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| show-medals = yes }} Jaime Yusept Espinal (born October 14, 1984) is a Dominican/Puerto Rican freestyle wrestler and Olympic silver medalist who represents Puerto Rico. ==Early years and education== Espinal is tall and weights . He was born on October 14, 1984 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to Jaime Espinal and Alejandrina Fajardo Hernández.〔 He has two siblings: Stanley and Rosemary. When he was 5 years old, his family moved to Puerto Rico. Espinal studied at the Baptist College and then Gabriela Mistral High School. He began wrestling when he was nine years old when coach Pedro Rojas approached him and other kids and invited them to Club Sparta in Río Piedras along with Franklin Gómez. When he was 15 years old, Espinal and his mother moved to Brooklyn, New York. Espinal says he had to deal with racism and fights "every two or three days". After someone drew a knife on him during a fight, he decided to return to Puerto Rico alone. Espinal quit wrestling and began cheerleading and dancing.〔 He received a scholarship in cheerleading from the University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón. Espinal continued college at Walden University in Pennsylvania. He completed a Bachelor's degree in computer design. Before his international wrestling career, Espinal spent three years as a breakdancer for the Time Machine Squad, entering the group after winning a contest. In 2008, he went by the name of "Olimpic Jumps" as part of the group. During that time, he served as a backup dancer for hip hop artists like Daddy Yankee and Tego Calderón. He also practiced baseball and worked as a model.〔 However, convinced by coach Rojas, Espinal returned to wrestling.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jaime Espinal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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