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List Of FloWrestling Events
During the COVID-19 pandemic, FloWrestling managed to put on a list of events while the sport of freestyle wrestling was absent. Background During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, amateur wrestling, known for being an active sport with multiple competitions in the USA, was forced to close down. The biggest promotions of different sports, such as the NFL and the NBA, were absent during this time, and so was FloWrestling. Event list Dake vs. Chamizo ''FloWrestling: Dake vs. Chamizo'' was an amateur wrestling event produced by FloWrestling that took place on July 25, 2020 at the Omni Austin at Southpark on Austin, Texas, United States. Background This event was the second major amateur wrestling event hosted in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic after ''Rumble on the Rooftop.'' It was originally going to feature just three bouts, Kyle Dake vs. Frank Chamizo, David Taylor vs. Pat Downey and Anthony Ashnault vs. Luke Pletcher. On July 6, Ash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of Asia and later worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of , the pandemic had caused more than cases and confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest in history. COVID-19 symptoms range from undetectable to deadly, but most commonly include fever, dry cough, and fatigue. Severe illness is more likely in elderly patients and those with certain underlying medical conditions. COVID-19 transmits when people breathe in air contaminated by droplets and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myles Martin
Myles Najee Martin (born May 20, 1996) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 86 kilograms. In freestyle, he placed second at the '19 US National Championships and is a two-time US U23 National Champion. As a folkstyle wrestler, he was an NCAA Division I National champion (two-time finalist), a four-time All-American and a Big Ten Conference champion (three-time finalist) out of the Ohio State University. Folkstyle career High school Born in Penns Grove, New Jersey, Martin went on to attend McDonogh School in Maryland. During his time as a high schooler, he became a three-time US Prep National champion, two-time Beast of the East champion, two-time FloNationals finalist, one-time Walsh Jesuit Ironman finalist and was also named the Baltimore Sun All-Metro Wrestler of the Year as a senior in 2015. Inside the state of Maryland, he was a three-time Maryland Independent Schools champion and finished his career with an 171–15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornell Big Red Wrestling
The Cornell Big Red wrestling team represents Cornell University of Ithaca, New York in collegiate wrestling. It is one of the most successful and storied collegiate wrestling programs in the nation with over 20 individual NCAA champions and 42 Ivy League and 26 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association championships since the program's 1907 founding. Since 2021, the Cornell wrestling team has been coached by two-time NCAA All-American and former Cornell wrestler Mike Grey, who took over for Rob Koll, who left for Stanford after 28 years as head coach. Koll led the team to eight top-five finishes in the NCAA Division I wrestling tournament, including second-place finishes in 2010 and 2011. The 2010 and 2011 finishes were the best ever for an Ivy League team. In 2012, Cornell wrestling finished fourth in the NCAA tournament, while crowning three individual national champions Kyle Dake (157 lbs), Steve Bosak (184 lbs) and Cam Simaz (197 lbs). This was the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyven Gadson
Kyven Ross Gadson (born July 9, 1992) is an American amateur wrestler. Currently a senior competitor in amateur freestyle wrestling, earlier Gadson, while wrestling for the Iowa State Cyclones, was a three-time All-American in NCAA Division I collegiate wrestling and won the 2015 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in the 197-lb weight class by pinning future Olympic and World Championship gold medalist Kyle Snyder in his final collegiate match. High school wrestling career Wrestling for Waterloo East High School in Waterloo, Iowa, Gadson compiled a prep record of 113-12. In his sophomore season, he finished as the runner-up at the Iowa state wrestling tournament in the 145-lb weight class. Gadson was undefeated in both a junior and senior, winning the Iowa state wrestling tournament in the 171-lb and 189-lb weight classes, respectively. He finished his senior season ranked as the sixth-best high school wrestler in the nation at the 189-lb weight class by both the Amate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kollin Moore
Kollin Raymond Moore (born May 2, 1997) is an American freestyler wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 97 kilograms. In freestyle, he won the '21 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series title, defeating Iran's Alireza Karimi in the final, is the reigning US National Champion and was also the '18 U23 World Championship and '19 US National Championship runner-up. As a folkstyle wrestler, he was a four-time NCAA Division I All-American, three-time Big Ten Conference champion and the '20 Dan Hodge Trophy runner-up for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Folkstyle career High school Moore attended Norwayne High School in Creston, Ohio, where he was a multiple–sport-athlete, competing in soccer, track, football and wrestling. He went 51–0 as a senior, not giving up an offensive point throughout the whole season and becoming the first OHSAA state champion of the school with a 23–8 technical fall in the finals, before graduating in 2015. A two–time Garfield Heigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayla Miracle
Kayla Miracle (born April 26, 1996) is an American wrestler competing through Campbellsville University, Kentucky. She is currently majoring in Sports Management. Wrestling Miracle is a two time U.S. Open Champion in 2017 and 2018. She won the 2015, 2016, and 2017 University Nationals. She won the 2018 Klippan Lady Open in Sweden. In 2015 she won the 136-pound title in the Women's Collegiate Wrestling Association finals in Saint Louis, Missouri. She is the fourth wrestler to win four Women's Collegiate Wrestling Association national titles. In 2020, she won the silver medal at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament, in the women's 62 kg division. She currently trains at the Hawkeye Wrestling Club in Iowa City, Iowa. On February 13, 2018 she was named USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week. She was selected to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics. She competed in the women's freestyle 62 kg event. She won the silver medal in the 62kg event at the 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alli Ragan
Alli Ragan (born June 16, 1992) is an American freestyle wrestler. She is a two-time silver medalist at the World Wrestling Championships. Career In 2013, Ragan represented the United States at the Summer Universiade and she won the silver medal in the women's 59 kg event. Ragan won the silver medal in the women's freestyle 60 kg event at the 2016 World Wrestling Championships The 2016 UWW World Wrestling Championships for non-Olympic weights were held from December 10 to 11 in SYMA Sports and Conference Centre, Budapest, Hungary. Medal table Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's frees ... held in Budapest, Hungary and in that same event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France. Achievements References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ragan, Alli Living people Place of birth missing (living people) American female sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists Universiade medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
G'Angelo Hancock
G'Angelo Hancock (born July 27, 1997) is an American Greco-Roman wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the 97 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway. At the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Ottawa, Canada, he won the gold medal in the 97 kg event. He is also a silver medalist at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. He represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Hancock signed with the WWE in August 2022 as a performer under the ring name Tavion Heights. He currently wrestles on the NXT brand. Career In 2016, Hancock competed at the United States Olympic Team Trials hoping to represent the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He finished in third place in the 98 kg event. Hancock won one of the bronze medals in the 98 kg event at the 2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Lauro de Freitas, Brazil. He also competed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Echemendia
Anthony Luis Echemendía Orduña (born September 10, 1999) is a Cuban freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 65 kilograms. In his native Cuba, Echemendia was a two-time Senior National medalist, a U23 National champion and a five-time age-group National champion (two titles as a junior and three as a cadet). Early life and career in Cuba Echemendía was born in Cabaigúan in Cuba. He started training gymnastics when he was 4 years old but ended up leaving the sport at the age of 8, following his father and brother's steps to start wrestling instead. He attended and won his first Cadet National Tournament at the age of 12 in 2012 and won two more titles ('13 and '14) before bumping up to the junior division. Despite a runner–up finish at the '15 Junior Nationals, Echemendia racked up the '16 title and in 2017 he placed at the Senior Nationals, won a U23 National title and also claimed his last age–group National championship. In 2018, he reached the finals of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zahid Valencia
Zahid Valencia (born November 5, 1997) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 86 kilograms. As a folkstyle wrestler, he was a two-time NCAA Division I National Champion and three-time Pac-12 Conference champion out of the Arizona State University. In freestyle, he was the 2019 US National Champion and has competed at multiple international tournaments, winning gold at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 and the 2021 Poland Open and bronze at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021. Folkstyle career High school Zahid attended St. John Bosco High School along with his brother Anthony and Aaron Pico. A three-time CIF state champion, Valencia won four Walsh Jesuit Ironman titles and placed third in the state as a sophomore, while wrestling with a broken ankle. His setback at the state tournament was the only one in his high school career, compiling 158 wins with 100 pins and 12 technical falls. When he graduated, Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Burroughs
Jordan Ernest Burroughs (born July 8, 1988) is an American freestyle wrestler and former folkstyle wrestler who currently competes at 79 kilograms, and previously competed at 74 kilos. In freestyle, he was the 2012 Olympic gold medalist, is the reigning and a six-time world champion (nine-time medalist), three-time Pan American Games Gold medalist, four-time Pan American champion, and four-time US Open national champion, and has made the US World or Olympic Team on 11 occasions. In folkstyle, Burroughs was a two-time NCAA Division I champion for the Nebraska Cornhuskers and was awarded the Dan Hodge Trophy (equivalent to the Heisman Trophy) in 2012. After winning gold at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships, Burroughs set the American record with his seventh gold medal at the Olympic and World Championship level. Burroughs is widely known for his double-leg takedown and is considered one of the greatest freestyle wrestlers of all time. Early life Burroughs is from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greco-Roman Wrestling
Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling (Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been in every edition of the summer Olympics held since Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics, 1904.FILA WrestlinHistory of Greco-Roman Wrestling This style of wrestling forbids Grappling hold, holds below the waist, which is the main feature that differentiates it from freestyle wrestling (the other form of wrestling contested at the Olympics). This restriction results in an emphasis on throw (grappling), throws, because a wrestler cannot use trips to Takedown (grappling), bring an opponent to the ground or hook/grab the opponent's leg to avoid being thrown. Greco-Roman wrestling is one of several forms of amateur competitive wrestling practiced internationally. The other wrestling disciplines sanctioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
