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Anthony Robles (born July 15, 1988) is an American wrestler who won the 2011 NCAA individual wrestling national championship in the 125-pound weight class, despite being born with only one leg. He is the author of the book Unstoppable: From Underdog to Undefeated: How I Became a Champion (Gotham Books), which was published in September 2012.
Anthony Robles, born with one leg, became a 2011 NCAA champion wrestler. His high school and college wrestling career is the subject of the biopic Unstoppable, starring Jharrel Jerome and Jennifer ...
Anthony Robles was a champion wrestler. Now Jennifer Lopez stars in his biopic. ... “When I first started wrestling, I remember going out there and someone was laughing in the crowd, and my mom ...
Anthony Robles says giving 100 percent during the scenes felt like he was wrestling a full match again. “I was definitely feeling it. My body was tired, my lungs were given out,” he says.
Unstoppable is a 2024 American biographical sports drama film about Anthony Robles, a wrestler who was born without a leg and overcomes obstacles to become a NCAA Division I wrestling champion. The film is directed by William Goldenberg and written by Eric Champnella, Alex Harris and John Hindman, based on the 2012 book by Robles and Austin Murphy.
TORONTO (AP) — A few hours before the film about his life, “Unstoppable,” was to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Anthony Robles, sitting alongside the actor who plays him, Jharrel Jerome, was remembering the moment he won the NCAA wrestling national title. He had done something that was, by any measure, extraordinary.
T he first time Jharrel Jerome met Anthony Robles, he was terrified. Then 21-years-old, the actor (Moonlight, Monster) had recently been chosen to portray Robles—an NCAA-champion wrestler born ...
Anthony Robles – NCAA Division I Champion in 2011 despite being born with only one leg; Richard Sanders – 1968, 1972 Olympic silver medalist; Townsend Saunders – 1996 Olympic silver medalist; Cael Sanderson – 2004 Olympic gold medalist, 4-time undefeated NCAA Division I Champion; Bill Scherr – 1988 Olympic bronze medalist