User:Doug2009/James Retarides

James Retarides is an American professional armwrestler, coach, and writer known for helping new armwrestlers.

Retarides won his first armwrestling national championship at the Salt Lake City Unified Nationals in 2008 and presently resides in Charlotte, NC.

Retarides was born on February 22, 1977 in Bridgeport, CT and lived in Connecticut until attending college at Fordham University in New York. Upon graduation, Retarides made a name for himself as a writer and editor in New Haven, CT with the Journal Register Corp. until 2006.

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He is also known for his political and social commentary in the opinion pieces he wrote while editing the Hamden Chronicle. An ad