As an Olympic champion wrestler, Henry Cejudo knows what it’s like to take on the world’s best athletes one-on-one.As a first generation Mexican-American, he knows what it’s like to go up against ignorance, xenophobia and prejudice.He’s hoping to take down both as he returns to competition in search of a second Olympic gold medal.

At 21, Cejudo became a face of the 2008 Olympics when he won a gold medal in freestyle wrestling. He has since become not only a role model, but a powerful voice in the immigration debate as a vocal opponent of the controversial reform measures in his home state of Arizona.

While there might not appear to be obvious overlap, the two passions in his life are far from mutually exclusive.