-Bakersfield. Townsend was also a Goodwill Games gold medalist in 1994 and won two Pan American Games gold medals in 1991 and 1995.
Biography
Saunders was born in White Sands, New Mexico. Known in college as "Junior" Saunders, he adopted his given name in international competition. In 1985, he was a California State runner-up while wrestling for Torrance High School in Torrance, California. Townsend Saunders has also competed in mixed martial arts for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, at UFC 16 and UFC 18.
Saunders is married to Tricia Saunders, a four-time FILA World Champion in women's freestyle wrestling, and is the father of three children.
In 2019, Saunders was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.
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