Kyle Frederick Snyder (born November 20, 1995) is an American

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and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 97 kilograms. He holds the distinctions of being the youngest

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and the youngest

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in American wrestling history., Snyder is also the youngest wrestler ever to win the

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, and

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championships in the same year — a triple crown of American wrestling that had not been accomplished in a generation until he completed his sweep at the

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. Snyder, nicknamed "Snyderman", became the first Olympic Gold Medalist to return to

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and win an NCAA title, clinching his second consecutive

heavyweight title in 2017 despite tearing cartilage in his chest in the

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and being out-weighed by upwards of 40 pounds throughout the tournament. In 2018, Snyder won his third straight individual NCAA title as a heavyweight, this time being out-weighed by nearly 60 pounds "in one of the biggest size differences in an NCAA championship match in history", and became the first three-time NCAA heavyweight champion in nearly 30 years. Along the way he became the youngest American, and only the eleventh ever, to win the

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Memorial Grand Prix, which is widely considered to be the toughest open wrestling tournament in the world. Snyder dominated it with three technical-falls and then a pin in the finals. The following year Snyder would become the first American man not only to win back-to-back Yarygin titles, but the only one to win the prestigious tournament more than once at all, earning him Best Foreign Wrestler honors from his Russian hosts. In 2017, Snyder defeated

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at the 2017 World Championships, marking Sadulaev's first loss in his last 75 matches and the second one in his whole career. This come-from-behind victory earned

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its first

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in over 20 years and Snyder his third consecutive individual World or Olympic championship, and led to Snyder being ranked as the best

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freestyle wrestler on the planet by Flowrestling in September 2017, a title he would retain in their June 2018 rankings. Snyder's accomplishments led him to being named the winner of the 2017 AAU Sullivan Award, presented annually to top amateur athlete in the United States. He ended his collegiate career as the first wrestler to win the NCAA, World, and Olympic championships as a student athlete.

Career

In his first three years of high school at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Olney, MD, Snyder amassed a 179–0 record, won three Prep National Championships, and only conceded a single takedown. Named the national high school wrestler of the year by both Intermat and ASICS, Snyder was also ranked as the #1

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high school wrestler in America by Flowrestling after his junior season. He then spent his senior year training at the

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, competing internationally for

and winning America's first Junior World Championship in over 20 years while becoming the youngest two-time Junior World medalist in American history. To begin his collegiate wrestling career, Snyder accepted a scholarship from the

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, helping them to an

team championship as a true freshman by finishing as runner-up to a fifth-year senior, Iowa State's Kyven Gadson, in the national finals. A few weeks later he rebounded from this loss with remarkable resilience: Snyder defeated returning Olympic gold medalist

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for a chance to represent the U.S. on its 2015 World Team, then became the youngest World Champion in American wrestling history by dethroning the reigning World Champion. Snyder continued his extraordinary run by returning to Ohio State and rallying for an overtime victory over NC State University's

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, the returning back-to-back heavyweight national champion. Even giving away more than 30 pounds Snyder was able to end Gwiazdowski's 88-match win streak, and earn his first individual NCAA title as a true sophomore. A few months later Snyder would win his historic gold at the

— capping-off his unprecedented streak of winning wrestling's three most prestigious championships in succession before his 21st birthday, defeating the man holding each title along the way. After returning to Ohio State and winning his second consecutive NCAA heavyweight title at the end of an undefeated 2016–2017 wrestling season, Snyder would avenge his loss to Gadson in the finals of America's 2017 World Team Trials, sweeping him with two straight tech-falls and a cumulative score of 23–2. He would then face another historic bout in the finals of the 2017 Paris World Championships: with

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and the U.S. tied for first place at 53 points each, Snyder stepped onto the mat for "The Match of the Century" – the team championship, an individual title at 97 kg, and two young legacies were on the line. His opponent was

, a young Russian phenom on a three-year undefeated streak that included two World Championships as well as an Olympic gold, who was then considered the best

wrestler in the world. Sadulaev moved-up a weight class specifically to challenge Snyder, and quickly took a 2–0 lead early in their finals match. But Snyder battled back, and tied the match at 3–3 before the end of the first period, only to have Sadulaev score another takedown and regain the lead. A lead that lasted until the final 20 seconds of the match when Snyder's furious pace allowed him to score a late takedown at the edge of the mat – sealing

's first

in over 20 years, Snyder's third consecutive individual World or Olympic championship, and wresting the title of best pound-for-pound wrestler on the planet away from Sadulaev. And in a story recounted to

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by his college coach, Tom Ryan, after Snyder's thrilling come-from-behind overtime victory which clinched his first NCAA heavyweight title in front of a sold-out

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– a match chosen by fans to be the final one of the night and broadcast live in

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to millions on

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– a maintenance worker approached Ryan to let him know what made Snyder, who'd already made wrestling history as America's youngest World Champion and was named Most Outstanding Wrestler of those NCAA Championships, stand out from his competition the most that weekend: he'd been the only athlete in the entire tournament who continually thanked him for refilling the stadium's water jugs.

High school and junior

Snyder amassed a 179–0 record in his first three years of high school before becoming the youngest American in over 20 years to win a

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Junior World Championship in August 2013. Snyder was coached by two former World Champions during his gold medal match: Bill Zadick of the

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, who was a college teammate of Jeff McGinness, the youngest ever American FILA Junior World Champion who won the tournament in 1992, as well as Zeke Jones. Although Snyder was unable to repeat his gold medal run in 2014, he brought home a bronze medal, and in the process became the youngest two-time Junior World medalist in American history. Before bringing home his Junior World title in 2013, Snyder had already decided to forgo his senior year of high school competition and instead compete internationally as a resident athlete at the

beginning in the fall of 2013. In the spring of 2014, at 18 years of age, Snyder was selected to represent

as the youngest-ever member of the Beat the Streets All-Star team that faced off against top-ranked wrestlers from across the world, where he wrestled alongside fellow Americans with multiple NCAA championships and Olympic gold medals such as David Taylor, Brent Metcalf and

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. Snyder, who competes internationally at 96 kg, lost a tightly contested exhibition match 6–3 against

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, the No. 1-ranked wrestler in the world at 120 kg who at 31 years old had won five World Championships and an

gold medal. A few weeks later, Snyder secured a place on his second consecutive United States Junior World Team, winning by technical fall in the national finals. Snyder hoped to repeat his championship run at the Junior World Championships in 2014, though fell short and lost to Georgy Gogaev of Russia from North Ossetia-Alania in the quarterfinals, and wrestled back for a bronze. Earlier in 2014, Gogaev had defeated two former

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champions Dustin Kilgore and Cam Simaz, both of whom had won their NCAA titles years earlier, in 2011 and 2012 respectively – while Snyder was still competing in high school.

Junior record

! colspan="7", Junior matches , - ! Res. ! Record ! Opponent ! Score ! Date ! Event ! Location , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , 2014 Junior World at 96 kg , - , Win , 8–1 , align=left, Hamidreza Jamshidi , style="font-size:88%", 7–1 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, August 8, 2014 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, Junior World Championship , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5,

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, - , Win , 7–1 , align=left, Angel Gochev , style="font-size:88%", Tech Fall , - , Loss , 6–1 , align=left, Georgi Gogaev , style="font-size:88%", 1–8 , - , Win , 6–0 , align=left, Said Gamidov , style="font-size:88%", 8–2 , - , Win , 5–0 , align=left, Alxios Kaouslidis , style="font-size:88%", Tech Fall , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , 2013 Junior World at 96 kg , - , Win , 4–0 , align=left, Viktor Kazishvili , style="font-size:88%", 11–4 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, August 17, 2013 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, Junior World Championship , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4,

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, - , Win , 3–0 , align=left, Robin Ferdinand , style="font-size:88%", 8–0 , - , Win , 2–0 , align=left, Yasup Malachmagomedov , style="font-size:88%", 3–1 , - , Win , 1–0 , align=left, Radu Balaur , style="font-size:88%", 4–1 , -

Olympic, collegiate, and senior

Snyder, just 19 years old at the time, defeated the reigning World Champion at 97 kg, Russia's

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, for his 2015 World Championship in Las Vegas. And then less than one year later, Snyder bested Azerbaijan's

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, a former World Champion and two-time Olympic medalist, for his Rio Olympic gold. Additionally, to earn the honor of representing the

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on each of those national teams, Snyder had to beat reigning London 2012 Olympic gold medalist

in both America's 2015 World Team Trials and the 2016 Olympic Team Trials. Since

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's National Team Trials use a best two-out-of-three format for their finals, Snyder had to beat the returning Olympic gold medalist a total of four times, which he did with a cumulative score of 21–6 over the course of their matches. Snyder, who wrestled collegiately for the

, is also a three-time NCAA Division I National Champion. His first was won with an overtime victory in a sold-out

which snapped his opponent's 88-match winning streak, preventing

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from winning his third consecutive NCAA heavyweight title. Weighing in for the 285 lb. Heavyweight division at just 226 pounds, Snyder was the lightest heavyweight in the field and was named Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament. For his two international championships Snyder was rewarded with over a quarter million dollars by the Living the Dream Medal Fund, which was founded by "two former collegiate wrestlers-turned Wall Street

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," billionaire investment banker Michael E. Novogratz and real estate developer David Barry. Snyder was well endowed with $250,000 for his

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gold and earlier received $50,000 for his 2015 World Championship, money he is allowed to keep since the NCAA made an exception to its rules against student-athlete financial compensation for the Fund.

NCAA record

! colspan="8", NCAA record , - ! Res. ! Record ! Opponent ! Score ! Date ! Event , - ! style=background:white colspan=6 , NCAA at 285 lbs , - , Win , 75–5 , align=left, Adam Coon , style="font-size:88%", 3–2 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, March 15, 2018 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, NCAA Championships , - , Win , 74–5 , align=left, Jacob Kasper , style="font-size:88%", 10–5 , - , Win , 73–5 , align=left, Derek White , style="font-size:88%", 6–3 , - , Win , 72–5 , align=left, Jere Heino , style="font-size:88%", Tech Fall , - , Win , 71–5 , align=left, Ryan Solomon , style="font-size:88%", 15–5 , - ! style=background:white colspan=6 , Big Ten at 285 lbs , - , Win , 70–5 , align=left, Adam Coon , style="font-size:88%", 4–2 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, Mar 3, 2018 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, Big Ten Championships , - , Win , 69–5 , align=left, Nick Nevills , style="font-size:88%", 14–5 , - , Win , 68–5 , align=left, Shawn Streck , style="font-size:88%", 17–6 , - , Win , 67–5 , align=left, Fletcher Miller , style="font-size:88%", Tech Fall , - , Win , 66–5 , align=left, Michael Boykin , style="font-size:88%", Tech Fall , style="font-size:88%", Feb 18, 2018 , style="font-size:88%", Ohio State – North Carolina Dual , - , Loss , 65–5 , align=left, Adam Coon , style="font-size:88%", 1–3 , style="font-size:88%", Feb 11, 2018 , style="font-size:88%", Ohio State – Michigan Dual , - , Win , 65–4 , align=left, Nick Nevills , style="font-size:88%", 15–10 , style="font-size:88%", Feb 3, 2018 , style="font-size:88%", Ohio State – Penn State Dual , - , Win , 64–4 , align=left, Steven Holloway , style="font-size:88%", Tech Fall , style="font-size:88%", Jan 21, 2018 , style="font-size:88%", Iowa – Ohio State Dual , - , Win , 63–4 , align=left, Rylee Streifel , style="font-size:88%", Tech Fall , style="font-size:88%", Jan 12, 2018 , style="font-size:88%", Minnesota – Ohio State Dual , - , Win , 62–4 , align=left, Razohnn Gross , style="font-size:88%", Fall , style="font-size:88%", Jan 7, 2018 , style="font-size:88%", Ohio State – Rutgers Dual , - , Win , 61–4 , align=left, Stacey Ben , style="font-size:88%", Fall , style="font-size:88%", Dec 17, 2017 , style="font-size:88%", Ohio State – Chattanooga Dual , - , Win , 60–4 , align=left, Devin Nye , style="font-size:88%", Fall , style="font-size:88%", Nov 21, 2017 , style="font-size:88%", Kent State – Ohio State Dual , - , Win , 59–4 , align=left, Austin Harris , style="font-size:88%", Fall , style="font-size:88%", Nov 12, 2017 , style="font-size:88%", Arizona State – Ohio State Dual , - ! style=background:white colspan=6 , NCAA at 285 lbs , - , Win , 58–4 , align=left, Conor Medbery , style="font-size:88%", 6–3 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, Mar 16, 2017 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, NCAA Championships , - , Win , 57–4 , align=left, Jacob Kasper , style="font-size:88%", 19–6 , - , Win , 56–4 , align=left, Michael Kroells , style="font-size:88%", 13–7 , - , Win , 55–4 , align=left, Ryan Garrett , style="font-size:88%", Tech Fall , - , Win , 54–4 , align=left, Jake Gunning , style="font-size:88%", Tech Fall , - ! style=background:white colspan=6 , Big Ten at 285 lbs , - , Win , 53–4 , align=left, Connor Medbery , style="font-size:88%", 8–5 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, Mar 4, 2017 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, Big Ten Championship , - , Win , 52–4 , align=left, Michael Kroells , style="font-size:88%", 14–7 , - , Win , 51–4 , align=left, Razohnn Gross , style="font-size:88%", Tech Fall , - , Win , 50–4 , align=left, Colin Jensen , style="font-size:88%", 16–6 , style="font-size:88%", Feb 10, 2017 , style="font-size:88%", Ohio State – Nebraska Dual , - , Win , 49–4 , align=left, Razohnn Gross , style="font-size:88%", Tech Fall , style="font-size:88%", Feb 6, 2017 , style="font-size:88%", Rutgers – Ohio State Dual , - , Win , 48–4 , align=left, Nick Nevills , style="font-size:88%", 19–9 , style="font-size:88%", Feb 3, 2017 , style="font-size:88%", Penn State – Ohio State Dual , - , Win , 47–4 , align=left, Hemida Youssef , style="font-size:88%", Tech Fall , style="font-size:88%", Jan 22, 2017 , style="font-size:88%", Maryland – Ohio State Dual , - , Win , 46–4 , align=left, Deuce Rachal , style="font-size:88%", Fall , style="font-size:88%", Jan 15, 2017 , style="font-size:88%", Illinois – Ohio State Dual , - , Win , 45–4 , align=left, Austin Myers , style="font-size:88%", Fall , style="font-size:88%", Dec 8, 2016 , style="font-size:88%", Missouri – Ohio State Dual , - , Win , 44–4 , align=left, Devin Nye , style="font-size:88%", Fall , style="font-size:88%", Nov 22, 2016 , style="font-size:88%", Ohio State – Kent State Dual , - , Win , 43–4 , align=left, Michael Furbee , style="font-size:88%", Fall , style="font-size:88%", Nov 22, 2016 , style="font-size:88%", Ohio State – Cleveland State Dual , - , Win , 42–4 , align=left, Tanner Hall , style="font-size:88%", 20–18 , style="font-size:88%", Nov 19, 2016 , style="font-size:88%", Ohio State – Arizona State Dual , - ! style=background:white colspan=6 , NCAA at 285 lbs , - , Win , 41–4 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 7–5 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, Mar 17, 2016 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, NCAA Championship , - , Win , 40–4 , align=left, Ty Walz , style="font-size:88%", 10–6 , - , Win , 39–4 , align=left, Amarveer Dhesi , style="font-size:88%", 16–5 , - , Win , 38–4 , align=left, Tanner Harms , style="font-size:88%", Tech Fall , - , Win , 37–4 , align=left, Antonio Pelusi , style="font-size:88%", Fall , - ! style=background:white colspan=6 , Big Ten at 285 lbs , - , Win , 36–4 , align=left, Adam Coon , style="font-size:88%", 7–4 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, Mar 5, 2016 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, Big Ten Championship , - , Win , 35–4 , align=left, Collin Jensen , style="font-size:88%", Tech Fall , - , Win , 34–4 , align=left, Brooks Black , style="font-size:88%", Tech Fall , - , Win , 33–4 , align=left, Brock Horwath , style="font-size:88%", Tech Fall , style="font-size:88%", Feb 12, 2016 , style="font-size:88%", Wisconsin – Ohio State Dual , - , Win , 32–4 , align=left, Jan Johnson , style="font-size:88%", Tech Fall , style="font-size:88%", Feb 5, 2016 , style="font-size:88%", Ohio State – Penn State Dual , - , Win , 31–4 , align=left, Collin Jensen , style="font-size:88%", 20–9 , style="font-size:88%", Jan 17, 2016 , style="font-size:88%", Nebraska – Ohio State Dual , - , Loss , 30–4 , align=left, Kyven Gadson , style="font-size:88%", Fall , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, Mar 19, 2015 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, NCAA Championships , - , Win , 30–3 , align=left,

J'den Cox J'den Michael Tbory Cox ( /ˈdʒeɪdən/ ''JAY-dən'', born March 3, 1995) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 92 kilograms. In freestyle, Cox is a two-time World Champion (bronze medalist in 2 ...

, style="font-size:88%", 3–2 , - , Win , 29–3 , align=left, Scott Schiller , style="font-size:88%", 3–2 , - , Win , 28–3 , align=left, Shane Woods , style="font-size:88%", 14–5 , - , Win , 27–3 , align=left, Braden Atwood , style="font-size:88%", 12–4 , - , Loss , 26–3 , align=left, Morgan McIntosh , style="font-size:88%", 1–4 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, Mar 7, 2015 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, Big Ten Championships , - , Win , 26–2 , align=left, Nathan Burak , style="font-size:88%", 3–2 , - , Win , 25–2 , align=left, Timmy McCall , style="font-size:88%", 6–2 , - , Win , 24–2 , alig26–1n=left, Elliot Riddick , style="font-size:88%", 9–1 , style="font-size:88%", Feb 21, 2015 , style="font-size:88%", Ohio State – Lehigh Dual , - , Win , 23–2 , align=left, Vince Pickett , style="font-size:88%", Tech Fall , style="font-size:88%", Feb 15, 2015 , style="font-size:88%", Ohio State – Edinboro Dual , - , Win , 22–2 , align=left, Scott Schiller , style="font-size:88%", 3–1 , style="font-size:88%", Feb 6, 2015 , style="font-size:88%", Minnesota – Ohio State Dual , - , Win , 21–2 , align=left, Hayden Hrymack , style="font-size:88%", Tech Fall , style="font-size:88%", Feb 1, 2015 , style="font-size:88%", Ohio State – Rutgers Dual , - , Win , 20–2 , align=left, Tanner Lynde , style="font-size:88%", 18–7 , style="font-size:88%", Jan 30, 2015 , style="font-size:88%", Purdue – Ohio State Dual , - , Win , 19–2 , align=left, Rob Fitzgerals , style="font-size:88%", 19–9 , style="font-size:88%", Jan 25, 2015 , style="font-size:88%", Ohio State – Maryland Dual , - , Win , 18–2 , align=left, Luke Sheridan , style="font-size:88%", 18–7 , style="font-size:88%", Jan 23, 2015 , style="font-size:88%", Indiana – Ohio State Dual , - , Win , 17–2 , align=left, Max Hunyley , style="font-size:88%", 5–2 , style="font-size:88%", Jan 18, 2015 , style="font-size:88%", Ohio State – Michigan Dual , - , Win , 16–2 , align=left, Nick McDiarmid , style="font-size:88%", 17–6 , style="font-size:88%", Jan 16, 2015 , style="font-size:88%", Ohio State – Michigan State Dual , - , Win , 15–2 , align=left, Morgan McIntosh , style="font-size:88%", 6–1 , style="font-size:88%", Jan 11, 2015 , style="font-size:88%", Penn State – Ohio State Dual , - , Loss , 14–2 , align=left, Nathan Burak , style="font-size:88%", 1–2 , style="font-size:88%", Jan 4, 2015 , style="font-size:88%", Iowa – Ohio State Dual , - , Win , 14–1 , align=left, Johnny Eblen , style="font-size:88%", 15–5 , style="font-size:88%", Dec 14, 2014 , style="font-size:88%", Missouri – Ohio State Dual , - , Win , 13–1 , align=left, Jace Bennett , style="font-size:88%", 18–7 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=6, Dec 5, 2014 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=6, Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational , - , Win , 12–1 , align=left, Trent Noon , style="font-size:88%", 16–6 , - , Loss , 11–1 , align=left, Kyven Gadson , style="font-size:88%", 2–3 , - , Win , 11–0 , align=left, Lucas Sheridan , style="font-size:88%", 14–4 , - , Win , 10–0 , align=left, Micah Barnes , style="font-size:88%", 14–4 , - , Win , 9–0 , align=left, Josh Popple , style="font-size:88%", 13–7 , - , Win , 8–0 , align=left, Chance McClure , style="font-size:88%", 20–6 , style="font-size:88%", Nov 24, 2014 , style="font-size:88%", Ohio State – Virginia Dual , - , Win , 7–0 , align=left, Jared Haught , style="font-size:88%", 8–5 , style="font-size:88%", Nov 23, 2014 , style="font-size:88%", Ohio State – Virginia Tech Dual , - , Win , 6–0 , align=left, Josh DaSilveira , style="font-size:88%", 21–8 , style="font-size:88%", Nov 15, 2014 , style="font-size:88%", Arizona State – Ohio State Dual , - , Win , 5–0 , align=left, Cole Baxter , style="font-size:88%", 11–6 , style="font-size:88%", Nov 13, 2014 , style="font-size:88%", Kent State – Ohio State Dual , - , Win , 4–0 , align=left, Max Huntley , style="font-size:88%", 10–5 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, Nov 2, 2014 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, Michigan State Open , - , Win , 3–0 , align=left, Phil Wellington , style="font-size:88%", 11–4 , - , Win , 2–0 , align=left, Nick McDiarmid , style="font-size:88%", 8–2 , - , Win , 1–0 , align=left, Jake Smith , style="font-size:88%", 21–7

NCAA stats

! Season ! Year ! School ! Rank ! Weigh class ! Record ! Win ! Bonus , - , 2018 , Senior , rowspan=4,

Ohio State The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best public ...

, #1 , 285 , 17–1 , 94.44% , 76.92% , - , 2017 , Junior , #1 , 285 , 17–0 , 100.00% , 76.47% , - , 2016 , Sophomore , #1 , 285 , 11–0 , 100.00% , 72.73% , - , 2015 , Freshman , #3 , 197 , 30–4 , 88.24% , 50.00% , - , colspan=5 bgcolor="LIGHTGREY", Career , bgcolor="LIGHTGREY", 75–5 , bgcolor="LIGHTGREY", 93.75% , bgcolor="LIGHTGREY", 64.00%

Freestyle record

! colspan="7", Senior Freestyle Matches , - ! Res. ! Record ! Opponent ! Score ! Date ! Event ! Location , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 153–16 , align=left, Mamed Ibragimov , style="font-size:88%", TF 11–0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, July 18, 2022 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, 2022 Zouhaier Sghaier Ranking Series , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3,

Tunis, Tunisia ''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois , population_note = , population_urban = , population_metro = 2658816 , population_density_km2 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 ...

, - , Win , 152–16 , align=left, Polat Polatçı , style="font-size:88%", TF 12–1 , - , Win , 151–16 , align=left, Burak Bilal Şahin , style="font-size:88%", Fall , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 150–16 , align=left,

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 t ...

, style="font-size:88%", TF 12–2 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, June 3, 2022 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, 2022 Final X: Stillwater , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2,

Stillwater, Oklahoma Stillwater ( iow, Ñápinⁿje, ''meaning: "Water quiet"'') is a city in, and the county seat of, Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located in north-central Oklahoma at the intersection of U.S. Route 177 and State Highway 51. As of t ...

, - , Win , 149–16 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", TF 11–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 148–16 , align=left, Arturo Silot , style="font-size:88%", TF 12–1 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, May 8, 2022 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, 2022 Pan American Continental Championships , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3,

Acapulco, Mexico Acapulco de Juárez (), commonly called Acapulco ( , also , nah, Acapolco), is a city and major seaport in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, south of Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semicircular bay and has bee ...

, - , Win , 147–16 , align=left, Nishan Randhawa , style="font-size:88%", TF 11–0 , - , Win , 146–16 , align=left, Luis Perez , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 145–16 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 7–2 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, March 16, 2022 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, RUDIS+ Super Match: Snyder vs. Cox , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2,

Detroit, Michigan Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at ...

, - , Win , 144–16 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 5–5 , - , Win , 143–16 , align=left,

Zbigniew Baranowski Zbigniew Baranowski (born 2 July 1991 in Białogard) is a Polish wrestler who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He took silver at the 2016 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov international wrestling tournament. At the 2016 World Wrestling Olympic Q ...

, style="font-size:88%", TF 12–0 , style="font-size:88%", February 12, 2022 , style="font-size:88%", 2022 Bout at the Ballpark , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;",

Arlington, Texas Arlington is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Tarrant County. It forms part of the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and is a principal city of the metropolis and region ...

, - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 142–16 , align=left, Shamil Musaev , style="font-size:88%", 8–3 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, January 27–30, 2022 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4,

Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2022 The XXXIII Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2022, also known as Ivan Yarygin (Yariguin) 2022 is a United World Wrestling freestyle wrestling international tournament, which was held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Fede ...

, style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4,

Krasnoyarsk, Russia Krasnoyarsk ( ; rus, Красноя́рск, a=Ru-Красноярск2.ogg, p=krəsnɐˈjarsk) (in semantic translation - Red Ravine City) is the largest city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yen ...

, - , Win , 141–16 , align=left, Soslan Dzhagaev , style="font-size:88%", TF 14–4 , - , Win , 140–16 , align=left, Igor Ovsyannikov , style="font-size:88%", TF 12–2 , - , Win , 139–16 , align=left, Devid Dzugaev , style="font-size:88%", TF 11–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 138–16 , align=left, Ali Aliyev , style="font-size:88%", TF 18–8 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, December 10, 2021 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, 2021 International in Memory of the XIX–XX Wrestlers , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4, Khasavyurt, Dagestan , - , Win , 137–16 , align=left, Shamil Musaev , style="font-size:88%", TF 13–3 , - , Win , 136–16 , align=left,

Aslanbek Sotiev Aslanbek Alanovich Sotiev (born 29 September 1999) is a Russian freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 97 kilograms and represents North Ossetia–Alania in the national circuit. Sotiev is the reigning U23 European Continental champion and ...

, style="font-size:88%", TF 11–0 , - , Win , 135–16 , align=left, Khokh Khugaev , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Loss , 134–16 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 0–6 , style="font-size:88%", October 5, 2021 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, 2021 World Championships , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4,

Oslo, Norway Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of i ...

, - , Win , 134–15 , align=left,

Mojtaba Goleij Mojtaba Goleij ( fa, مجتبی گلیج, born 23 January 1996) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 97 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway. He is also a two-time medal ...

, style="font-size:88%", 3–2 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, October 4, 2021 , - , Win , 133–15 , align=left, Magomedgaji Nurov , style="font-size:88%", TF 11–0 , - , Win , 132–15 , align=left, Ölziisaikhany Batzul , style="font-size:88%", TF 14–4 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Loss , 131–15 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 3–6 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, August 6–7, 2021 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4,

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

, style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4,

Tokyo, Japan Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

, - , Win , 131–14 , align=left, Süleyman Karadeniz , style="font-size:88%", 5–0 , - , Win , 130–14 , align=left, Abraham Conyedo , style="font-size:88%", 6–0 , - , Win , 129–14 , align=left,

Jordan Steen Jordan David Steen (born 26 June 1991) is a Canadian freestyle wrestler. In March 2020, he qualified to represent Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics at the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Ottawa, Canada. Ca ...

, style="font-size:88%", TF 12–2 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 128–14 , align=left, Luis Perez , style="font-size:88%", TF 11–0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, May 30, 2021 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, 2021 Pan American Continental Championships , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5,

Guatemala City, Guatemala Guatemala City ( es, Ciudad de Guatemala), known locally as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, nest ...

, - , Win , 127–14 , align=left, Marcos Carrozzino , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - , Win , 126–14 , align=left, Maxwell Lacey , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - , Win , 125–14 , align=left, Kenett Andrey Martínez Viloria , style="font-size:88%", TF 12–0 , - , Win , 124–14 , align=left, Richard Deschatelets , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 123–14 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 5–1 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, April 3, 2021 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, 2020 US Olympic Team Trials , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2,

Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the List of cities in Texas by population, fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the List of United States cities by population, 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, T ...

, - , Win , 122–14 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - , Win , 121–14 , align=left,

Gabe Dean Gabriel Curtis Dean (born June 19, 1994) is an American retired freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who formerly competed at 86 kilograms. In freestyle, he was the 2020 US National Champion, a '17 Pan America ...

, style="font-size:88%", TF 13–2 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, February 23, 2021 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, NLWC V , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3,

State College, Pennsylvania State College is a home rule municipality in Centre County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is a college town, dominated economically, culturally and demographically by the presence of the University Park campus of the Pennsylvania Sta ...

, - , Win , 120–14 , align=left, Scott Boykin , style="font-size:88%", TF 11–0 , - , Win , 119–14 , align=left, Nate Jackson , style="font-size:88%", 6–1 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 118–14 , align=left, Radu Lefter , style="font-size:88%", TF 11–0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, January 16, 2021 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021 , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3,

Nice, France Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...

, - , Win , 117–14 , align=left, Radosław Baran , style="font-size:88%", 9–2 , - , Win , 116–14 , align=left, Erik Thiele , style="font-size:88%", TF 11–1 , - , Win , 115–14 , align=left, Ty Walz , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , style="font-size:88%", December 22, 2020 , style="font-size:88%", NLWC IV , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;",

, - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 114–14 , align=left, Jakob Woodley , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, October 10–11, 2020 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, 2020 US Senior Nationals , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3,

Coralville, Iowa Coralville is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is a suburb of Iowa City and part of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 22,318 at the 2020 census. History Coralville is the location of the Edgewat ...

, - , Win , 113–14 , align=left, William Baldwin , style="font-size:88%", TF 12–0 , - , Win , 112–14 , align=left, Jeremiah Casto , style="font-size:88%", Fall , - , Win , 111–14 , align=left, Michael Macchiavello , style="font-size:88%", TF 12–1 , style="font-size:88%", September 19, 2020 , style="font-size:88%", NLWC I , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;",

, - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 110–14 , align=left,

Reineris Salas Reineris Salas Perez (born March 17, 1987 in Havana) is a male freestyle wrestler from Cuba. He is a two time World Freestyle Wrestling Championships silver medalist. He represented Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He won the bron ...

, style="font-size:88%", TF 11–1 , style="font-size:88%"rowspan=4, March 6–9, 2020 , style="font-size:88%"rowspan=4, 2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;"rowspan=4,

Ottawa, Canada Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

, - , Win , 109–14 , align=left,

José Daniel Díaz José Daniel Díaz Robertti (born February 22, 1989, in Acarigua, Portuguesa) is an amateur Venezuelan freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's light heavyweight category before moving up to the heavyweight category. He won a bronze medal ...

, style="font-size:88%", 9–1 , - , Win , 108–14 , align=left, Evan Ramos , style="font-size:88%", TF 12–2 , - , Win , 107–14 , align=left, Luis Perez , style="font-size:88%", TF 14–4 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 106–14 , align=left, Abraham Conyedo , style="font-size:88%", TF 12–1 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, January 15–18, 2020 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, 2020 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4,

Rome, Italy , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus ( legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

, - , Loss , 105–14 , align=left,

Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian ( fa, محمدحسین محمدیان, born August 19, 1992 in Sari) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler who competes at 97 kilograms. He was a bronze medalist at the 2014 World Championships and at the 2013 Summer U ...

, style="font-size:88%", Fall , - , Win , 105–13 , align=left, İbrahim Bölükbaşı , style="font-size:88%", 12–4 , - , Win , 104–13 , align=left, Iliskhan Chilayev , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 103–13 , align=left, Elizbar Odikadze , style="font-size:88%", 5–0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, September 21–22, 2019 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4,

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 ...

, style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan , - , Loss , 102–13 , align=left,

Sharif Sharifov Sharif Naidhajavovich Sharifov (russian: Шариф Наидгаджавович Шарифов, az, Шәриф Шәрифов, italics=no; born November 11, 1988 in Gunukh, Charodinsky District, Dagestan) is a Russian-Azerbaijani male wrestler ...

, style="font-size:88%", 2–5 , - , Win , 102–12 , align=left, Magomed Ibragimov , style="font-size:88%", TF 13–3 , - , Win , 101–12 , align=left,

Mausam Khatri Mausam Khatri (born 10 December 1990) is a freestyle wrestler from India. He was a bronze medallist in the 2010 Asian Games. He has also been Commonwealth champion twice, along with being the winner of gold medal in the 2016 South Asian Games. ...

, style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 100–12 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 9–3 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, August 10, 2019 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3,

2019 Pan American Games ; ay, Taqinipuniw anatt’apxtanxa'' , nations participating = 41 , athletes participating = 6,680 , events = 419 in 38 sports , opening ceremony = July 26 , closing ceremony = August 11 , officially opened by = Martín Vizcarra , to ...

, style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3,

Lima, Perú Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of th ...

, - , Win , 99–12 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 3–1 , - , Win , 98–12 , align=left, Evan Ramos , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 97–12 , align=left, Ali Shabani , style="font-size:88%", 2–1 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, July 11–14, 2019 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, 2019 Yaşar Doğu International , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3,

Istanbul, Turkey ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plate = 34 , blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD , blank_in ...

, - , Win , 96–12 , align=left,

Pavlo Oliynyk Pavlo Oliinyk (born 1989) is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler currently representing Hungary, who won the gold medal at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships The 2013 European Wrestling Championships were held in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 19 Mar ...

, style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - , Win , 95–12 , align=left, Baki Şahin , style="font-size:88%", TF 13–2 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 94–12 , align=left, Kyven Gadson , style="font-size:88%", 4–0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, June 14–15, 2019 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, 2019 US World Team Trials , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2,

Lincoln, Nebraska Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County. The city covers with a population of 292,657 in 2021. It is the second-most populous city in Nebraska and the 73rd-largest in the United ...

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New York City, New York New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...

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, style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, April 21, 2019 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2,

2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships The 2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 19 to 21 April 2019. The top three countries in the 18 weight categories scheduled to be held at the 2019 Pan American Games (also in Lima) will qualify for th ...

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Buenos Aires, Argentina 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 A ...

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Valeriy Andriytsev Valerii Oleksandrovych Andriitsev ( uk, Валерій Олександрович Андрійцев; born 27 February 1987 in Kozelets) is a male freestyle wrestler from Ukraine. He won the silver medal in the Men's freestyle 96 kg at 2012 Sum ...

, style="font-size:88%", 4–0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, February 28 – March 3, 2019 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, 2019 Dan Kolov – Nikola Petrov Memorial , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4,

Ruse, Bulgaria Ruse (also transliterated as Rousse, Russe; bg, Русе ) is the fifth largest city in Bulgaria. Ruse is in the northeastern part of the country, on the right bank of the Danube, opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu, approximately south of ...

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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, Hungary 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 of ...

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, style="font-size:88%", 3–0 , - , Win , 84–10 , align=left, Abraham Conyedo , style="font-size:88%", 11–2 , - , Win , 83–10 , align=left, Nathaniel Tuamoheloa , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - , Win , 82–10 , align=left, Ölziisaikhany Batzul , style="font-size:88%", 8–3 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 81–10 , align=left, Rıza Yıldırım , style="font-size:88%", TF 11–0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, July 27–29, 2018 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, 2018 Yaşar Doğu International , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3,

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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%", 3-3 , - , Win , 80–9 , align=left, Alireza Goodarzi , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 79–9 , align=left, Kyven Gadson , style="font-size:88%", 10–2 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, June 8–9, 2018 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, 2018 Final X: Lincoln , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2,

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2018 Wrestling World Cup - Men's freestyle Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (number), the natural number following 17 and preceding 19 * one of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018 Film, television and entertainment * ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the short ...

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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 tim ...

, - , Win , 75–9 , align=left, Givi Matcharashvili , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - , Win , 74–9 , align=left, Taira Sonoda , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - , Win , 73–9 , align=left, Viky Viky , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 72–9 , align=left, Ruslan Magomedov , style="font-size:88%", 4–1 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, January 28, 2018 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4,

Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 The XXIX Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018, also known as Ivan Yarygin (Yariguin) 2018 was a wrestling event held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia between 26 and 28 January 2018. It was held as the second of the ranking series of United World Wrestling,i ...

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, - , Win , 71–9 , align=left, Vladislav Baitcaev , style="font-size:88%", 5–1 , - , Win , 70–9 , align=left, Yunus Dede , style="font-size:88%", 6–2 , - , Win , 69–9 , align=left, Sohbet Belliyev , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 68–9 , align=left, Vladislav Baitcaev , style="font-size:88%", TF 11–0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, December 7–8, 2017 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, 2017 World Wrestling Clubs Cup - Men's freestyle , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5,

Tehran, Iran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most pop ...

, - , Win , 67–9 , align=left, Batsukh Zorigtbaatar , style="font-size:88%", TF 12–2 , - , Win , 66–9 , align=left, Dimitar Karaivanov , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - , Win , 65–9 , align=left,

Somveer Kadian Somveer Kadian (born 2 April 1992) is an Indian freestyle wrestler who won a bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the 86 kg category. Somveer's brother Satyawart is also a freestyle wrestler and a silver medalist at the 2014 Common ...

, style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - , Win , 64–9 , align=left, Khajeh Salehani , style="font-size:88%", 9–3 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 61–9 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 6–5 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, August 26, 2017 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4,

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 Gr ...

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Paris, France 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. Si ...

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, style="font-size:88%", 9–2 , - , Win , 59–9 , align=left, Naoya Akaguma , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - , Win , 58–9 , align=left, Mamed Ibragimov , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 57–9 , align=left,

Martin Erasmus Martin Erasmus is a South African freestyle wrestler. He won the gold medal in the men's 97 kg event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia. At the 2018 African Wrestling Championships held in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, he w ...

, style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, July 15–16, 2017 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, 2017 Grand Prix of Spain , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4,

Madrid, Spain Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

, - , Win , 56–9 , align=left, Hossein Shahbazigazvar , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - , Win , 55–9 , align=left, Adam Kariaev , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - , Win , 54–9 , align=left, Sven Engström , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 53–9 , align=left, Kyven Gadson , style="font-size:88%", TF 13–2 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, June 9–10, 2017 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, 2017 US World Team Trials , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2,

, - , Win , 52-9 , align=left, Kyven Gadson , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - , Win , 51–9 , align=left, Koki Yamamoto , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , style="font-size:88%", May 17, 2017 , style="font-size:88%", 2017 Beat the Streets , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" ,

, - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 50–9 , align=left, Luis Perez , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, May 5–7, 2017 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3,

2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships The 2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships was held in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, from 5 to 7 May 2017. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle References * Result {{Pan American ...

, style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil , - , Win , 49–9 , align=left, Nishanpreet Randhawa , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - , Win , 48–9 , align=left, Felipe Cesar Camilo de Oliveira , style="font-size:88%", TF 11–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 47–9 , align=left, Amir Mohammadi , style="font-size:88%", 6–0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, February 16–17, 2017 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4,

2017 Wrestling World Cup – Men's freestyle The 2017 Wrestling World Cup – Men's freestyle was the last of a set of three Wrestling World Cups in 2017 which were held in Kermanshah, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country l ...

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Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 The XXVIII Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017, also known as Ivan Yarygin (Yariguin) 2017 was a wrestling event held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia between 27 and 29 January 2017. This international tournament included competition in both Freestyle wr ...

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, - , Win , 43–8 , align=left, Hossein Ramezanian , style="font-size:88%", TF 11–1 , - , Win , 42–8 , align=left, Munkhzhargal Belgutei , style="font-size:88%", TF 11–1 , - , Win , 41–8 , align=left, Chaganhzana , style="font-size:88%", TF 11–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Loss , 40–8 , align=left, Abbas Tahan , style="font-size:88%", 1-3 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, November 30 - December 1, 2016 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, 2016 World Wrestling Clubs Cup , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4,

Kharkiv, Ukraine Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine.

, - , Win , 40–7 , align=left, Murazi Mchedlidze , style="font-size:88%", 6–3 , - , Loss , 39–7 , align=left, Elizbar Odikadze , style="font-size:88%", 2–2 , - , Win , 39–6 , align=left, Andriy Vlasov , style="font-size:88%", Fall , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 38–6 , align=left,

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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 ...

, - , Win , 37–6 , align=left, Elizbar Odikadze , style="font-size:88%", 9–4 , - , Win , 36–6 , align=left,

Albert Saritov Albert Ramazanovich Saritov (russian: Альберт Рамазанович Саритов; born July 8, 1985, in Khasavyurt) is a Russian-born Naturalized Romanian freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent. 2016 Olympics bronze me ...

, style="font-size:88%", 7–0 , - , Win , 35–6 , align=left, Javier Cortina , style="font-size:88%", 10–3 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 34–6 , align=left, Serdar Boeke , style="font-size:88%", Fall , 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, Germany , - , Loss , 33–6 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 1–2 , - , Win , 33–5 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 9–1 , - , Win , 32–5 , align=left, Nicolai Ceban , style="font-size:88%", 9–4 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 31–5 , align=left, Elizbar Odikadze , style="font-size:88%", 3–3 , 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,

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, style="font-size:88%", 2–1 , - , Win , 29–5 , align=left, Abbas Tahan , style="font-size:88%", 8–1 , - , Win , 28–5 , align=left, Saywart Kadian , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 27–5 , align=left,

, style="font-size:88%", 6–1 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, April 8–10, 2016 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, 2016 US Olympic Team Trials , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3,

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, style="font-size:88%", 4–4 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 25–4 , align=left, Erik Thiele , style="font-size:88%", 3–0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, February 18–19, 2016 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, 2016 Alexandr Medved Prizes , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=4,

Minsk, Belarus Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the adm ...

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, style="font-size:88%", 2–5 , - , Win , 24–3 , align=left, Yury Belonovskiy , style="font-size:88%", 5–1 , - , Win , 23–3 , align=left, Magomed Ibragimov , style="font-size:88%", 7–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 22–3 , align=left, Zaynula Kurbanov , style="font-size:88%", 8–2 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4, January 27–29, 2016 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=4,

Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016 The XXVII Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016, also known as Ivan Yarygin 2016 were held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the ...

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Anzor Boltukaev Anzor Adamovich Boltukayev (russian: Анзор Адамович Болтукаев; born 5 April 1986 in Chechnya) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent. He competes in the 96 kg division and won the bronze medal in the same di ...

, style="font-size:88%", 0–3 , - , Win , 21–2 , align=left, Tornike Kvitatiani , style="font-size:88%", INJ (4–0) , - , Win , 20–2 , align=left, Georgi Dzukaev , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 19–2 , align=left, Paulo Victor , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, December 11–12, 2015 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, 2015 Brazil Cup , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2,

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Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, - , Win , 18–2 , align=left, Robson Kato , style="font-size:88%", TF 10–0 , - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 17–2 , align=left,

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2015 World Wrestling Championships The 2015 UWW World Wrestling Championships were the 12th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from September 7 to 12 in Las Vegas, United States. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle M ...

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, style="font-size:88%", 3–0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, June 12–14, 2015 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=2, 2015 US World Team Trials , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=2,

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, style="font-size:88%", 3–6 , style="font-size:88%", May 8, 2014 , style="font-size:88%", 2014 Beat the Streets , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" ,

, - ! style=background:white colspan=7 , , - , Win , 2–1 , align=left, Nodar Kurtanidze , style="font-size:88%", 7–0 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, November 29, 2013 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=3, 2013 Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane , style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=3,

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Highlights

In the early minutes of his gold medal Junior World Championships match in 2013, Snyder was thrown to his back by his Armenian opponent, Viktor Kazishvili, and nearly pinned. After fighting off his back and down 4–1, Snyder then ran off 10 unanswered points to secure the victory by technical fall in four minutes and four seconds, his third in his four matches at the tournament. During his 179–0 run during his first three years of high school, Snyder only gave up a single takedown. Snyder, who stopped playing football for his nationally ranked high school team following his sophomore season, is a two-time

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All-Met Wrestler of the Year, and was named the male 2013 ASICS Wrestler of the Year as well as Intermat's 2013 Wrestler of the Year. In November 2013, Snyder became the #1 ranked "

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" (P4P) American high school wrestler according to Flowrestling.org. Undefeated in what are considered the top 3 toughest high school wrestling tournaments in America, Snyder won the Walsh Ironman twice, Beast of the East three times, and the Powerade Wrestling Tournament once. Snyder began wrestling for the

in 2014, placing second in the

championships his freshman year at the 197-pound class individually, and winning a National Championship as part of the Buckeyes' 2014–15 team. He initially planned to take an Olympic redshirt for the 2015–16 season, but instead chose to return for the Buckeyes and enroll in classes for the spring semester. At the NCAA championships, Snyder won at heavyweight, defeating two-time defending national champion Nick Gwiazdowski of

in overtime 7–5. Snyder was the lightest heavyweight in the field at 226 pounds and finished 11–0 on the season. Snyder is a 2015 UWW world champion at age 19. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he won the Gold Medal bout 2–1 en route to becoming the youngest Olympic Wrestling Champion in USA history at the age of 20, beating Henry Cejudo's record. Snyder has expressed an interest in

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, wanting to compete in the UFC. He planned to cross train

with wrestling as he continued his historic world championship runs for Freestyle. Snyder however backtracked on his MMA desires. Snyder said, "I don’t think it’s even down the road. I don’t think that I’m going to fight. I think I’m going to wrestle as long as I can as long as odwants me to. We’ll see what happens after that. I don’t foresee it being fighting."

Awards and honors

;2022 * Pan American Championship 97 kg ;2021 *

97 kg ;2019 *

97 kg *

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97 kg * Yaşar Doğu 97 kg * Pan American Championship 97 kg * Dan Kolov Grand Prix 97 kg ;2018 *

97 kg * Yaşar Doğu 97 kg *

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285 lbs *

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285 lbs * Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix 97 kg ;2017 *

97 kg *

97 kg * Pan American Championships 97 kg *

285 lbs *

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Male Athlete of the Year *

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Winner ;2016 *

97 kg *

285 lbs *

285 lbs * Most Outstanding Wrestler

championships *

Male Athlete of the Year ;2015 *USA Freestyle Wrestler of the Year *

world 97 kg *

97 kg *

197 lbs *

(team championship as a member of the Buckeyes) ;2014 * UWW junior world 96 kg ;2013 *ASICS High School Wrestler of the Year * UWW junior world 96 kg * Maryland State Division I 220 lbs ;2012 * Junior Nationals 96 kg * Junior Nationals (Greco Roman) 96 kg * Maryland State Division I 220 lbs ;2011 * Cadet 96 kg * Cadet (Greco Roman) 96 kg * Maryland State Division I 215 lbs

Personal life

Snyder is married to Maddie Snyder. Snyder is a

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. In May 2018, President

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appointed Snyder to be a member of his Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition.

References

External links

Wrestler Kyle Snyder Fact Checks His Wikipedia Page
at NBC New York {{DEFAULTSORT:Snyder, Kyle 1995 births Living people American male sport wrestlers World Wrestling Championships medalists Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2015 Pan American Games Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in wrestling Olympic silver medalists for the United States in wrestling Olympic medalists in wrestling Ohio State Buckeyes wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Big Ten Athlete of the Year winners Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Wrestling Championships medalists Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Champions