Completed Event: Women's Wrestling at Simpson College Open on November 1, 2026 ,
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Final
Women's Wrestling
Simpson College Open
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Iowa State University Athletics
Hugo Otopalik - Hall of Fame
Hugo Otopalik
- Induction:
- 2006
Hugo Otopalik
Wrestling/Administration
David City, Neb.Â
- Led Iowa State to the 1933 NCAA Wrestling Championship, the school's first national title in any sport
- Served as wrestling coach for 30 years (1924-53), his dual mark was 159-66-5
- Served as the Cyclones'Â Director of Athletics in 1923-24
- Also coached the golf team, leading his 1940 club to the Big Six Championship and seventh place at the national meet
- Coached the 1932 U.S. Olympic wrestling team to three gold and two silver medals
- Helped run the first NCAA Wrestling Championship (1928), hosted in Ames
- Tournament director of the first NCAA Golf Championship – held at Wakonda Country Club in Des Moines – in 1939 and was first chairman of the NCAA Golf Committee
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