Russell Owen "Russ" Hellickson (born May 29, 1948) is an American former amateur freestyle wrestler and collegiate wrestling coach.

Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Hellickson competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics for the United States, winning the silver medal in the Freestyle Heavyweight competition and served as the captain of the U.S. squad in 1980.

He won the Tbilisi International in 1974 and the World Cup, and was the first wrestler to win three gold medals in the Pan Am Games.

OSU opened an investigation in April 2018 that looked into allegations of sexual misconduct by the former wrestling team's physician, Richard Strauss.

Strauss, who died by suicide in California in 2005, was employed at Ohio State from September 1978 to March 1998 as an athletics doctor, faculty member and student health center physician.

Also on the video, Hellickson says that he complained to Ohio State administrators that strangers were coming to ogle the wrestlers in the showers at Larkins Hall, where the team worked out.

'"[10] Yetts told Politico he had asked both Jordan and Hellickson to be present for a medical examination to avoid inappropriate touching by Strauss.

[11] Hellickson allegedly contacted several former OSU wrestling team members and urged them to recant their statements and support Jim Jordan after the former wrestlers accused Jim Jordan of turning a blind eye to alleged sexual abuse, according to the wrestlers and text messages they shared with NBC News.

No No No"[13] Mike DiSabato provided a text message to NBC News that states that Mark Coleman was pressured to issue a retraction statement after Jim Jordan, his brother, high school wrestling coach Jeff Jordan, and Hellickson each called Coleman's parents.

[17] According to the report:[18] 22 coaches, 18 student athletic trainers and five team physicians across multiple sports confirmed they were aware of rumors or complaints about Strauss' misconduct.