J'den Michael Tbory Cox ( /ˈdʒeɪdən/ ''JAY-dən'', born March 3, 1995) is an American

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and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 92 kilograms. In freestyle, Cox is a two-time World Champion (bronze medalist in

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) at 92 kilos, and while competing at 86 kilos, he claimed a bronze medal from the 2016 Summer Olympics and a 2017 World Championship bronze medal. During

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, Cox wrestled for the

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, and was a three-time NCAA Division I national champion and four-time

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champion, becoming one of the most accomplished Tigers in the program's history.

Early life

Cox was born and raised in

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and began

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at the age of four. The first youth state tournament Cox entered is the last state tournament at any level he did not win. Cox began training with Mike Eierman (

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's father) in 2006 and continued training with Eierman until his move to the

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in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 2018. Cox attended

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, where he was an all–state

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in addition to a standout high school wrestler. He was a four–time Missouri state champion, and one of the first wrestlers in Missouri to win titles at four different weight classes. Cox compiled a 205–3 record in his high school career, suffering all three losses his

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season. Cox also had success on the national level. In 2011 he won a Cadet National Championship in

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, and took third place in freestyle. A rivalry developed between Cox and fellow future multiple-time World Champion Kyle Snyder. Cox defeated Snyder in the Greco-Roman final while losing to Snyder in pool competition in freestyle. In 2012, Cox won a Junior National Championship in freestyle and took third in Greco-Roman. Again Cox and Snyder traded victories between styles, with Cox defeating Snyder in pool competition in freestyle and Snyder defeating Cox in Greco-Roman pool competition. Cox was ranked the third-overall recruit in the 2013 class by FloWrestling and sixth overall by InterMat.

College career

Cox stayed at home in Columbia and wrestled collegiately for the

. Cox bypassed a redshirt year and wrestled right away for the Tigers at 197 lbs. in the 2013–14 season. He was a MAC champion and entered the 2014

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as the #2 seed. Cox defeated Nick Heflin of

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in final to become a national champion. At the time Cox became just the 14th true freshman national champion in NCAA Division 1 history. Cox finished the season with a 38–2 record and was recognized as both the 2014 MAC Wrestler of the Year and Freshman of the Year. In his sophomore season, Cox again took home All-American honors by virtue of his 5th-place finish at the 2015 NCAA Championships. Cox entered the tournament undefeated on the season and earned the #1 seed in the 197 lb. bracket. Cox suffered his first loss of the year in the semifinal to Kyle Snyder and suffered another loss to Morgan McIntosh in consolations before finishing 5th. He was a MAC champion again and finished the year with a 37–2 record. Cox returned to the top of the podium in 2016. After becoming a MAC champion for the third time, he entered the NCAA Championships as the #2 seed. Cox defeated Morgan McIntosh in the final 4–2, avenging his loss from the previous year. He joined

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as the only other two-time national champion in school history. Cox finished the season with a 33–1 record and was recognized as the MAC Wrestler of the Year for the second time. In 2017, Cox finished off his collegiate career with another national championship. He was a perfect 28–0 on the season and finished second in Hodge Trophy voting. Cox was a MAC champion for the fourth time and was honored as the MAC Wrestler of the Year for the third time. Cox was the first three-time national champion in program history. Among program records, he finished his career ranked first in winning percentage (.965, 136–5) and tied for second in wins (136).

Freestyle career

2014–2015

Cox was an accomplished

growing up, claiming multiple US National Championships, despite never competing overseas. In 2014, the newly crowned freshman NCAA champion at 197 pounds, decided to compete at 97 kilograms (214 pounds) despite being undersized for the weight class, and made his senior level debut by placing third at the US University National Championships, and later in the month competing at the US World Team Trials, but failing to place. In 2015, he placed fourth at the US Senior Nationals, falling to eventual 2015 World Champion Kyle Snyder by one point throughout the bracket.

2016

As a 2016 NCAA champion, Cox qualified to compete at the 2016 US Olympic Team Trials, and chose to trim down to 86 kilograms. Despite being the ninth seed, Cox was able to upset multiple high–level opponents to make the best–of–three, beating '11 NCAA runner–up from

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Clayton Foster, '09 World Championship runner–up

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and two–time US Open and NCAA champion Keith Gavin to reach the finale. There, he defeated four–time NCAA champion

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, who was bumping up from 74 kilograms, two matches to one to claim the 2016 US Olympic Team spot. However, the weight had not been qualified for the

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for the United States, which meant Cox would have overcome a field at one of the qualification tournaments to qualify. Cox did just that when he comfortably won gold at the 2016 World Olympic Qualification Tournament I, his first tournament overseas. After defeating '12 University World Champion from Iran

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at Beat the Streets, Cox competed for Team USA at the 2016 World Cup, beating two–time Commonwealth champion Pawan Kumar, returning World Championship bronze medalist from Iran

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and 2016 European Championship runner–up Aleksander Gostiev, before being defeated himself by '12 Olympic bronze medalist from Georgia

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, helping Team USA reach fourth place. To warm up for the

, Cox placed third at the Grand Prix of Germany, suffering his lone loss to World and reigning Olympic champion from Azerbaijan

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. At the

, Cox claimed victories over

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and

before suffering a loss to '09 Junior World Champion

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in the semifinals, getting knocked off to the consolation bracket, where he posted a victory over reigning Pan American Games champion

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, in a match were the Cuban refused to continue after suffering a takedown from Cox. This result drove Cox to becoming a bronze medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

2017

After collegiate graduation, the three–time NCAA champion went on to defend his US World Team spot against reigning US National champion and eventual '18 World Champion David Taylor at the 2017 US World Team Trials in June. After losing the first match, Cox rallied to defeat Taylor twice in a row despite a knee injury to retain the spot, although controversially due to his excessive sweat and alleged passivity. At the 2017 World Championships, he most notably went on to defeat '12 Junior World Championship runner–up

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and Dan Kolov International champion

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before losing to Boris Makojev, coming back and defeating 2010 World Champion

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for bronze.

2018–2019

Cox made his return by moving up to 92 kilograms in February 2018, claiming a silver medal from the Ukrainian Open after losing to World and Olympic champion

in the finale. He then went 1–2 at the

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, helping Team USA reach the team championship for the first time in 15 years. Cox then went on to claim the US National Championship and retain the US World Team spot at Final X. Before the

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, Cox went 0–1 at the

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. Despite his low international success at the new weight class earlier in the year, Cox went on to claim his first World Championship for the United States, defeating two–time European Continental champion from Georgia

, three–time Olympian from Moldova

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, '18 Asian Games gold medalist from Iran

and '16 European Championship runner–up from Belarus

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. The returning

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, Cox claimed his first Pan American Continental Championship in his first tournament of the year, helping the US reach gold in all of the 10 freestyle categories in the competition. Cox then went on to defend his US World Team spot once again, headlining Final X Rutgers, where he shut down reigning US National champion, recently graduated three–time

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and

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winner

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twice in a row. He then swept past the prestigious

field with all

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s to claim the championship. At the

, the defending champion was able to retain his spot on top of the podium and claim his second World Championship, most notably defeating Irakli Mtsituri and

2020–2021

To start off the 2020 Summer Olympic year, Cox moved up to 97 kilograms to fit the weight class requirements for the Olympics. In his first tournament, he most notably downed '15 Pan American Games champion (86kg)

and returning Junior World Championship runner–up Yonger Bastida to claim gold at the Cerro Pelado International. Cox was then scheduled to compete at the US Olympic Team Trials, however, the

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postponed both the US Team Trials and the

for a year later. Cox did not come back to action until a year later when he competed at a series of FloWrestling events, compiling six more wins in total during January and February 2021. Cox was then expected to compete at the rescheduled US Olympic Team Trials, as the favorite to challenge reigning Olympic champion Kyle Snyder in the best–of–three. However, it was announced on the day of the event that Cox had missed weight, therefore he had been removed from competition. Days later, more detail was given to the public, and it was explained that Cox had arrived to the weight-ins on time, but once he had stepped on the scale and successfully made the weight limit of 97 kg, it had been thirteen minutes past the 8:00 AM deadline, therefore, it was ruled as invalid by

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. Cox explained that he was misinformed of the weight-ins schedule by his coach

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, who is part of USA Wrestling. Cox protested the decision and him and his coach

decided to appeal, however, nothing came to fruition. A month later, Cox dropped the appeal and announced he had moved past the incident, stating; After the incidents, Cox moved back down to 92 kilograms and competed at the Poland Open on June 9. In an upset, Cox was defeated in the semifinals by a regional circuit wrestler from Ukraine, and forfeited his next bout. Cox came back and competed at the 2021 US World Team Trials as the top-seed on September 11–12, intending to represent the country at the

for the third straight time. He was once again able to show off his signature movements and went unscored throughout his championship run, downing NCAA champions Drew Foster and

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, as well as powerhouse

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. At the

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, Cox ran through his first three opponents on the first date, before being downed in a frenetic match by two-time U23 World Champion

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in the semifinals. The former champion defeated Ukraine in the bronze medal match to claim third place instead.

2022

In late 2021, it was announced that the brand RUDIS would organize an event headlined by a super match between Olympic, World and

Kyle Snyder and Cox, which took place on March 16, 2022, in a

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format. Cox was defeated in two straight bouts via decision.

Personal life

J'den is the son of Michael and Cathy Cox, both musicians. Cathy has long been associated with Mizzou athletics herself: she regularly performs the national anthem at Tiger basketball games. He has two older brothers Zach and Drae, and a younger sister Chai. Cox's uncle Phil Arnold was a two-time Missouri state champion for Hickman High School. The headgear Arnold used in winning his two titles is the same Cox and his older brothers wore during their high school careers. Cox has lost most of the hearing in his left ear and some of the hearing in his right. Even before he started losing his hearing in college, he was interested in

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. He took classes on sign language in both high school and college and one day would like to teach those who are hearing impaired. Cox posts videos teaching basic elements of sign language on social media, and Nike apparel supporting him includes the spelling of “Cox” in sign language.

Freestyle record

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2019 World Wrestling Championships The 2019 World Wrestling Championships were held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan from 14 September to 22 September 2019. The tournament served as qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics, the top six wrestlers from each category earned their NOCs a qu ...

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Nur-Sultan Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmo ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

, - , Win , 64-14 , align=left, Irakli Mtsituri , style="font-size:88%", 3-0 , - , Win , 63-14 , align=left, Nurgali Nurgaipuly , style="font-size:88%", 8-0 , - , Win , 62-14 , align=left, Mohammed Fardj , style="font-size:88%", TF 11-0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 61-14 , align=left, Bendegúz Tóth , style="font-size:88%", TF 10-0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, July 11–14, 2019 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, 2019 Yaşar Doğu , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4,

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

, - , Win , 60-14 , align=left, Shamil Zubairov , style="font-size:88%", TF 11-0 , - , Win , 59-14 , align=left, Mohammed Fardj , style="font-size:88%", TF 11-0 , - , Win , 58-14 , align=left, Abubakar Turgayev , style="font-size:88%", TF 11-0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 57-14 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 5-0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, June 8, 2019 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, 2019 Final X: Rutgers , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2,

New Brunswick, New Jersey New Brunswick is a city (New Jersey), city in and the county seat, seat of government of Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Bo Nickal Bo Dean Nickal (born January 14, 1996) is an American professional mixed martial artist, former Freestyle wrestler, freestyle and graduated Collegiate wrestling, folkstyle wrestler who currently competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, UF ...

, style="font-size:88%", 4-2 , - , Win , 55-14 , align=left, Pat Brucki , style="font-size:88%", TF 13-0 , style="font-size:88%", May 6, 2019 , style="font-size:88%", 2019 Beat The Streets: Grapple at the Garden , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" ,

New York City, New York New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

, - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 54-14 , align=left, Diego Ramírez , style="font-size:88%", Fall , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, April 19–21, 2019 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, 2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2,

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

, - , Win , 53-14 , align=left, Jaime Espinal , style="font-size:88%", 8-0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 52-14 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 4-1 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, October 21–22, 2018 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4,

2018 World Wrestling Championships The 2018 World Wrestling Championships were the 15th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and were held from 20 to 28 October in Budapest, Hungary. Russia claimed 10 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals, its best ...

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Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

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, style="font-size:88%", 6-2 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Loss , 48-14 , align=left, Serdar Böke , style="font-size:88%", 2-2 , style="font-size:88%", July 27–29, 2018 , style="font-size:88%", 2018 Yaşar Doğu , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" ,

Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

, - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 48-13 , align=left, Hayden Zillmer , style="font-size:88%", TF 10-0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, June 22–23, 2018 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, 2018 US World Team Trials , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2,

, - , Win , 47-13 , align=left, Hayden Zillmer , style="font-size:88%", 5–2 , - , Win , 46-13 , align=left,

Yurieski Torreblanca Yurieski Torreblanca Queralta (born March 14, 1989) is a Cuban freestyle wrestler who competes at 86 kilograms. A three-time Pan American Champion, Torreblanca won gold medals at the 2019 Pan American Games and the 2018 Central American and Cari ...

, style="font-size:88%", 2-1 , style="font-size:88%", May 17, 2018 , style="font-size:88%", 2018 Beat The Streets: Team USA vs. Team Cuba , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" ,

, - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 45-13 , align=left, Hayden Zillmer , style="font-size:88%", 2-0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, April 24–28, 2018 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, 2018 US Open National Wrestling Championships , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4,

Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...

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Deron Winn Deron Andrew Winn (born June 13, 1989) is an American mixed martial artist and freestyle wrestler. A professional mixed martial artist since 2017, he formerly competed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Bellator MMA, fighting in th ...

, style="font-size:88%", 3-0 , - , Win , 43-13 , align=left, Tanner Orndorff , style="font-size:88%", TF 10-0 , - , Win , 42-13 , align=left, Jeremiah Imonode , style="font-size:88%", TF 10-0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Loss , 41-13 , align=left,

Aslanbek Alborov Aslanbek Alborov (russian: Асланбек Алборов; born 2 April 1991 in Vladikavkaz) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Ossetian descent, who represents Azerbaijan in the light heavyweight division (97 kg). World freestyle wrestling ...

, style="font-size:88%", 4-4 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, April 7–8, 2018 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, 2018 Wrestling World Cup - Men's freestyle , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3,

Iowa City, Iowa Iowa City, offically the City of Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the home of the University of Iowa and county seat of Johnson County, at the center of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the time ...

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, style="font-size:88%", 7-8 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, February 23–25, 2018 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, XXII Outstanding Ukrainian Wrestlers and Coaches Memorial , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4,

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

, - , Win , 40-10 , align=left, Riley Lefever , style="font-size:88%", 2-0 , - , Win , 39-10 , align=left, Edgarus Voitechovskij , style="font-size:88%", 7-1 , - , Win , 38-10 , align=left, Shamir Atyan , style="font-size:88%", TF 11-0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 37-10 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 8-0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, August 25, 2017 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5,

2017 World Wrestling Championships The 2017 World Wrestling Championships were the 14th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from August 21 to 27 in Paris, France. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Gre ...

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Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

, - , Loss , 36-10 , align=left, Boris Makojev , style="font-size:88%", 3-6 , - , Win , 36-9 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 3-2 , - , Win , 35-9 , align=left, Ville Heino , style="font-size:88%", 9-6 , - , Win , 34-9 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 6-1 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 33-9 , align=left, David Taylor , style="font-size:88%", 5-3 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, June 10, 2017 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, 2017 US World Team Trials , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3,

, - , Win , 32-9 , align=left, David Taylor , style="font-size:88%", 4-3 , - , Loss , 31-9 , align=left, David Taylor , style="font-size:88%", 3-9 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 31-8 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", FF (3-1) , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, August 20, 2016 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4,

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

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, style="font-size:88%", 5-1 , - , Win , 29-7 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 7-1 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 28-7 , align=left, Adilet Davlumbaev , style="font-size:88%", 10-5 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, July 2–3, 2016 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, 2016 Grand Prix of Germany , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4,

Dortmund Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, - , Win , 27-7 , align=left, Konstantin Voelk , style="font-size:88%", Fall , - , Loss , 26-7 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 2-6 , - , Win , 26-6 , align=left, Kanat Berdiyev , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Loss , 25-6 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 4-7 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, June 11–12, 2016 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, 2016 Wrestling World Cup – Men's freestyle , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4,

Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

, - , Win , 25-5 , align=left, Aleksander Gostiev , style="font-size:88%", 3-2 , - , Win , 24-5 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 6-2 , - , Win , 23-5 , align=left, Pawan Kumar , style="font-size:88%", TF 10-0 , - , Win , 22-5 , align=left,

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Pedro Ceballos Pedro Ceballos (born September 8, 1990) is a Venezuelan freestyle wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle 86 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he lost the bronze medal match to Sharif Sharifov. He won the gold medal in hi ...

, style="font-size:88%", 6-0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, April 24, 2016 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, 2016 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5,

Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar (; mn, Улаанбаатар, , "Red Hero"), previously anglicized as Ulan Bator, is the capital and most populous city of Mongolia. It is the coldest capital city in the world, on average. The municipality is located in north ce ...

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

, - , Win , 20-5 , align=left, Umidjon Ismanov , style="font-size:88%", 5-2 , - , Win , 19-5 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 4-1 , - , Win , 18-5 , align=left, Timofei Xenidis , style="font-size:88%", TF 10-0 , - , Win , 17-5 , align=left, Shamir Atyan , style="font-size:88%", TF 11-0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 16-5 , align=left,

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, style="font-size:88%", 8-1 , - , Win , 12-4 , align=left, Clayton Foster , style="font-size:88%", 7-7 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 11-4 , align=left , Wynn Michalak , style="font-size:88%", 4-1 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, May 7–9, 2015 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, 2015 US Senior National Championships , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5,

, - , Loss , 10-4 , align=left , Kyle Snyder , style="font-size:88%", 3-4 , - , Win , 10-3 , align=left , Cayle Byers , style="font-size:88%", 4-0 , - , Win , 9-3 , align=left , David Zabriskie , style="font-size:88%", 9-5 , - , Win , 8-3 , align=left, Josh Manu , style="font-size:88%", 11-4 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Loss , 7-3 , align=left , J. D. Bergman , style="font-size:88%", 2-4 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, May 29, 2014 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, 2014 US World Team Trials Challenge , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4,

Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the county seat of Dane County and the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the 80th-lar ...

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Akron, Ohio Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County, Ohio, Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about south of downtown Cleveland. As of the 2020 C ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cox, Jden 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Columbia, Missouri American male sport wrestlers Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists Hickman High School alumni University of Missouri alumni African-American sport wrestlers