| Michael Farina | |
| Country: | United States |
| Team: | USA |
| Sport: | Wrestling |
| Event: | Greco-Roman and Folkstyle |
| Collegeteam: | Iowa State |
| Birth Date: | 5 May 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Elmhurst, Illinois, U.S. |
Michael Farina (born May 5, 1958) is an American wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 48 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1] Farina made the USA Greco-Roman wrestling Olympic team as a high school senior, being one of only three wrestlers in American history to come straight from high school and earn a spot on an Olympic team. He is also the youngest American in history to become an Olympian in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Farina wrestled for York High School in Elmhurst, Illinois, where he placed third in the state as a junior and won an Illinois State Championship as a senior. Prior to graduating high school, he won the National Junior Freestyle Championship in 1974, and the National Junior Greco-Roman Championship in 1974 and 1975.[2] [3]
He attended college and wrestled at Iowa State University, where he graduated in 1981. He also later earned a graduate degree from the University of Minnesota.[4]