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He won gold medals at the Pan American Games and World Championships, finishing second at the and Olympics and World Championships. After the Olympics, while traveling to Greece, he was killed in a car accident in Skopje , Yugoslavia. While there he wrestled at 98 pounds in , pounds in and pounds in He won three Oregon State Championships, finishing with a high school record of 80—1.

When Sanders arrived at Portland State University , he quickly led his team to national prominence.

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As a sophomore Sanders lost the first match of his career when he moved up to the pound class and placed third in the NCAA College Division Nationals. He was selected as the Outstanding Wrestler in both meets. As a senior Sanders moved up to the pound class and went undefeated during the regular season. His total collegiate record was —2.

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As early as his freshman year in college, in , Sanders won his first of five national freestyle championships and made the U. World Team. In he placed third in the World Championships, in he placed second in the World, and won the Pan American Games. In , Sanders won an Olympic silver medal. A year later, at Of the eleven bouts he won in two Olympics, nine came by fall.

While hitch-hiking to Greece, he was killed in an automobile accident on October 18, , in Skopje , Yugoslavia when the Land Rover he was riding in crashed head-on into a bus.