John Peterson

John Peterson (born October 22, 1948) is an American wrestler and Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling and member of the Augsburg coaching staff. Peterson is a member of the Wrestling Hall of Fame.

College career
Peterson wrested for the University of Wisconsin-Stout, finishing fifth at 177 pounds at the NAIA nationals in 1971.

Coaching career
In addition to working with Augsburg, Peterson also works with St. Cloud State University. "We are very fortunate to have John work with our student-athletes on a personal basis," Huskies coach Steve Costanzo said of Peterson. "John is a great role model and I believe our men will learn a lot from him."

Olympic career
Peterson competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany where he received a silver medal in freestyle wrestling, the middleweight class. He won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Peterson's brother, Ben Peterson, also competed in both the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, also winning gold (1972) and silver (1976) medals in Freestyle wrestling.