2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (wrestling)
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The 2020 United States Olympic Team Trials for wrestling were held at the Dickies Arena of Fort Worth, Texas, on April 2–3, 2021. This event determined the representative of the United States of America for the
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at each Olympic weight class. Originally scheduled to take place at the
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in University Park, Pennsylvania and on April 4–5, 2020, this event was postponed by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee and USA Wrestling on March 13, 2020, along with the
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due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


Medal summary


Men's freestyle


Women's freestyle


Men's Greco–Roman


Qualification procedures


Direct qualification

To qualify for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials directly, a wrestler must have achieved a certain result at at least one of the determined qualifying tournaments (set by USA Wrestling). The procedures were the following:


Men's freestyle


Women's freestyle


Greco-Roman


Indirect qualification

To qualify for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials indirectly, a wrestler was required to have certain past accolades that could back up their spot. The required accomplishments were the following:


Men's freestyle


Women's freestyle


Greco–Roman


Collegiate qualification

These athletes have qualified for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials through collegiate wrestling. Men's Freestyle – Greco–Roman - 2021 NCAA Division I Championships * 125 lb Spencer Lee * 133 lb Roman Bravo-Young * 141 lb Nick Lee * 149 lb Austin O'Connor * 157 lb David Carr * 165 lb Shane Griffith * 174 lb Carter Starocci * 184 lb Aaron Brooks * 197 lb A.J. Ferrari * 285 lb Gable Steveson Women's Freestyle - 2021 NCWWC Championships * 101 lb Angelina Gomez * 109 lb Emily Shilson * 116 lb Felicity Taylor * 123 lb Cheyenne Sisenstein * 130 lb Cameron Guerin * 136 lb Brenda Reyna * 143 lb Emma Bruntil * 155 lb Alara Boyd * 170 lb Yelena Makoyed * 191 lb Sydnee Kimber Women's Freestyle - 2021 NAIA Women's Wrestling National Invitational Championships * 101 lb Nina Pham * 109 lb Mckayla Campbell * 116 lb Peyton Prussin * 123 lb Jasmine Hernandez * 130 lb Bridgette Duty * 136 lb Desiree Zavala * 143 lb Waipuilani Estrella-Beauchamp * 155 lb Sienna Ramirez * 170 lb Jordan Nelson * 191 lb Nkechinyere Nwankwo


Qualified Non-Competitors

These qualified athletes have chosen or were unable to compete in the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Men's Freestyle * 57 kg Spencer Lee (injury) * 57 kg Nick Suriano ( COVID-19 positive test) * 57 kg Roman Bravo-Young (decision) * 65 kg Tyler Graff * 65 kg
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(decision) * 65 kg Austin O'Connor * 74 kg Isaiah Martinez (injury) * 74 kg
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(injury) * 74 kg
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(injury) * 86 kg Zahid Valencia (injury) * 97 kg J'den Cox (missed weight) * Jacob Kasper * Nick Nevills * Shane Griffith


Tournament format

# Challenge tournament(single elimination) – The first part of the trials determined who advanced over to the best–of–three finale and it took place in the first day of competition. # Championship series (best‐of‐3 match final wrestle‐off) – In the second part of the trials, the finals which determined the ultimate winner took place, in the second day of competition.


Brackets


Men's freestyle

;Note * At 74 and 97 kg, Jordan Burroughs and Kyle Snyder had an automatic berth to the best–of–three as returning World Championship medalists, therefore the finalists of the challenge tournament competed for advancement to the finals, unlike the other weight classes where both competitors advance. Also at 74 kg, Kyle Dake earned an automatic bid to the semifinals as the returning World Champion at 79 kg. At 97 kg, J'den Cox had also earned an automatic bid to the semifinals as the returning World Champion at 92 kg, however, he was pulled out of the bracket on the day of the event by USA Wrestling for making weight minutes after the closure of the weight-ins.


57 kg

Best‐2-out-of‐3 Match (Wrestle‐Off) Winner – Thomas Gilman


65 kg

Best‐2-out-of‐3 Match (Wrestle‐Off) Winner –
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74 kg

Challenge Best‐2-out-of‐3 Match (Wrestle‐Off) Winner – Kyle Dake


86 kg

Best‐2-out-of‐3 Match (Wrestle‐Off) Winner – David Taylor


97 kg

Challenge Best‐2-out-of‐3 Match (Wrestle‐Off) Winner – Kyle Snyder


125 kg

Best‐2-out-of‐3 Match (Wrestle‐Off) Winner – Gable Steveson


Consolation brackets


Men's freestyle


57 kg


65 kg


74 kg


86 kg


97 kg


125 kg


See also

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United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics The United States, represented by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place in the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to July 23 to August 8, ...
* Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics *
Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification This article details the qualifying phase for wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics . The competition at these Games comprised a total of 289 athletes coming from the different nations; each had been allowed to enter a maximum of 18 (1 per even ...


References

{{reflist Wrestling qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics