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Olympic champion wrestler tells his story in Meeker

Henry Cejudo grew up hungry, literally.
There were a lot of mouths to feed in his family. He was one of seven kids. His mother, a single parent, sometimes worked two jobs to make ends meet.
“It was a struggle,” said Cejudo, the 2008 Olympic champion who told his story last Friday night during an appearance in Meeker. “I didn’t grow up with a silver spoon. If anything, I grew up with a plastic spoon,…