Ben Provisor (born June 26, 1990 in
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Stevens Point is the county seat of Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. The city was incorporated in 1858.
Its 2020 population of 25,666 makes it the largest city in the county. Stevens Point forms the core of the United States Census Bur ...
) is an American wrestler. He won the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials at 74 kg GR, and competed at the
2012 Olympics
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. He also competed at the
2016 Olympics
)
, nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams)
, athletes = 11,238
, events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines)
, opening = 5 August 2016
, closing = 21 August 2016
, opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer
, cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...
.
Personal life
He is the son of musician
Dennis Provisor
Dennis Provisor (born November 9, 1943) is an American musician and songwriter. He recorded on several different labels, including 20th Century Fox and Valiant, under the name of Denny Provisor. He released some soulful singles as a solo artist. ...
, former keyboard player for the rock band
The Grass Roots
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.
He is married to wrestler
Leigh Jaynes
Cpt, Leigh Evelyn Jaynes (born December 18, 1980) is an American freestyle wrestler and beach wrestler.
Education
Jaynes earned a BS in Exercise Science and in MA in Management from Missouri Valley College. The summer of her junior y ...
.
He has one child. He attended SPASH high school in Stevens Point WI.
Wrestling career
Provisor is a three-time U.S. Open champion (2011, 2013, and 2018).
He defeated
Aaron Sieracki 2 to 1 at the finals of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.
In the 1/8 finals at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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Provisor was defeated by
Zurab Datunashvili
Zurabi Datunashvili ( ka, ზურაბ დათუნაშვილი, sr, / ; born 18 June 1991) is a Georgian-born Serbian former Greco-Roman wrestler who competed in the men's middleweight category.
Career
He won a silver medal in ...
of
Georgia
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(0-1, 0-6).
Provisor was coached by Olympic silver-medalist and Greco-Roman world champion
Dennis Hall
Dennis William Hall (born February 5, 1971) is a Greco-Roman wrestler from Neosho, Wisconsin, United States. Hall was a 10-time US National Champion, a World Champion, and 3-time USA Olympian. He won a silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympi ...
.
At the 2016 Olympics, he competed in the men's light-heavyweight (85 kg) division in Greco-Roman wrestling. He lost to
Rustam Assakalov in the second round.
In 2021, Provisor signed to wrestle for the
NAIA powerhouse
Grand View Vikings
The Grand View Vikings are the athletic teams that represent Grand View University, located in Des Moines, Iowa, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the He ...
.
References
External links
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USA Today article*
1990 births
Living people
American male sport wrestlers
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic wrestlers of the United States
Pan American Games medalists in wrestling
Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
Wrestlers at the 2011 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Pan American Wrestling Championships medalists
20th-century American people
21st-century American people
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