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Wichmann was one of the top middleweight wrestlers in school history, finishing his career with 137 victories, setting a school record at the time. He earned MIAC championships three times - 1986 and 1987 at 142 pounds, and 1989 at 150 pounds -- while earning MIAC tournament Most Valuable Wrestler honors in both 1987 and 1989. Wichmann earned All-American honors with a fourth-place finish at 150 pounds in the 1989 NCAA Division III national championships. Wichmann was named a co-Honor Athlete in 1989. After graduating from Augsburg with a marketing and management major in 1989, Wichmann joined the Augsburg coaching staff, where he served as an assistant coach for 19 seasons (1990-2007, 2008-09). As an assistant coach, he was a part of 10 NCAA Division III national title teams, 13 MIAC championship teams and 14 MIAC Team Duals titles, while helping with the coaching of 134 All-Americans and 34 individual national titlists. He has worked at Gopher Stage Lighting, an architectural and entertainment lighting and rigging company, since 1989, and has operated his own wrestling equipment business, DW Athletics/Wrestling Products, since 1995. Wichmann and his wife Mindy live in Minneapolis, Minn.
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