Former Lehigh wrestler star Bobby Weaver ‘ 83 won Olympic glory when he claimed the 105.5-pound gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1984 games in Los Angeles.  He is Lehigh’s only Olympic gold medalist.

Weaver, a native of Easton, also had qualified for the 1980 Olympic team but the team did not compete in Moscow because of a U.S. government boycott.

He was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2008, joining Mike Caruso ’67 who was inducted in 1991.

At Lehigh, Weaver won EIWA championships at 118 in 1982 and 1983 and earned All-American honors as a junior with a third-place finish. Finishing his Lehigh career with a record of 57-14-1, he was inducted in the Roger S. Penske/Lehigh Athletics Hall of Fame in 1992.

Weaver also earned a silver medal at the 1979 World Championships and had a fifth-place finish at the 1983 World Championships.