fullname coach updated club birth_place weight nationality height sport birth_date nickname residence article_title name
matthew judah gentry dave mckay -lrb- national -rrb- 11 august 2012 burnaby mountain wrestling club , canada grants pass , oregon , united states 74 kg lb 0 canada , united states 2 5 9 wrestling 30 july 1982 moose burnaby , british columbia matt gentry
 matt gentry
matt gentry

matthew judah gentry -lrb- born on july 30 , 1982 in grants pass , oregon , united states -rrb- is a male freestyle wrestler .
although gentry was born in the united states , he represented canada in the olympics due to holding dual citizenship .
he participated in the men 's freestyle 74 kg at the 2008 summer olympics and in the men 's freestyle 74 kg at the 2012 summer olympics , where he placed 5th .
a quarterfinalist in beijing , gentry qualified for his second consecutive olympic games appearance by winning gold at the fila pan american olympic qualifier in kissimmee , florida defeating francisco soler of puerto rico in the finals 6-0 , 7-0 .
matt gentry attended college at stanford university , graduating in 2004 with a degree in human biology .
as an undergraduate he was `` one of the most successful wrestlers in school history '' , going 42-0 in 2004 ; that undefeated season made him stanford 's first 157 lbs ncaa champion in wrestling .
he is now an assistant coach at stanford .
gentry came off a 2011 season that saw him capture a national title in his weight class and win bronze at the pan american games in guadalajara .
overall , gentry has won three national titles -lrb- 2006 , 2007 , 2011 -rrb- and two pan american games bronze medals -lrb- 2007 , 2011 -rrb- .
