Olympic Games Gold Medalist Athlete. A wrestler, he won the Gold Medal for the United States in Freestyle Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games in London, England, and followed with Silver Medal in 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland. Raised in northern New Jersey, he attended William L. Dickinson High School in Jersey City, where he initially wanted to be a swimmer, but found that he was not very good at making turns in the pool. At City College of New York in New York City, he took-up wrestling, training by jumping over seats at Lewisohn Stadium, and, most unusually for the time, by weightlifting. In 1940, he won the first of his eight AAU titles, and started an unbeaten streak that eventually reached over 300 (by some accounts, 500) matches. Wittenberg obtained a master's degree in education from Columbia University in 1941, then, unable to find a teaching job, joined the New York City Police Department, where he was cited several times for bravery. After service in the United States Navy during World War II, he rejoined the Police force, continued wrestling, and tried out for the 1948 London Olympics, where he won the Freestyle Gold in the light heavyweight division. Wittenberg's dual wrestling and law enforcement careers went on; he helped found the Maccabiah Games for Jewish athletes (where he was twice a Gold medalist), and captured Silver in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. He retired from wrestling in 1953, and from the NYPD as Detective Sergeant, in 1954, then worked in the printing business for a time before becoming wrestling coach at Yeshiva University. He authored the 1964 best-selling "Isometric Exercises", joined CCNY as a professor and coach in 1967, and guided the American Greco-Roman team at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. He remained at his alma mater until 1979, was named to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1977, and to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.