10 Wrestlers Who Competed In The Olympics
5. Manabu Nakanishi - Barcelona 1992
![Bad News Brown Olympics](https://d2thvodm3xyo6j.cloudfront.net/media/2016/07/17f6ac5314da7f69-600x338.jpg)
Trained by the legendary Karl Gotch, Manabu Nakanishi is still performing to this day in New Japan Pro Wrestling. Sure, he only gets wheeled out for show-opening multi-man matches these days, but it all counts. Not only that, his interactions with the former-CJ Parker have been nothing short of delightful.
Just a few short months before making his debut for New Japan, Nakanishi was representing Japan in freestyle wrestling at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Nakanishi was unable to win a medal however, finishing way down in 11th.
Nakanishi would experience a whole lot more success in NJPW, winning the G1 Climax in 1999 and the IWGP Heavyweight Championship a decade later, defeating Hiroshi Tanahashi for the latter.