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On Jan. 26, 1996, Dave Schultz, one of America’s most accomplished Olympic wrestlers, was murdered in cold blood by John du Pont on his Pennsylvania estate, the heir to one of America’s greatest fortunes.
The 2014 film, "Foxcatcher," is about the real-life murder of Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz at the hands of his benefactor John du Pont (watch the trailer below).
In 1984, Mark and Dave Schultz both won Olympic gold in wrestling events, as did the American twin Banach brothers. The following year, Mark won the World Championships and faced competitors from all the Eastern bloc countries who had boycotted the 1984 Olympics.
David Lesley Schultz (June 6, 1959 – January 26, 1996) was an American Olympic and World champion freestyle wrestler, and a seven-time World and Olympic medalist. He coached individuals and teams at the college level and also privately. Dave and his brother, wrestler Mark Schultz, both won gold at the same Olympics (1984).
In reality, Mark had been gone from Foxcatcher for more than six years at the time of Dave's murder. 36-year-old Dave Schultz had been coaching other wrestlers at Foxcatcher, in addition to training for his final attempt at gold in the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta.
To give his pursuit legs, he brought in Olympic gold medal-winning wrestlers Mark and Dave Schultz to both compete and coach. However, Du Pont was a paranoid schizophrenic with violent...
Foxcatcher, out Friday, chronicles the real-life story of Mark and Dave Schultz (played by Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo, respectively), brothers and Olympic gold medalists in wrestling, who...
Mark Schultz, Dave’s brother and training partner, is nowhere to be found in “Team Foxcatcher,” a new Netflix documentary debuting Friday, April 29. Instead, the director Jon Greenhalgh ...
Plot. In 1987, Olympic wrestling champion Mark Schultz speaks at an elementary school in place of his older brother, Dave. [N 1] Both won Olympic gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics, but Mark feels overshadowed by Dave.
Mark and Dave Schultz were 1984 Olympic teammates of the Banach twins, Ed and Lou, at Los Angeles, where all four won gold medals. Mark and Ed became the first American wrestlers in 52 years to cap three NCAA titles with Olympic gold medals.