Flashermac Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 The most memorable performance in March may belong to a basketball player such as BYU's Jimmer Fredette, but the most important performance this month goes to Arizona State's Anthony Robles. [color:red]The Sun Devils wrestler was born without a right leg, and yet he still won the 125-lb. class Saturday at the Division I NCAA championships in Philadelphia. After clinching the title against Iowa sophomore Matt McDonough, Robles received a standing ovation and then stood on the winner's podium with his crutches, which sat and waited for him by the mat while he wrestled.[/color] He finished 36-0 as a senior. Robles' story is even more remarkable considering how difficult it was for him to even get a scholarship. He didn't start wrestling until age 14, and his weight class, 125-lbs, is the lightest in the NCAA. Because of his missing leg, he had to compete at weights even lower than that, and ASU offered a partial scholarship to the Mesa native only after he won a national title as a senior. Now Robles is going out on top of the wrestling world, and he plans to hang up his singlet and become a motivational speaker. To be successful at that, he doesn't have to say a word. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Saw this on the TV news, awesome! This guy trained and worked hard and got the results he wanted! Kudos to him!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 How about a one-legged sprinter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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