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themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 1 Table of Contents

Info 3 Schedule & press info 4-5 U.S. Team preview

Greco-Roman 7 Roster 8 Expected field 9-14 Bios & previews

Women’s freestyle 16 Roster 17 Expected field 18-23 Bios & previews

Men’s freestyle 25 Roster 26 Expected field 27-32 Bios & previews

Coaches 34 Greco-Roman 35 Women’s freestyle 36 Men’s freestyle 2020 USA Olympics Media Guide Credits Team Leaders 38 Bios The 2020 USA Wrestling Tokyo Olympics media guide was edited and designed by Taylor Miller. Special History thanks to USA Wrestling communications staff Mike 40-44 World and Olympic records Willis and Gary Abbott. Photos by Tony Rotundo.

themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 2 Schedule & press info

2020 TOKYO USOPC WRESTLING PRESS OFFICERS at Tokyo, (Aug. 1-7, 2021) Gary Abbott Sunday, Aug. 1 Email - [email protected] 11 a.m. – Qualification rounds (GR 60, 130; WFS 76 kg) Phone number - +1 719-659-9637 6:15 p.m. – Semifinals (GR 60, 130; WFS 76 kg)

Monday, Aug. 2 11 a.m. – Qualification rounds (GR 77, 97; WFS 68 kg) Taylor Miller 11 a.m. – Repechage (GR 60, 130; WFS 76 kg) Email - [email protected] 6:15 p.m. – Semifinals (GR 77, 97; WFS 68 kg) Phone number - +1 405-420-8622 7:30 p.m. - Finals (GR 60, 130; WFS 76 kg)

Tuesday, Aug. 3 11 a.m. – Qualification rounds (GR 67, 87; WFS 62 kg) Updates on the Olympic Wrestling competition will 11 a.m. – Repechage (GR 77, 97; WFS 68 kg) be provided on TeamUSA.org as well as on USA 6:15 p.m. – Semifinals (GR 67, 87; WFS 62 kg) Wrestling’s website at TheMat.com. Fans can also 7:30 p.m. - Finals (GR 77, 97; WFS 68 kg) follow along on USA Wrestling’s social media: @USAWrestling. Wednesday, Aug. 4 11 a.m. – Qualification rounds (MFS 57, 86; WFS 57 kg) Wrestling will be held for seven days at the 2020 11 a.m. – Repechage (GR 67, 87; WFS 62 kg) Olympic Games in Tokyo with 18 weight classes across 6:15 p.m. – Semifinals (MFS 57, 86; WFS 57 kg) three styles competing—six weights in each of the 7:30 p.m. - Finals (GR 67, 87; WFS 62 kg) disciplines: Greco-Roman, women’s freestyle and men’s freestyle. Thursday, Aug. 5 11 a.m. – Qualification rounds (MFS 74, 125; WFS 53 One women’s freestyle weight will be featured each kg) day, and the women’s finals match will close each 11 a.m. – Repechage (MFS 57, 86; WFS 57 kg) evening’s competition. Greco-Roman will compete 6:15 p.m. – Semifinals (MFS 74, 125; WFS 53 kg) Aug. 1-4, and men’s freestyle is slated for Aug. 7:30 p.m. - Finals (MFS 57, 86; WFS 57 kg) 4-7. There is one gold, one silver and two bronzes awarded in each weight category, which is contested Friday, Aug. 6 in repechage style. Medal matches will take place Aug. 11 a.m. – Qualification rounds (MFS 65, 97; WFS 50 kg) 2-7. 11 a.m. – Repechage (MFS 74, 125; WFS 53 kg) 6:15 p.m. – Semifinals (MFS 65, 97; WFS 50 kg) The wrestling venue is Makuhari Messe Hall, which is 7:30 p.m. - Finals (MFS 74, 125; WFS 53 kg) located in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture.

Saturday, Aug. 7 Interviews with athletes and teams must be 6:45 p.m. – Repechage (MFS 65, 97; WFS 50 kg) organized by USOPC press officers and USA Wrestling 7:30 p.m. – Finals (MFS 65, 97; WFS 50 kg) Communications staff Gary Abbott and Taylor Miller.

*All times listed reference local time (GMT+9), 13 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time

themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 3 usa takes 9 World medalists to tokyo

The USA team competing in Tokyo will consist of 15 athletes (six in women’s freestyle, five in men’s freestyle and four in Greco-Roman). The USA competed in the final qualifying event, the World Olympic Games Qualifier in , , in early May, and was unsuccessful in qualifying at the remaining three Olympic weight classes (65 FS, 77 GR, 130 GR).

The trails only (17) with the number of qualifiers for the Tokyo Games, and will be bringing a larger team to Tokyo than it qualified for Rio 2016 (14).

A pair of 2016 Olympic champions are on the team, Helen Maroulis (57 kg W) and (97 kg FS), both who are also two-time World champions.

In 2016, Maroulis entered the Olympic Games with a 2015 World title under her belt. Maroulis wrestled her way to the Olympic finals, where she went head-to-head with one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, of Japan, a three-time Olympic champion and 13-time World gold medalist. On paper, Maroulis was considered the underdog, but on the mat, she knocked off Snyder won the 2016 Olympic title at 97 kg in men’s freestyle, the women’s wrestling giant with a 4-1 win for the Olympic title becoming the youngest U.S. wrestler in history to win gold at the to become the first women’s wrestler from the USA to earn an Games. Similar to Maroulis, Snyder collected World titles in Olympic gold medal. In 2017, Maroulis continued her dominant 2015 and 2017 to bookend his Olympic gold medal. He also run with a gold medal at the World Championships, which she represented the USA at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships, won without surrendering a single point to her opponents. In where he won silver and bronze medals, respectively. After a year 2018, Maroulis suffered severe damage from a concussion, delay of the 2020 Games, Snyder seeks to earn his way back on which kept her off the podium at the World Championships, top of the podium. and eventually kept her from competing in the 2019 World Team Trials. She heads into Tokyo, looking to repeat as Olympic Five-time World champion and 2016 Olympian champion while bouncing back from the injuries that have (76kg W) has put herself in a favorable spot to win the women’s plagued her over the last couple of years. division as the No. 1 seed in the tournament. Gray is coming off a fantastic quad, where she won World titles in 2018 and 2019 after stepping back for the 2017 season. With her gold-medal performances in 2019, Gray cemented herself in the history books as the first U.S. wrestler in any style to win five World titles. She also topped the World podium in 2012, 2014 and 2015 and claimed bronze medals in 2011 and 2013. The one accolade missing from her incredible resume is the elusive Olympic gold medal, which Gray has positioned herself to capture this time.

Joining Maroulis, Snyder and Gray in Tokyo as a multiple-time World champion is (74kg FS), a 2018 and 2019 World champion, who knocked off 2012 Olympic champion and four- time World gold medalist for the Team USA spot. Dake broke through in 2018 with the addition of two more non-Olympic weight classes, making the U.S. team at 79 kg. He dominated the field to bring home the gold and did the same thing in 2019. In April, he moved down to 74 kg to take on Burroughs, who had represented the U.S. at the weight for nine-consecutive years. Dake defeated Burroughs in the best-of- three series, winning in two matches. While he won’t be seeded in Tokyo, Dake is considered one of the biggest threats for the All photos by Tony Rotundo Olympic crown.

themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 4 usa takes 9 World medalists to tokyo

Three other World champions will represent the U.S. at the champion and 2017 Junior World champion. He made his , including Jacarra Winchester (53kg W), Tamyra international debut in May at the Pan American Championships, Mensah-Stock (68kg W) and David Taylor (86 kg FS). where he won gold.

Winchester blossomed over the last quad, winning spots on the Hafizov is heading to his second Olympic Games, representing a 2018 and 2019 World Teams at 55 kg, a non-Olympic weight. different country than in his first Olympic appearance. A native of In her World Championships debut, Winchester wrestled for a , Hafizov made the 2008 Olympic Team for Uzbekistan bronze medal, but came up just short to finish fifth in the world. and finished 11th in . His first time on Team USA was at In 2019, she stormed the World stage, earning a spot in the finals, the 2017 World Championships and again at the 2019 World where she defeated Nanami Irie of Japan, 5-3, to secure her first Championships. gold medal. For the Olympic year, she moved down to 53 kg and won the spot with ease. Hancock has been on the Senior U.S. World Team every year since 2017, even while he was still Junior eligible. Hancock has Mensah-Stock, who is one of the top pound-for-pound wrestlers competed in several major international tournaments over the on the globe, also scored her World title in 2019, just a year last few years, collecting multiple medals, including silver from after collecting bronze in the 2018 Worlds. Additionally, she the Pan American Olympic Qualifier in 2020, which qualified was on the 2017 World Team, finishing ninth. Mensah-Stock the U.S. for Tokyo at 97 kg. In addition to his Senior experience, has an interesting set-up for a redemption story. After winning Hancock is also a 2016 Junior World bronze medalist. the Olympic Team spot in 2016, Mensah-Stock failed to qualify the U.S. for the weight class and was unable to compete in Rio. Stefanowicz, a Marine and top U.S. Greco contender, returns to Thanks to her gold-medal performance in 2019, she qualified the the world stage at the Senior level as he was on the 2019 World weight for the U.S. in Tokyo and has a chance to represent the Team at 82 kg, a non-Olympic weight. He bumped up to 87 kg Red, White and Blue on the Olympic stage. She enters the Games to win the spot on the Olympic Team. He heads into Tokyo with as the No. 1 seed at her weight class. back-to-back Pan Am titles to his name.

Many eyes will be on 86 kg as Taylor, a 2018 World champion, Sancho, who qualified the 67 kg weight for the USA, is no stranger returns to World competition with his Olympic debut in Tokyo. to international competition; however, the 2020 Olympic Team Taylor impressed on his way to a gold medal in 2018, but his marks his first U.S. team at the Senior level. Defeating his Army dominant streak came to a halt when he sustained a season- WCAP teammate and two-time Olympian for ending injury in early 2019, which kept him out of the World the Olympic spot, Sancho aims to be the first U.S. medalist at Team Trials. He returned to competition in early 2020 with a gold his weight class since 1992. He was a 2014 Junior World Team medal at the Pan American Olympic Qualifier, which qualified the member and a 2017 U23 World Team member. U.S. for the Olympic Games at 86 kg. His only other international event since then was the 2021 Pan American Championships, The USA wrestling team is primed to bring back a number of where he cruised through the bracket for another gold. medals from Tokyo. Regardless of his limited international competition over the last few years, Taylor remains a favorite for the gold in Japan.

Sarah Hildebrandt (50kg W) and (57kg FS) enter Tokyo with World silver medals that they have each earned during this quad, Gilman’s coming in 2017 and Hildebrandt’s coming in 2018. Hildebrandt represented the U.S. at 53 kg in 2018 and 2019, while Gilman was on the World Teams in 2017 and 2018. Both will compete in the lightest weight classes of their respective styles and will have some exciting matchups en route to the podium in Tokyo.

The rest of the team has extensive international success, including Kayla Miracle (62kg W), (125kg FS), Ildar Hafizov (60 kg GR), Alejandro Sancho (67kg GR), John Stefanowicz (87kg GR) and G’Angelo Hancock (97kg GR).

Miracle and Steveson are multiple-time age-group World medalists with Miracle holding a 2016 Junior World bronze and 2019 U23 World silver. Steveson is a two-time Cadet World

themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 5 GRECO ROMAN

Photo by Tony Rotundo

themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 6 Greco-Roman roster

U.S. Greco-Roman roster 60 kg – Ildar Hafizov ( Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP) 67 kg – Alejandro Sancho (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP) 87 kg – John Stefanowicz (Camp LeJeune, N.C./U.S. Marines) 97 kg – G’Angelo Hancock (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids)

U.S. Greco-Roman National Head Coach – , Colorado Springs, Colo. Olympic Coach – Herb House, Castle Rock, Colo.

Personal coach - , Colorado Springs, Colo. Personal coach - Jason Loukides, Camp LeJeune, N.C.

Training partner - Leslie Fuenffinger, Colorado Springs, Colo. Training partner - Ellis Coleman, Colorado Springs, Colo. Training partner - Peyton Walsh, Camp LeJeune, N.C. Training partner - Patrick Martinez, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Team leader - John Bardis, Alpharetta, Ga.

Support Staff Executive Director - Rich Bender, Colorado Springs, Colo. High Performance Manager - Cody Bickley, Colorado Springs, Colo. National Teams Manager - Jaimie McNab, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Medical – Dr. Jason Holm, Edina, Minn. Medical – Corey James, Colorado Springs, Colo. Medical – Eitan Gelber, San Jose, Calif. Medical – Shelby Hoppis, Easton, Pa.

Chiropractor - Fred Roberto, Marietta, Ga. Chiropractor - Rosie Main, Boise, Idaho

Massage - Cyrus Poitier, Berkeley, Calif. Massage - Michael Berkal, Greenwich, N.Y.

Dietitian - Rob Skinner, Colorado Springs, Colo. Strengh and Conditioning - Mason Walters, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Communications - Gary Abbott, Colorado Springs, Colo. Communications – Taylor Miller, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Translator - Tadaaki Hatta, Elyria, Ohio

Referee – Sam Julian, Schuylkill, Pa. Referee – Casey Goessl, Medford, Wisc.

themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 7 EXPECTED FIELD - gr

60 kg/132 lbs. 87 kg/191.5 lbs. 2019 World champion - Japan (Kenichiro Fumita) 2019 World champion - () 2019 World silver medalist - Russia (Sergey Emelin) 2019 World silver medalist - (Viktor Lorincz) 2019 World bronze medalist - (Mirambek Ainagulov) 2019 World bronze medalist - (Denis Kudla) 2019 World bronze medalist - (Ali Reza Ayat Ollah Nejati) 2019 World bronze medalist - Uzbekistan (Rustam Assakalov) 2019 World fifth place - Ukraine (Lenur Temirov) 2019 World fifth place - (Mikalai Stadub) 2019 World fifth place - Uzbekistan (Elmurat Tasmuradov) 2019 World fifth place - (Atabek Azisbekov) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion – (Luis Orta Sanchez) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion – United States (John 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up – United States (Ildar Hafizov) Stefanowicz)** 2021 European Olympic Qualifier champion – (Kerem Kamal) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Daniel Grigorich Hechevarria 2021 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Germany (Etienne Kinsinger) (Cuba) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion – (Haithem Mahmoud) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier champion – (Islam Abbasov) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up – (Abdelkarim Fergat) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up – (Lasha Gobadze) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion – Kyrgyzstan (Zholaman Sharshenbekov) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion – Egypt (Mohamed Metwally) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up – (Sailike Walihan) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –Algeria (Bachir Sid Azara) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion – (Victor Ciobanu) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion – Kazakhstan (Nursultan Tursynov) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up – (Armen Melikan) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up – China (Fei Peng) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion – (Ivan Huklek) 67 kg/147.5 lbs. 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up – (Zurabi Datunashvili) 2019 World champion - Cuba (Ismael Borrero Molina) 2019 World silver medalist - Russia () 97 kg/213.75 lbs. 2019 World bronze medalist - Serbia (Mate Nemes) 2019 World champion - Russia () 2019 World bronze medalist - Germany (Frank Staebler) 2019 World silver medalist - Armenia () 2019 World fifth place - (Fredrik Bjerrehuus) 2019 World bronze medalist - Serbia (Mihail Kajaia) 2019 World fifth place - Egypt (Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed) 2019 World bronze medalist - Turkey (Cenk Ildem) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion – (Julian Horta Acevedo) 2019 World fifth place - (Tadeusz Michalik) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up – United States (Alejandro Sancho) 2019 World fifth place - Georgia (Giorgi Melia) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier champion – Georgia (Ramaz Zoidze) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion – Cuba (Gabriel Rosillo Kindelan) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Hungary (Balint Korpasi) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up – United States (G’Angelo Hancock) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion – (Souleymen Nasr) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier champion – (Arvi Savolainen (Finland) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –Algeria (Abdelmalek Merabet) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Bulgaria (Kiril Milov) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion – Iran (Mohammadreza Geraie) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion – Algeria (Adem Boudjemline) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Korea (Hansu Ryu) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Tunisia (Haikel Achouri) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion – Armenia (Karen Aslanyan) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion – Iran (Mohammadhadi Saravi) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up – Ukraine (Parviz Nasibov) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Kyrgyzstan (Uzur Dzhuzupbekov) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion – Hungary (Alex Szoke) 77 kg/169.5 lbs. 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up – Czechia (Artur Omarov) 2019 World champion - Hungary (Tamas Lorincz) 2019 World silver medalist - (Alex Bjurberg Kessidis) 130 kg/286 lbs. 2019 World bronze medalist - Iran (Mohammadali Abdolhamid Geraei) 2019 World champion - Turkey (Riza Kayaalp) 2019 World bronze medalist - Uzbekistan (Jalgasbay Berdimuratov) 2019 World silver medalist - Cuba (Oscar Pino Hinds) 2019 World fifth place - Armenia (Karapet Chalyan) 2019 World bronze medalist - () 2019 World fifth place - Kazakhstan (Askhat Dilmukhamedov) 2019 World bronze medalist - Georgia (Iakobi Kajaia) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion – Cuba (Yosvanys Pena Flores) 2019 World fifth place - Iran (Amir Mohammadali Ghasemimonjezi) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Mexico (Jose Vargas Rueda) 2019 World fifth place - Germany (Eduard Popp) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier champion – Russia (Aleksandr Chekhirkin) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion – Chile (Yasmani Acosta Fernandez) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Croatia (Bozo Starcevic) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up – (Eduard Soghomonyan) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion – Tunisia (Lamjed Maafi) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier champion – Russia (Sergey Semenov) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up – (Zied Ait Ouagram) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up – (Mantas Knystautas) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion – Kyrgyzstan (Akzhol Makhudov) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion –Egypt (Abdellatif Mohamed) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Japan (Shohei Yabiku) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –Tunisia (Amine Guenichi) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion – Bulgaria (Aik Mnatsakanian) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion – Uzbekistan (Muminjon Abdullaev) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up – Azerbaijan (Rafig Huseynov) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Korea (Minseok Kim) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion – (Alin Alexuc Ciurariu) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up – Finland (Elias Kousmanen)

** - Winner of U.S. Olympic Team Trials who did not qualify the weight

themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 8 60 KG GR - AUGUST 1-2

Fumita seeks Olympic gold on home soil Returning World champion Keichiro Fumita will look to claim gold on his home turf at his first Olympic Games. In addition to his 2019 World title, Fumita also took top honors at the 2017 World Championships and the 2018 U23 World Championships. Fumita, who is the No. 1 seed in the bracket, faced fierce competition domestically with 2016 Olympic silver medalist Shinobu Ota. Fumita’s toughest challenger is Russia’s Sergey Emelin, who earned the No. 2 seed, ensuring the pair would not meet until the finals. Emelin is a 2018 World champion and the 2019 World runner-up to FumitaEmelin is a two-time European Championships gold medalist (2021, 2018) and a ILDAR HAFIZOV 2017 U23 World silver medalist. Emelin received Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo. the nod over Stepan Maryanyan, a three-time RTC: U.S. Army WCAP Senior World medalist. Maryanyan took bronze in Club: U.S. Army WCAP 2017 at 59 kg, gold in 2018 at 63 kg and silver in Coaches: Shon Lewis and Spenser Mango 2019 also at 63 kg. Photo by Tony Rotundo College: Olympic College Turkey’s Kerem Kamal is the No. 3 seed in the High School: , Uzbekistan bracket. Kamal is one of the up-and-coming Greco- The other fifth-place finisher from the 2019 World Born: Jan. 30, 1988 (33 years old) Roman stars and is massively decorated at the Championships is Lenur Temirov of Ukraine. A Past Olympics: 11th (2008 - UZB) age-group levels, winning three Junior World titles, 2012 Olympian, Temirov enters his second Olympic Games following a career resurgence this quad. Past Sr. Worlds: 5th (2007 - UZB), 16th two Cadet World silver medals and a 2018 U23 World bronze medal. More recently, Kamal began In addition to his fifth-place finish at the 2019 (2019 - USA), 19th (2017 -USA), 30th (2009 - to find success on the senior level, winning the Worlds, he also won bronze at the 2018 World UZB), 30th (2011 - UZB) European Olympic Qualifier in March and following Championships, which was his first Senior Worlds UWW World Ranking: Not ranked it up with a runner-up performance at the 2021 appearance since 2010 and so far the only World European Championships, falling to Sergey Emelin medal-winning performance of his career. Career Highlights in the finals, 4-1. Kamal also took silver at the 2020 Moldova’s Victor Ciobanu was one of the final -Two-time Olympian (2008 for Uzbekistan, European Championships. wrestlers to qualify, winning the Last Chance 2020 for USA) Ali Reza Ayat Ollah Nejati of Iran, a 2019 World World Olympic qualifier. Ciobanu is a 2018 World - 2019 Champion bronze medalist, is the No. 4 seed. Nejati is a 2018 silver medalist, a 2019 bronze - Two-time World Team member for USA Junior World bronze medalist and a 2014 Cadet medalist and a 2019 European Championships gold World bronze medalist. medalist. The other wrestler to punch his ticket (‘17, ‘19) through the World Olympic Qualifier is 2019 U23 - Three-time World Team member for The other 2019 World bronze medalist in the World champion Armen Melikan of Armenia. Uzbekistan (‘07, ‘09, ‘11) bracket is Kazakhstan’s Mirambek Ainagulov, who Cuba’s Luis Orta Sanchez claimed his Olympic spot - Two-time Pan American medalist (‘19, ‘21) enters the tournament unseeded. Ainagulov is a 2017 World silver medalist and a 2018 Asian by winning the Pan Am Qualifier. Orta Sanchez is a - U.S. Open champion (‘16) Games bronze medalist. Zholaman Sharshenbekov 2018 Central and Caribbean Games champion, a - Second at U.S. Olympic Trials (‘16) of Kyrgyzstan, a 2018 World silver medalist at 2018 Pan Am Games bronze medalist and a 2019 55 kg, qualified for the Olympics by winning the Pan Am Championships gold medalist. Personal: Orginally from Uzbekistan... Asian Qualifier. He is a 2019 U23 World silver Ildar Hafizov finished runner-up at the Pan Am Currently a member of Army’s World medalist and a 2017 Junior World silver medalist. Qualifier, earning a berth for the United States. Class Athlete Program... Married with two Additionally, he is a two-time Asian Championships Hafizov is the most seasoned competitor on the daughters... silver medalist. Most recently, he won the U.S. Greco-Roman Team and has the unique honor individual World Cup in December. of representing his second country at the Olympics. Instagram: @hafizovildar China’s Sailike Walihan finished runner-up at the In 2008, Hafizov finished 11th competing for Asian qualifier, solidifying his spot at the Olympics. Uzbekistan. Hafizov was a three-time Senior World Walihan is a 2018 World bronze medalist and a Team member and a 2011 Asian Championships 2020 Matteo Pellicone champion. silver medalist for Uzbekistan before moving to the United States. Since then, he made World Teams in 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Elmurat 2017 and 2019. He is a 2019 World Military Games Tasmuradov of Uzbekistan will be in the mix to bronze medalist, a 2019 Pan Am Games bronze earn his second at his third-straight medalist and a 2021 Pan Am Championships silver Olympic appearance. Tasmuradov finished fifth at medalist. the 2019 World Championships to qualify for the Games. He is a three-time World medalist, finishing with bronze in 2013 and 2014 and silver in 2018. themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 9 97 KG GR - AUGUST 2-3

Will Evloev or Aleksanyan be stopped? The biggest storyline at 97 kg is Armenia’s Artur The other wrestler who earned his spot through the Aleksanyan trying to reclaim his spot on top of the World Olympic Qualifier is Artur Omarov of Czech podium from Russia’s Musa Evloev. Aleksanyan, who will Republic. Omarov is a seven-time Senior World Team be seeded No. 2, is a legend in the sport, a 2016 Olympic member but has yet to place at a . gold medalist, a 2012 Olympic bronze medalist, a five- However, he did place take at the Individual World Cup. time World finalist and a three-time World champion, Aleksanyan is known as the “White Bear”. The wrestlers who claimed berths at the European Qualifier are Arvi Savolainen of Finland and Kiril Milov Evloev, the No. 1 seed, is on his way to earning legendary of Bulgaria. Savolainen is one of the top up-and-comers status in his own right. He is a 2018 and 2019 World in the field, winning four age-group medals including a champion and a 2017 World silver medalist. The pair U23 World title in 2019, a Junior World title in 2018, a wrestled in the 2017 World finals, with Aleksanyan Junior World bronze in 2017 and a Cadet World bronze getting the win and the gold. Evloev extracted revenge in 2016. Milov is a 2018 World silver medalist and a 2019 in the 2018 World semifinals, knocking Aleksanyan into European Championships silver medalist. He placed fifth the bronze medal match on his way to gold. In 2019, they at the Individual World Cup. He also has a 2014 Youth G’ANGELO HANCOCK both reached the World finals, only to have Aleksanyan Olympic Games silver medal under his belt. withdraw due to injury. Evloev also won the Individual Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo. World Cup in December. Another up-and-comer to look for is Georgia’s RTC: U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Georgi Melia, who finished fifth at the 2019 World Center G’Angleo Hancock of the United States is one of the Championships. Melia is a two-time U23 World wrestlers trying to disrupt the potential story book Championships place winner, finishing with silver in 2019 Club: Sunkist Kids WC showdown. Hancock has been one of the country’s most and bronze in 2018. Coaches: Thomas Dantzler, Herb House consistent performers, dominating domestic competition and making Senior World Teams in 2017, 2018 and 2019, The second wrestler to come out of the Asian Qualifier College: Daymar College is Uzur Dzhuzupbekov of Kyrgyzstan. Dzhuzupbekov High School: Colorado Springs, Colo. as well as U23 World Teams in 2018 and 2019 and Junior World Teams in 2016, where he placed third, and 2017. also placed fifth at the Individual World Cup. He is a (Fountain Fort-Carson HS) Hancock qualified the weight class for the Olympics by 2018 bronze medalist and a 2019 Asian Born: July 27, 1997 (24 years old) making the finals of the Pan Am Qualifier. He is a three- Championships gold medalist. Past Olympics: None time Pan Am Championships medalist, finishing with gold Gabriel Rosillo Kindelan of Cuba was the Pan Am Olympic Past Sr. Worlds: 13th (2017), 23rd (2018), in 2020, silver in 2019 and bronze in 2018. He is also a Qualifier champion. He is the 2019 Pan Am Games 15th (2019) 2019 Pan Am Games silver medalist. champion and a 2019 Junior World champion. He won the 2019 Pan Am Championships and finished runner-up UWW World Ranking: No. 7 The No. 3 seed in the bracket goes to Iran’s Mohammadhadi Saravi, the Asian Olympic Qualifier to Hancock at the tournament in 2020. champion. Saravi represented Iran at the 2019 Senior African qualifiers Adem Boudjemline of Algeria and Haikel Career Highlights World Championships finishing seventh. He is a 2018 Achouri of Tunisia round out the field. Boudjemline is - 2020 Olympian Junior World champion and a 2019 U23 World bronze a two-time champion and a three-time - 2020 Pan American champion medalist. He has won Asian Championships at the Senior African Championships gold medalist. Achouri is a two- - 2019 silver medalist (2020), U23 (2019) and Junior (2018) level. time Olympian (2008, 2018). He resumed competition - 2019 Grand Prix of Hungary champion Tadeusz Michalik of Poland earned the No. 4 seed. in 2020 after a five-year hiatus from the sport beginning He is a four-time Senior World Team member and in 2015. He is a seven-time African Championships gold - Made two U.S. World Teams in 2018 and medalist. 2019 (U23, Senior) a two-time World fifth-place finisher (2014, 2019). Since the 2019 World Championships, his results have - Made three U.S. World Teams in 2017 been less than stellar, finishing seventh at the 2020 (Junior, U23, Senior) European Championships, 12th at the 2021 European - U.S. Open champion (‘17, ‘19) Championships, and fifth at the 2021 Poland Open. - Third in U.S. Olympic Team Trials (‘16) The two bronze medalists from the 2019 World - Junior World bronze medalist (‘16) Championships, Turkey’s Cenk Ildem and Serbia’s Mihail - Two-time Colorado high school state Kajaia come into the tournament unseeded. Ildem placer is already a two-time Olympian, taking bronze at the 2016 Games. In addition to his 2019 World bronze, he also claimed bronze at the 2011 and 2014 World Personal: Son of Francina and Trevor Championships. Additionally, Ilden took bronze at the Hancock… has one sister Mahalia and three . Kajaia, who also took bronze at brothers, Trevor, Michael and Mahalia… the 2018 World Championships, is another wrestler who started wrestling at the age of 15… has been underwhelming in the past 18 months, failing to place at the World Cup or the 2020 and 2021 European Championships. : @OlympicKidd Hungary’s Alex Szoke is one of the two wrestlers who Instagram: @theolympickidd earned a berth from the World Olympic Qualifier. He is a 2016 Cadet World champion and made his Senior- level debut in 2020, finishing ninth at the European Championships. He followed it up with an impressive runner-up showing at the Individual World Cup. Photo by Tony Rotundo

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Olympic champ Borrero joined by three World champs Five previous World champions lurk within the confines of the 67 kg Greco-Roman weight class for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Out of the four, Cuba’s Ismael Borrero Molina is the only one that owns an Olympic medal. Borrero Molina claimed gold at the 2016 Olympics wrestling at 59 kg. He was back in action in 2018, bumping up to the 67 kg weight class. At the 2018 World Championships, his first at his new weight class, Borrero Molina failed to place, finishing 16th. Since then, he’s been untouchable, winning his last five tournaments including the Granma Cup, the 2019 Pan Am Championships, the 2019 Pan Am Games, the 2019 World Championships and the 2020 Pan Am Championships. Additionally, Borrero Molina is a 2015 World champion and a two-time Central and Caribbean ALEJANDRO SANCHO Games champion (2014, 2018). Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo. The 2019 World runner-up to Borrero Molina, Russia’s RTC: U.S. Army WCAP Artem Surkov, will be on the other side of the bracket, Club: U.S. Army WCAP coming in as the No. 3 seed. Surkov, a 2018 World Northern University champion, has medaled in all four of his Senior Worlds College: Photo by Tony Rotundo Miami, Fla. (South Miami HS) appearances, earning bronze in both 2015 and 2017. High School: However, this is his first time wrestling in the Olympic The other automatic-qualifying fifth-place finisher coming Born: March 18, 1994 (27 years old) Games. out of the 2019 World Championships is Denmark’s Past Olympics: None Fredrik Bjerrehuus. The three other World champions in the bracket are Past Sr. Worlds: None Germany’s Frank Staebler, ’s Hansu Ryu and Armenia’s Karen Aslanyan punched his Olympic ticket UWW World Ranking: No. 17 Hungary’s Balint Korpasi. All three wrestlers will enter the by winning the World Olympic Qualifier in April. A three- tournament unseeded. time age-group World medalist, including a Junior World gold in 2013, Aslanyan represented Armenia at the Senior Career Highlights Staebler is a three-time World champion (2015, 2017, Worlds twice, finishing fifth in 2017 and 24th in 2019. He - 2020 Olympian 2018) and a two-time World bronze medalist (2013, is a three-time Senior European Championships bronze - 2017 U23 World Team member 2019). Over the past quad, Staebler shifted weight medalist (2017, 2019, 2020). - 2019 Senior Nationals champion classes, winning gold at 71 kg in 2017 and 72 kg in 2018 The World Olympic Qualifier runner-up was Ukraine’s - 2018 World Team Trials runner-up before dropping back down to 67 kg in 2019. He is a Parviz Nasibov, a three-time age-group World two-time Olympian, finishing fifth in 2012 and seventh medalist. Nasibov has wrestled at two Senior World - 2016 Non-Olympic U.S. World Team Trials in 2016. Championships, finishing 29th at 71 kg in 2017 and 20th runner-up Ryu is a two-time World champion (2013, 2017) and a at 72 kg in 2018. - 2017 Grand Prix Zagreb Open champion 2015 World silver medalist. He finished fifth at the 2016 Georgia’s Ramaz Zoidze won the European Olympic - Two-time Pan American Championships Olympics. Ryu qualified for the Tokyo Games by finishing Qualifier. Zoidze is an eight-time age-group World medalist runner-up at the World Olympic qualifier, after failing to medalist, earning gold at the 2011 Cadet Worlds and the - Three-time Bill Farrell International make a medal match at the 2019 World Championships. 2015 and 2016 Junior Worlds as well as silver at the 2012 champion (2014, 2018, 2019) Korpasi is 2016 World champion and a four-time World Cadet Worlds and the 2017 U23 Worlds. - Two-time Florida high school state placer medalist (silver in 2018 and bronze in 2017 and 2019). All 2019 U23 World champion and Asian Championships four of his medals, including his World title, have come at gold medalist Mohammadreza Geraie will represent Iran. either 71 or 72 kg, which are non-Olympic weight classes. Personal: Son of Fernando Hernandez He also won the 2020 Individual World Cup, competing Alejandro Sancho will represent the Red, White and Blue and Miriam Mora... Has one brother, at 72 kg. In fact, the European Olympic qualifier, where after a runner-up finish at the Pan Am Olympic Qualifier. Fernando... Competed in before he finished second, was the first time since 2012 that A four-time National Team member, Sancho competed Korpasi competed in a weight class under 71 kg. at the 2017 U23 Worlds and the 2014 Junior Worlds, finding wrestling... but this will be his first appearance at a Senior-level Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed of Egypt is the No. 2 seed. World or Olympic Championship. To make the U.S. team, Twitter: @says_sancho He made his Senior World debut in 2019, qualifying for Sancho downed U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program the Olympics with a fifth-place finish. That same year, he teammate Ellis Coleman in a best-of-three series. Instagram: @alexsancho67kg also won his second-straight U23 World title, the World Coleman, a 2012 Olympian, represented the U.S. at the Military Games, where he bested Surkov in the finals, and last three World Championships. Sancho is a three-time the All-African Games. Bill Farrell International champion (2014, 2018, 2019). Serbia’s Mate Nemes, the No. 4 seed, finished with The other competitors in the field include 2020 Pan Am bronze at the 2019 Senior World Championships, which Olympic Qualifier champion Julian Horta Acevedo of was his first Senior World medal to date. He is also a Colombia, 2021 African Qualifier champion Souleyman 2019 World Military Games bronze medalist. In his Nasr of Tunisia, 2021 African Olympic Qualifier runner-up most recent competition, Nemes won the 2021 World Abdelmalek Merabet of Algeria and IOC refugee team Championships. This Olympics, Nemes will attempt to selection Aker Al-Obaidi. carry on the legacy of fellow Serbian Davor Stefanek, who took gold at 66 kg in 2016. themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 11 87 KG GR - AUGUST 3-4

Rio medalists Beleniuk and Kudla return Two medalists from the Rio Olympics will once again contend for the podium in Tokyo. Ukraine’s Zhan Beleniuk and Germany’s Denis Kudla will both be favorites to bring home medals in a loaded 87 kg weight class. Beleniuk, who won Olympic silver in 2016, is a two-time World champion (2015, 2019), a 2018 World silver medalist and a 2014 World bronze medalist. He comes into the tournament as the No. 2 seed. Kudla will enter the tournament unseeded. He took bronze at the 2016 Olympics and is a two-time Senior World medalist, taking bronze in 2019 and silver in 2017. Kudla and Beleniuk wrestled in the bronze medal match at the 2021 European Championships in April JOHN STEFANOWICZ with Beleniuk earning a 1-1 win on criteria. Residence: Camp LeJeune, N.C. Hungary’s Viktor Lorincz is the No. 1 seed at 87 kg. Club: U.S. Marines Lorincz is the 2019 World runner-up to Beleniuk, a two- High School: Fawn Grove, Pa. (Kennard-Dale) time World bronze medalist (2013, 2014), a 2019 World Born: Sept. 20, 1991 (30 years old) Military Games champion and a 2019 European Games Photo by Tony Rotundo Past Olympics: None bronze medalist. Lorincz also competed at the 2016 Olympics, finishing fifth. World Olympic Qualifier was Croatia’s Ivan Huklek. He is Past Sr. Worlds: 23rd (2019) a two-time Senior World Team member and a 2017 U23 UWW World Ranking: Not ranked The No. 3 seed is the other 2019 World bronze medalist World silver medalist. Rustam Assakalov of Uzbekistan. Assakalov is a 2016 Olympian, a two-time Asian Games finalist, taking gold Azerbaijan’s Islam Abbasov won the European Qualifier. Career Highlights in 2014 and finishing with silver in 2018. He also won He is a six-time age-group World medalist, claiming two - 2020 Olympian silver at the 2015 World Championships. Cadet World titles (2012, 2013), a Junior World title (2014), a Junior World silver (2015), and two U23 World - Two-time Pan American champion (‘20, ‘21) Daniel Gregorich Hechevarria of Cuba earned the No. - 2019 World Team member bronzes (2017, 2018). He has competed in three Senior 4 seed. He claimed his Olympic berth with a runner-up World Championships, finishing fifth in 2017 and 2018. - 2019 World Team Trials Challenge finish at the Pan Am Olympic Qualifier. In 2018 and He is also a 2019 European Games silver medalist. Tournament champion 2019, Gregorich Hechvarria competed in both the U23 - Two top-five finishes at U.S. Open and Senior World Championships. He finished with Lasha Gobadze of Georgia claimed the other Olympic bronze and silver at U23 Worlds and did not medal berth from the European Qualifier. Gobadze was the - Six-time Armed Forces silver medalist at Senior Worlds. He is a 2019 Pan Am Games bronze 2019 World champion at 82 kg, a non-Olympic weight - 2017 Memorial International medalist and a 2018 Central American and Caribbean class. He is also a 2015 World bronze medalist and a champion Games champion. 2017 U23 World silver medalist. 2019 World Championships fifth-place finisher Kazakhstan’s Nursultan Tursynov was one of two Personal: Son of Suzanne and Darren Atabek Azisbekov will represent Kyrgyzstan. Azisbekov wrestlers to earn a bid at the Asian Qualifier. He is Marsteller and Tracy and John Stefanowicz... also logged a fifth-place finish at the 2018 World a 2014 Asian Championships gold medalist, a 2015 Has four siblings, Chance, Emalee, Shayna Championships. He is a three-time Asian Championships Asian Championships silver medalist and a 2021 Asian silver medalist (2015, 2018, 2021). Championships fifth-place finisher. He represented and Kylie... Married to Samantha... Has two Kazakhstan at the Senior Worlds in 2013 and 2015. sons, Connor and Colton... Belarus’s Nikolai Stadup also finished fifth at the 2019 China’s Fei Peng also earned a berth at the Asian World Championships. However, Kiril Maskevich was Qualifier. Peng represented China at the 2016 Olympics selected to be the Olympic representative. Maskevich Twitter: @StefanowiczJohn and is a two-time Senior Worlds representative (2013, won the Individual World Cup in December and 2015) Peng took bronze at the as Instagram: @rockman_actual followed it up with a silver medal at the European well as the 2017 and 2018 Asian Championships. Championships, where he knocked off Viktor Lorincz in the opening round by , 9-0. The United States is represented at the weight class by John Stefanowicz, the first Marine to make an Olympic The only man to defeat Maskevich at the European Team in wrestling since 1992. Stefanowicz was the 2019 Championships was Serbia’s Zurabi Datunashvili, who World Team representative at 82 kg, bumping up to 87 bested him in the gold medal match, 2-1. During the kg for the Olympic year. To earn the spot, Stefanowicz tournament Datunashvili also knocked off Zhan Beleniuk defeated Joe Rau in two matches in the Olympic Team and Denis Kudla in consecutive matches. The following Trials finals. Rau earned the weight class berth by month, Datubashvili punched his ticket to the Olympics winning the Pan Am Olympic Qualifier. Stefanowicz is a by making the finals of the Last Chance Olympic two-time Pan Am Championships gold medalist (2020, Qualifier. This is Datunashvili’s third Olympic Games. He 2021). is a two-time World Championships fifth-place finisher (2014, 2017) and a three-time European Championships The final two entries in the bracket are Egypt’s gold medalist (2016, 2017, 2021). Mohamed Metwally and Algeria’s Bachir Sid Azara, who earned berths through the African Qualifier. The other wrestler to earn their berth through the

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World champs Lorincz, Chekhirkin headline

NO TEAM USA ENTRY Akzhol Makhudov, an up-and-comer from Kyrgyzstan, won the Asian Olympic Qualifier. While he has yet to compete in a Senior World While the top-end talent at 77 kg might not make your jaw drop like some Championship, Makhudov is a 2018 Asian Games runner-up and a three- of the other weight classes, it will be an interesting bracket to observe due time age-group World medalist, earning a Cadet World title in 2016, a to the lack of heavy favorites. Junior World silver in 2017 and a Junior World bronze in 2018. Japan’s 2019 World champion Tamas Lorincz of Hungary comes into the Shohei Yabiku was the other qualifier from the tournament. He is a three- tournament as the top seed. Lorincz is a seasoned competitor making an time Japanese Senior World Team member and a 2013 Junior World impressive fourth-straight Olympic Games appearance. His lone Olympic bronze medalist. medal came at the 2012 Games where he finished with a silver. He is also Cuba’s Yosvanys Pena Flores earned first at the Pan Am Olympic Qualifier. a two-time World silver medalist (2017, 2018) and a 2014 World bronze Another wrestler making his Senior World or Olympic debut, Pena Flores is medalist. a two-time Pan Am Championships gold medalist (2019, 2020) and a 2019 The other World champion in the field is Russia’s Aleksandr Chekhirkin. To Pan Am Games bronze medalist. In 2010, he earned silver at the Youth make the team, Chekhirkin earned the nod over reigning two-time Olympic Olympic Games in . champion and 2019 72 kg World champion Abuyazid 2016 Olympic fifth-place finisher Bozo Starcevic of Croatia earned the Mantsigov. Chekhirkin is a 2018 World champion (where he bested Tamas second qualifying bid at the European Championships. Starcevic is a Lorincz in the finals) and a 2019 European Games champion. He won the five-time Senior World Championships participant, with his best finishing European Olympic Qualifier to claim the Olympic berth for Russia. coming in 2014 when he placed fifth. Alex Bjurberg Kessidis of Sweden enters the tournament as the No. 2 Morocco’s Zied Ait Ouagram will make his third-straight Olympic Games seed. After a fifth-place performance at the 2018 World Championships, appearance in Tokyo. Ait Ouagram earned his berth through the African Bjurberg Kessidis earned his first World medal, finishing runner-up at the Qualifier. He is a six-time Senior World Championships competitor. In 2017 2019 World Championships. Since then, he has primarily competed at 82 he finished seventh, his best placement to date. kg, only dropping down to 77 kg for the 2020 European Championships, where he earned bronze. The other competitors in the bracket include, Mexico’s Alfonzo Leyva Yepez, who will take the place of Jose Vargas Rueda, the wrestler that Armenia’s Karapet Chalyan is the No. 3 seed. Chalyan secured his Olympic qualified the weight class for Mexico, and Tunisia’s Lamjed Maafi, a 2020 berth with a fifth-place performance at the 2019 World Championships. He African Championships runner-up. is a 2019 European Games silver medalist, falling to Aleksandr Chekhirkin in the finals. Additionally he is a 2020 European Championships bronze medalist and a 2013 Junior World champion. The fourth seed is 2019 World bronze medalist Mohammadali Abdolhamid Geraei of Iran. Geraei is also a 2017 World bronze medalist and a 2019 Asian Games champion. Most recently, Geraei won the 2021 International Ukrainian Tournament, which is his only competition since the 2019 World Championships. Jalgasbay Berdimuratov, a 2019 World bronze medalist from Uzbekistan, enters the tournament unseeded. Similarly to Bjurbeg Kessidis, since the 2019 World Championships, Berdimuratov has primarily competed at 82 kg, winning both the 2021 Asian Championships and the Poland Open. The 2021 Grand Prix of Zagreb was the only tournament he wrestled at 77 kg for, logging a seventh place finish. Askhat Dilmukhamedov was the other fifth-place finisher at the 2019 World Championships. However, Kazakhstan selected Demeu Zhadrayev as their Olympic representative over Dilmukhamedov. Zhadrayev competed at 72 kg at the 2019 World Championships, placing tenth. He is a 2017 World silver medalist. Since moving to 77 kg, he claimed a 2020 Henri Deglane Grand Prix title and a 2021 Asian Championships bronze medal. Aik Mnatsakanian won the World Olympic Qualifier in May to earn Bulgaria’s berth at the weight class after a fifth-place performance at the initial European Olympic Qualifier. Mnatsakanian claimed bronze at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships wrestling at 72 kg. Rafig Huseynov of Azerbaijan was the other wrestler to secure a bid at the World Olympic Qualifier. Huseyov scored a silver medal wrestling at 82 kg during the 2019 World Championships. He is also a 2015 World Military Games champion, a 2019 World Military Games runner-up, a 2015 Photo by Tony Rotundo European Games runner-up and a two-time European Championships gold medalist (2011, 2015) themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 13 130 KG gr - AUGUST 1-2

Lopez seeks historic fourth Olympic gold

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No one besides Cuba’s Mijain Lopez Nunez has won an Olympic title in a decade. He is already known as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, and now he will have the opportunity to make history by becoming the first Greco-Roman wrestler to win four Olympic titles. The great came close, famously being stopped on his fourth attempt by America’s own . It was apparent that age played a factor in Karelin’s decline. Will the same hold true for Lopez?

The Cuban has competed sporadically over the last quad, only entering two tournaments, the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games and the 2019 Pan Am Games. He won both without being challenged. It is apparent that the Cuban coaches believe he still has what it takes, as they elected to go with Lopez Nunez over 2019 World silver medalist Oscar Pino Hinds, who originally qualified the weight class. Regardless of his performance at the Olympics, Lopez’s legacy is already established as a three-time Olympic champion, an eight-time World finalist and a five-time World champion.

The biggest threat to Lopez is one of the only wrestlers who has ever defeated him, Riza Kayaalp of Turkey. Kayaalp is an eight-time World medalist, a six-time World finalist and a four-time World champion. He defeated Lopez in the 2011 and 2015 World finals. However, Lopez bested Kayaalp in the 2009 World semifinals, the 2014 World finals, and in both the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. In 2012, Lopez took Kayaalp in the semifinals, forcing him to battle back for bronze. In 2016, Kayaalp made the finals, losing the gold medal bout to Lopez in the closing seconds of the match. Kayaalp comes in as the No. 1 seed in the bracket. However, Lopez is unseeded, and the pair could clash at any point in the bracket, even in the opening round, which Photo by Tony Rotundo surely would be the preference of their opponents. Romania’s Alin Alexuc Ciurariu will compete in his third-straight Olympics after winning Egypt’s Abdellatif Mohamed earned the No. 2 seed. This will be his second Olympic the World Qualifier. He has competed in seven Senior World Championships without appearance after competing at the Rio Games. He is a 2018, U23 World bronze a podium finish. Although, he has taken fifth twice (2014, 2015). He is the 2020 medalist, a 2020 Matteo Pellicone champion, a 2021 Matteo Pellicone runner-up, European Championships gold medalist. a 2015 All-African Games champion and a three-time African Championships gold medalist. He earned his Olympic berth by winning the African Qualifier. The other wrestler to come out of the World Qualifier is Elias Kuosmanen of Finland. Kuosmanen has found success on the World level, winning the 2018 World Military Muminjon Abdullaev of Uzbekistan is competing at his third-straight Olympic Games, Championships, finishing with silver at the 2017 U23 World Championships and entering the tournament as the third seed. Surprisingly, Abdullaev has only competed the 2019 World Military Games as well as claiming gold at the 2011 Cadet World at three Senior World Championships in his career and has yet to medal. He is a 2018 Championships. He is also a two-time European Championships bronze medalist. Asian Games champion and punched his ticket to the Olympic Games with an Asian Qualifier title. Russia’s Sergey Semenov claimed gold at the European Qualifier. He is probably the biggest threat in the field to upend Lopez or Kayaalp. Semenov is a 2016 Olympic Amir Ghasemi Monjazi qualified the weight class for Iran with a fifth-place finish at the bronze medalist and a 2018 World champion. He also won gold at the Individual World 2019 World Championships. However, they elected to send Amin Mohmmadzaman Cup and the 2017 U23 World Championships. He is a three-time Junior World finalist, Mirzazadeh in lieu of the two-time Asian Championships gold medalist. Mirzazadeh, claiming titles in 2013 and 2014 while finishing runner-up in 2015. He finished runner- who comes in as the No. 4 seed, won the 2021 Poland Open outplacing two other up at the 2019 European Games to Iakobi Kajaia. Iranians including Monjazi to earn the spot. He is a 2018 Junior World champion, a 2019 World Military Games bronze medalist and a 2020 Asian Championships gold The second berth out of the European Qualifier went to Lithuania’s Mantas medalist. Knystautas, a 2017 U23 World bronze medalist and 2014 Junior World silver medalist. Knystautas earned gold at the 2017 World Military Championships as well. Estonia is another country that elected to go with a different wrestler than the one who initially qualified the weight class. They will be represented by Artur Vititin. The move is The Pan Am Qualifier champion is Chile’s Yasmani Acosta Fernandez. Originally from head scratching as Vititin, whose best credential is a fifth-place finish at the 2019 U23 Cuba, Acosta Fernandez is a 2017 World bronze medalist and a 2019 Pan Am Games European Championships, replaces Heiki Nabi, a two-time Olympian who won silver in bronze medalist. The second qualifier from the Pan Am tournament is 2016 Olympian 2012 and finished fifth in 2016. He qualified the weight class with a bronze medal finish Eduard Soghomonyan of Brazil. He previously competed for Armenia before moving to at the 2019 Worlds. Nabi is a two-time World champion (2006, 2013), a 2017 World Brazil in 2015. silver medalist and also won bronze at the 2014 World Championships. 2018 World bronze medalist Minseok Kim was the Asian Qualifier runner-up. He also The other two qualifiers from the 2019 World Championships are fifth-place finisher took bronze at the 2018 Asian Games and the 2013 Junior World Championships. Eduard Popp of Germany and bronze medalist Iakobi Kajaia of Georgia. Popp has made it The last qualifier in the field is Amine Guennichi of Tunisia, who earned his berth a habit of finishing fifth at major tournaments, doing so at the 2016 Olympics as well as with a runner-up finish at the African Qualifier. He is a 2019 All-African Games silver the 2014 and 2018 World Championships. More recently, he took third at the European medalist. Championships.Kajaia placed seventh at the 2016 Olympics. He is the 2019 European Games champion and is a 2019 and 2021 European Championships runner-up.

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themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 15 Women’s freestyle roster

U.S. women’s freestyle roster 50 kg – Sarah Hildebrandt (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOPTC/New York AC) 53 kg – Jacarra Winchester (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC) 57 kg – Helen Maroulis (Rockville, Md./Sunkist Kids) 62 kg – Kayla Miracle (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids) 68 kg – Tamyra Mensah-Stock (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC) 76 kg – Adeline Gray (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOPTC/New York AC) U.S. Women’s Freestyle National Head Coach – Terry Steiner, Colorado Springs, Colo. U.S. Women’s Freestyle National Assistant Coach – , Colorado Springs, Colo. Personal coach - Brad Harper, Osceola, Ind. Personal coach - Vlad “Izzy” Izbonikov, Colorado Springs, Colo. Personal coach - Cody Sanderson, State College, Pa. Personal coach - Mark Perry, Tempe, Ariz. Personal coach - Nate Engel, Corvallis, Ore. Training partner - Victoria Anthony, San Diego, Calif. Training partner - Dominique Parrish, Scotts Valley, Calif. Training partner - Alyssa Lampe, Corvallis, Ore. Training partner - Forrest Molinari, Tempe, Ariz. Training partner - Maya Nelson, Colorado Springs, Colo. Training partner - Geneva Gray, Colorado Springs, Colo. Team Leader – Jim Bennett, Stamford, Ct.

Support Staff Executive Director - Rich Bender, Colorado Springs, Colo. High Performance Manager - Cody Bickley, Colorado Springs, Colo. National Teams Manager - Jaimie McNab, Colorado Springs, Colo. Medical – Dr. Jason Holm, Edina, Minn. Medical – Shelby Hoppis, Easton, Pa. Medical – Eitan Gelber, San Jose, Calif. Medical – Corey James, Colorado Springs, Colo. Chiropractor - Fred Roberto, Marietta, Ga. Chiropractor - Rosie Main, Boise, Idaho Massage - Cyrus Poitier, Berkeley, Calif. Massage - Michael Berkal, Greenwich, N.Y. Dietitian - Rob Skinner, Colorado Springs, Colo. Strengh and Conditioning - Mason Walters, Colorado Springs, Colo. Communications - Gary Abbott, Colorado Springs, Colo. Communications – Taylor Miller, Colorado Springs, Colo. Translator - Tadaaki Hatta, Elyria, Ohio Referee – Sam Julian, Schuylkill, Pa. Referee – Casey Goessl, Medford, Wisc.

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50 kg/110 lbs. 62 kg/136.5 lbs. 2019 World champion – Azerbaijan () 2019 World champion – Kyrgyzstan (Aisuluu Tynbekova) 2019 World silver medalist – Romania (Emilia Vuc) 2019 World silver medalist – Bulgaria (Taybe Mustafa Yusein) 2019 World bronze medalist – Kazakhstan (Valentina Islamova Brik) 2019 World bronze medalist – Japan (Yukako Kawai) 2019 World bronze medalist – Russia (Ekaterina Poleschuk) 2019 World bronze medalist – Sweden (Henna Johansson) 2019 World fifth place – Ukraine (Oksana Livach) 2019 World fifth place – (Jong Sim Rim) 2019 World fifth place –China (Sun Yanan) 2019 World fifth place – Hungary () 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion – Cuba (Yuneylis Guzman Lopez) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion – Brazil (Lais Nunez de Oliveira) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up – United States (Sarah Hildebrandt) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up – United States (Kayla Miracle) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier champion – Bulgaria (Miglena Selishka) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier champion – Ukraine (Iryna Koliadenko) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Turkey () 2021 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Anastasija Grigorjeva () 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion – Tunisia (Sarra Hamdi) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion – Tunisia (Marwa Amri) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up – (Sadijat Avorshai Idris) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –Nigeria (Aminat Adeniyi) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion – Japan (Yui Susaki) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion – China (Jia Long) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up – (Namuuntsetseg Tsogt Ochir) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up – (Sonam Sonam) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion –India (Seema Seema) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion – Russia (Liubov Ovcharova) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up – Ecuador (Lucia Yepez Guzman) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up – Mongolia (Bolortuya Khurelkhuu)

53 kg/116.5 lbs. 68 kg/149.75 lbs. 2019 World champion – North Korea (Yong Mi Pak) 2019 World champion – United States (Tamyra Mensah-Stock) 2019 World silver medalist – Japan (Mayu Mukaida) 2019 World silver medalist – Sweden (Anna Jenny Fransson) 2019 World bronze medalist – India (Vinesh) 2019 World bronze medalist – Mongolia (Battsetseg Soronzonbold) 2019 World bronze medalist – China (Qianyu Pang) 2019 World bronze medalist – Germany (Anna Carmen Schell) 2019 World fifth place – (Maria Prevolaraki) 2019 World fifth place – Ukraine (Alla Cherkasova) 2019 World fifth place – Poland (Roksana Zasina) 2019 World fifth place – Japan (Sara Dosho) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion – Cuba (Lianna de la Caridad 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion – (Danielle Lappage) Montero Herrera) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Cuba (Yudari Sanchez Rodriguez) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up – United States (Jacarra 2021 European Olympic Qualifier champion – (Koumba Larroque) Winchester) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Russia (Khanum Velieva) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier champion – Sweden () 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion –Nigeria (Blessing Oborududu) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Belarus (Vanesa Kaladzinskaya) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Egypt (Enas Ahmed) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion – Cameroon (Joseph Essombe) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion – China (Feng Zhou) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Guam (Rckaela Aquino) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Kyrgyzstan (Meerim Zhumanazarova) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion – Mongolia (Bolortuya Bat Ochir) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion – Bulgaria (Mimi Hristova) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Kazakhstan (Tatyana Akhmetova 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up – Azerbaijan (Elis Manolova) Amanzhol) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion –Russia (Olga Khoroshavtseva) 76 kg/167.5 lbs. 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up – Romania (Andreea Ana) 2019 World champion – United States (Adeline Gray) 2019 World silver medalist – Japan (Hiroe Minagawa Suzuki) 57 kg/125.5 lbs. 2019 World bronze medalist – Germany (Aline Rotter Focken) 2019 World champion – Japan (Risako Kawai) 2019 World bronze medalist – Estonia (Epp Maee) 2019 World silver medalist – China (Ningning Rong) 2019 World fifth place – China (Qian Zhou) 2019 World bronze medalist – Nigeria (Odunayo Adekuoroye) 2019 World fifth place – Kazakhstan (Elmira Syzdykova) 2019 World bronze medalist – Belarus (Iryna Kurachkina) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion – Canada () 2019 World fifth place – Poland (Jowita Maria Wrzesien) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Brazil (Aline da Silva Ferreira) 2019 World fifth place – Moldova (Anastasia Nichita 2021 European Olympic Qualifier champion – Russia (Natalia Vorobeva) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion – Mexico (Alma Valencia Escoto) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Belarus () 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up – United States (Helen Maroulis) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion – Egypt (Samar Hamza) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier champion – Bulgaria (Evelina Nikolova) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –Tunisia (Zaineb Sghaier) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Ukraine (Alina Hrushyna Akobiia) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion – Kyrgyzstan (Aiperi Medet Kyzy) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion – Tunisia (Siwar Bouseta) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Mongolia (Burmaa Ochirbat) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Guinea (Fatoumata Camara) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion –Ukraine (Alla Belinska) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion – Mongolia (Khongorzul Boldsaikhan) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up – Turkey () 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up – India (Anshu Anshu) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion –Russia (Veronika Chumikova) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up – France (Mathilde Riviere)

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Gray seeks Olympic redemption The story of the women’s wrestling competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games will include five-time World champion Adeline Gray, one of the greatest women wrestlers in history, regardless of nation. Gray will be competing in her second Olympic Games, after placing seventh at the 2016 Rio Games. After taking a year off to heal in 2017, Gray has been dominant, winning the 2018 and 2019 World Championships with memorable performances. She is one of wrestling’s best closers, and if she gets that world-class ankle lace, the match is pretty much over. Gray secured the No. 1 seed in Tokyo based upon Ranking Series performance. What makes Gray’s dominance so impressive is that her weight class is loaded with talent and experience. Pretty much all of the top stars were able to qualify to compete, ADELINE GRAY with numerous Olympic and World champions and Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo. medalists in the draw. Nobody gets an easy draw at this RTC: U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center; weight class. Beaver Dam RTC (Corvallis, OR) Neither of the past Olympic champions are seeded. 2016 Club: New York Athletic Club Olympic champion Erica Wiebe of Canada qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2020 Pan American Olympic Coach: Nate Engel Photo by Tony Rotundo College: Keller Graduate, DeVry Univ., University Qualifier held on her home soil in . Wiebe and Gray have had epic battles going back many years, but with Four-time World medalist Vasilisa Marzaliuk of Belarus of Colorado – Colorado Springs such a deep field, they may not meet at all in Tokyo. Wiebe Lakewood, Colo. (Bear Creek) most recently won a silver medal at the 2017 World High School: owns a 2018 World bronze medal, a 2014 Commonwealth Championships, and added bronze medals at the 2011, Born: Jan. 15, 1991 (30 years old) Games title, and numerous medals in the major 2012 and 2015 World Championships. Marzaliuk was fifth Past Olympics: 7th (2016) international events. at the both the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. In the Rio Past Sr. Worlds: 1st (‘12, ‘14, ‘15, ‘18, ‘19), 3rd 2012 Olympic champion and 2016 Olympic silver medalist Olympics, she upset Gray in the quarterfinals. Her ticket (‘11, ‘13), 5th (‘09) Natalia Vorobeva of Russia is another popular star in her to the Olympics came with a silver at the 2021 European UWW World Ranking: No. 1 homeland. Vorobeva owns a pair of World titles (2015 and Olympic Qualifier. 2019) and has a pair of World silvers in 2013 and 2014. She 2015 and 2019 World bronze medalist Epp Mae of Estonia Career Highlights has often competed at either 68 kg or the non-Olympic 72 has been very competitive in recent years. Mae also kg weight class, but came back to this weight class the last reached World medal matches in 2014 and 2017, when - Two-time Olympian (‘16, ‘20) few seasons. At 37, it would be easy to overlook Vorobeva, - Five-time World Champion (‘12, ‘14, ‘15, ‘18, she placed fifth in the World Championships. She earned a but with a victory at the European Olympic Qualifier as win over Wiebe at the 2019 World Championships. ‘19) well as a silver medal at the European Championships, she - Two-time World bronze medalist (‘11, ‘13) remains an elite athlete capable of the championship run. 2014 World silver medalist Aline da Silva Ferreira of - Two-time Pan Am Games champion (‘15, ‘18) Brazil was ninth in the 2016 Olympic Games. Her road We can’t forget the World champions in the field, to Tokyo was based upon a silver medal at the 2020 Pan - Three-time Pan American Championships gold German’s Aline Rotter Focken and Turkey’s Yasemin Adar. American Olympic Qualifier. She has won six Pan American medalist (‘18, ‘19, ‘21) Focken won her World gold medal in 2014 at 69 kg, which Championships titles, and also a Junior World silver medal. - Three-time World Cup champion (‘14, ‘15, ‘18) is where she competed at the 2016 Olympics but did not - 2012 University World champion medal. She has a 2017 World silver medal, and World Two-time World medalist Qian Zhou of China was a 2015 bronze medals from 2015 and 2019. She has been up at 76 World silver medalist and 2014 World bronze medalist. - 2008 Junior World champion kg since 2018 and has been one of the world’s best at this She was impressive in 2018, winning the Asian Games, the - Five-time U.S. Open champ (‘09, ‘11, ‘15, ‘18, ‘20) weight class. She secured the No. 2 seed, which keeps her Asian Championships and the Grand Prix. - 2011 Junior World silver medalist on the opposite side of the draw from Gray. Three-time World medalist Burmaa Ochirbat of Mongolia - First and only U.S. wrestler to win five career Adar won the 2017 World gold medal, the year that Gray placed second in the 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier. She is Senior World titles took off from the sport. She added a 2018 World silver one of the most experienced athletes in the field, with a medal. After not placing in the 2019 Worlds, and falling 2009 World silver medal and a pair of World bronze medals Personal: Daughter of Donna and George Gray… short at the 2021 European Olympic Qualifier, Adar took in 2013 and 2014. Ochirbat also competed in the 2004 and Has three sisters, Geneva, Izabella and Gabriella… the last available spot in the Olympic field by placing 2012 Olympic Games. married to Damaris Sanders since 2017… second at the 2021 World Olympic Qualifier in Bulgaria. She was eighth in the 2016 Olympic Games. Winning their way into the Olympics were African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion Samar Hamza of Egypt and Note: Gray’s fifth World title is the most of any Looking to make big news on her home mats is No. 3 seed World Olympic Games Qualifier Alla Belinska of Ukraine. U.S. wrestler, regardless of style or gender… Her Hiroe Minagawa Suzuki, a three-time World medalist Hamza was also a 2016 Olympian. Belinska claimed a 2017 who Gray defeated in the finals of the 2019 Worlds. She World Military title and also won a 2015 Junior World seventh World medal puts her second in U.S. also has two World bronze medals in 2017 and 2018. Her bronze medal. women’s history, behind only Kristie Davis (9)… consistency during this Olympic cycle could be a factor in Gray is the only U.S. woman to win World titles at her reaching the podium again. Also in the field are Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan as well as African/Oceania the Senior, University and Junior levels… The No. 4 seed is 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Elmira Olympic Qualifier runner-up Zaineb Sghaier of Tunisia. Syzdykova of Kazakhstan, who earned her Tokyo bid by Twitter: @AdelineGray placing fifth at the 2019 World Championships. Instagram: @adelinegray Website: adelinegray.us

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World champ Mensah Stock the one to beat Coming into the Tokyo Olympics, 2019 World champion Dosho in the bronze-medal bout there. One of Schell’s and 2018 World bronze medalist Tamyra Mensah top performances was a silver medal at the 2019 Stock comes in with great momentum and confidence. European Championships. Mensah Stock has earned the No. 1 seed for the Olympics. In 2021, after the pandemic shutdown, A tough veteran in the draw is two-time World medalist Mensah Stock has won all of her international events, Feng Zhou of China, who also competed in the 2012 with titles at the Pan American Championships, the Olympic Games. Zhou was second at the 2015 Senior Matteo Pellicone in and the Henri Deglane in Worlds and third at the 2018 Senior Worlds. She earned France. She has an explosive offense, excellent position her spot in Tokyo with a victory in the 2021 Asian and will be considered the favorite to win the gold Olympic Qualifier. medal. 2018 World silver medalist Danielle Lappage of Canada Mensah Stock knows that she must be at her best is another tough challenger. Lappage was injured in the because of the quality of her opponents. The two other 2016 Olympic Games and unable to continue, and will Senior World champions from the past Olympic quad be looking to make a run at the 2020 Olympics. She TAMYRA MENSAH STOCK are in the field, 2018 World champion Alla Cherkosova boasts a 2010 Junior World title. Her ticket to Tokyo Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo. of Ukraine and 2017 World champion Sara Dosho of came with a win at the 2020 Pan American Olympic RTC: U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Japan, plus a two-time World champion in Battsetseg Qualifier. Center Soronzonbold of Mongolia. None of these other past World champions have earned a seed for the Olympics, A late addition to the field was 2008 Olympic bronze Club: Titan Mercury WC so they could meet anybody at any time based upon the medalist Agnieszka Wieszczek-Kordus of Poland who Coach: Vlad Izboinikov blind draw. is 38 years old and has the longest resume in the field. College: Wayland Baptist Univ. This will be her third Olympic Games. High School: Katy, (Morton Ranch) Cherkasova has won two World medals, a 2010 World Born: Oct. 11, 1992 (28 years old) bronze to go with her 2018 World gold. She placed Elis Manolova of Azerbaijan won a 2019 World bronze None fifth at the 2019 World Championships which qualified medal at 65 kg, a non-Olympic weight. She didn’t get Past Olympics: the weight for Tokyo for Ukraine. A 2019 European into the Olympic field until the last qualifier, taking a Past Sr. Worlds: 1st (2019), 3rd (2018), 9th champion, Cherkasova has mixed results in 2021, falling silver at the World Olympic Games Qualifier. Manolova (2017) short of a medal in international events in Poland and was a 2019 European champion at 65 kg and claimed a UWW World Ranking: No. 1 Ukraine. A 2008 Junior World bronze medalist and 2016 U23 World silver medal in 2018. Olympian, she has the experience to make an impact. Career Highlights 2018 U23 World champion and 2017 Junior World silver - 2020 Olympian Dosho won the 2016 Olympic gold medal in Rio, then medalist Yudaris Sanchez Rodriguez of Cuba. A 2018 Pan followed up with her 2017 World title in . She won American champion, Sanchez was second at the 2020 - 2019 World champion a medal every year of the 2013-2016 quad, with a silver Pan American Olympic Qualifier to earn her trip to the - 2019 Women’s at the 2014 Worlds and bronze medals at the 2013 Olympics. Wrestler of the Year and 2015 Worlds. Dosho qualified Japan for the Tokyo - 2018 World bronze medalist Olympics with a fifth place at the 2019 Worlds. Rouding out the field is two-time Junior World - 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials champ champion Khanum Velieva of Russia, 2016 Olympian - Three-time World Team member (‘17, ‘18, Soronzonbold won a World bronze medal in 2019 to Enas Ahmed of Egypt, Meerim Zhumanazarova of punch her ticket for Tokyo. She won her World gold Kyrgyzstan and Mimi Hristova of Bulgaria. ‘19) medals in 2010 and 2015 and also boasts a 2013 World - 2016 and 2018 U.S. Open champion silver medal and a 2012 Olympic bronze medal. - Three-time Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix champion in Russia (2017-19) So, who did earn seeds besides Mensah Stock? Coming - First American athlete to win three Yarygin in with the No. 2 seed is tough Nigerian star Blessing golds Oborududu, who qualified for Tokyo through the African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier. Now a three-time - Three-time Pan American Championships Olympian, she has won 10 African Championships champion (‘19, ‘20, ‘21) gold medals and a title. She is - 2014 and 2017 WCWA Nationals champion coming off a silver medal at the 2021 Poland Open. for Wayland Baptist -Two-time Texas high school state champion Taking the No. 3 seed is talented Koumba Larroque of France, who earned her Olympic berth with a win at the 2021 European Olympic Qualifier. She seems to Personal: Daughter of Shonda and Prince... have been around a long time, although she is only 23 Married to Jacob Stock… Has three siblings, years old. Larroque won a 2018 World silver medal and Tarkiya, Tytiana and Russell... Has two dogs, 2017 World bronze medal. She had a wildly successful Otis and Lula...Born in ... Began age-group career, winning a World gold every year from wrestling in high school... 2015-2018. (Cadet in 2015, Junior in 2016, U23 in 2017 and Junior in 2018).

Instagram: @mensahtamyrastock The No. 4 seed goes to 2019 World bronze medalist Twitter: @MensahTamStock Anna Schell of Germany, who scored a win over Photo by Tony Rotundo

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Miracle poses big threat The No. 1 seed and 2019 World champion is Aisuluu Tynbekova of Kyrgyzstan. She won the 2019 World title by beating a 2018 World champion in the finals, Taybe Yusein of Bulgaria. This will be Tynbekova’s third Olympic Games, placing fifth at the 2016 Rio Games and 13th at the 2012 Games. Tynbekova also boasts a 2017 World bronze medal, and has competed in seven Senior Worlds. She won all three international events she entered in 2021, including the Asian Championships and major tournaments in Poland and Ukraine.

In addition to her 2018 World title, Yusein has won five more Senior World medals. Included are three World silver medals (2012, 2013, 2019), as well as two bronze medals (2012, 2013). She fell short of the medals at the 2016 Olympic Games. She also was a Junior World KAYLA MIRACLE champion. Residence: Tempe, Ariz. Sunkist Kids The third seed goes to another talented star, 2018 Club: World silver medalist and 2019 World bronze Coaches: Mark Perry, Lee Pritts medalist Yukako Kawai of Japan. In 2018, she also Campbellsville won the U23 World Championships. Her most recent College: Photo by Tony Rotundo High School: Culver, Ind. (Culver Academy) international event was back in 2020, a gold at the Asian Championships. She is the younger sister of 2016 Born: April 26, 1996 (25 years old) title three times, and has been a two-time runner-up Olympic champion Risako Kawai. there. Another past World medalist is Liubov Ovcharova Past Olympics: None of Russia, who won a 2019 World silver medal Past Senior Worlds: 8th (2019) The No. 4 seed goes to a U.S. star, multiple age-group competing at 59 kg. Ovcharova punched her ticket for UWW World Ranking: No. 5 World medalist Kayla Miracle, who competed in her Tokyo by winning the World Olympic Games qualifier in first Senior Worlds in 2019 but did not earn a medal. Bulgaria this year. Miracle has been winning World medals since her teen Career Highlights years, claiming a Cadet World silver in 2012, two bronze Ukraine brings a younger star to the Games in Iryna - 2020 Olympian medals from the Junior Worlds in 2014 and 2016 and Koliadenko, a 2019 World silver medalist at 65 kg. She - Second in 2019 U23 World a silver medal at the 2019 U23 Worlds. Miracle was a won the 2021 European Qualification Tournament to four-time WCWA college national champion competing earn her Olympic berth, then followed up with a Senior Championships at Campbellsville University. Miracle has been strong European title. She has won a pair of U23 World bronze - Three-time U.S. Open champion (2017, in continental events, winning the 2021 Pan American medals, as well as a Junior World bronze medal. 2018, 2019) Championships and the . Lais Nunes de Oliveira of Brazil was the 2020 Pan - 2019 World Team member There are other Senior World champions in the mix American Olympic Qualifier champion, and will be going - 2019 Pan American Games champion in Tokyo, 2013 World champion Marianna Sastin of to her second Olympic Games. Never a World medalist, - Third in 2014 and 2016 Junior World Hungary. Sastin has three other World medals in her she was fifth in the 2018 Senior Worlds in her only trophy case, with 2005 and 2011 World silvers and a Championships medal opportunity. She boasts a pair of Pan American 2009 World bronze. This will be her fourth Olympic Championships titles. - Second in 2012 Cadet appearance, and is seeking her first Olympic Championships medal. While she may have had some better results Two-time Cadet World champion Sonam of India beat - Fifth in 2017 and 2018 U23 World earlier in her career, Sastin has won three international 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Sakshi Malik to earn her medals in 2021, including a silver at the European spot on the Indian team, then placed second in the Championships Championships. Asian Olympic Qualifier to earn her spot in the Olympic - 2015, 2016 and 2017 University Games. Nationals champion Marwa Amri of Tunisia made history at the 2016 Olympic Games, winning an Olympic bronze medal - Four-time WCWA College National Kriszta Incze of Romania, a 2019 European Games at 58 kg, the first African woman to win an Olympic bronze medalist, earned her Olympic berth based champion for Campbellsville (2015-18) wrestling medal. She followed that up with a 2017 upon her ninth-place finish at the 2019 Worlds, when World silver medal, losing in the finals to Olympic North Korea pulled out of the Olympics and she had the champion Helen Maroulis of the USA. She has been in Personal: Jeanette Ishibashi and Lee highest placement among those who had not qualified the game for a long time, evidenced by her 11 African yet. Miracle... Has three silblings, Shawn, Hope championships titles. and Cael... Has three nephews, Daxton, Jia Long of China, who puncher her ticket with an Asian Maddox and Huxley... Has a cat, Stassi... Two-time World bronze medalist Henna Johansson of Olympic Qualifier title, does not have a ton of Senior Sweden is another top contender, claiming a bronze level experience. Two-time Commonwealth champion at the 2019 and 2013 World Championships. She was Aminat Adeniyi of Nigeria earned her berth with a Twitter: @MiraculousKC a 2009 Junior World champion. This will be her third runner-up finish at the Asian/Oceania Olympic Qualifier. Instagram: @MiraculousKC Olympic Games, after placing 10th in both the 2012 and Bolortuya Khurelkhuu of Mongolia won a silver medal 2016 Olympics. at the World Olympic Games Qualifier, and also added a silver medal at the 2021 Asian Championships. Two-time World bronze medalist Anastasija Grigorjeva of Latvia is another veteran talent, heading into her third Olympic Games. She has won the Senior European

themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 20 57 KG W - AUGUST 4-5

Olympic champs Maroulis and Kawai return It is rare to have two Olympic champions in the same that many thought Koblova was going to win. She was weight at an Olympic Games. It is even rarer when also a 2012 Olympian for Russia. She has won a 2014 both of the Olympic champions won at the same World silver and 2013 World bronze. Koblova did not Olympic Games. It is even stranger when neither of qualify Russia for the Olympics, as Veronika Chumikova the Olympic champions competed at their new weight won the 2021 European Olympic Qualifier, but Russia at those Olympics. Welcome to 57 kg in the women’s chose Koblova to compete in Tokyo. competition at the Tokyo Games. The rest of the field is a bit unheralded. 2017 World 2016 Olympic champions Helen Maroulis of the United bronze medalist Roksana Zasina of Poland actually States and Risako Kawai of Japan are in the field. qualified her nation for the Olympic Games by placing Maroulis won her gold medal in the 2016 Rio Games at fifth at the 2019 World Championships down at 53 kg. 53 kg, while Kawai won her Olympic gold medal in Rio at She actually switched weight with her 57 kg teammate 63 kg. They are meeting in the middle in Tokyo at 57 kg. from Poland, Jowita Maria Wrzesien, who was fifth in 2019 at 57 kg. Wrzesien went down and Zasina went Let’s start with Maroulis, who shocked the world in up in weight. One of the most experienced in the draw 2016 when she defeated three-time Olympic champion HELEN MAROULIS here, it will be interesting to see how she handles the Saori Yoshida in the Olympic finals. It was not such a new weight class. Residence: Rockville, Md. shocker if you consider Maroulis was a 2015 World Club: Sunkist Kids champion coming in. She became the first American The only continental Olympic Qualifier champion to Mark Perry, Cody Sanderson woman to win an Olympic wrestling gold, and the next have a World medal on her resume is European Olympic Coaches: year, she won her second World title in arguably one Qualifier champion Evelina Nikolova of Bulgaria, who College: Simon Fraser Univ., Missouri Baptist of the most impressive performances ever in 2017 won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships High School: Marquette, Mich., Rockville, in Paris. Since then, Maroulis has battled injuries and in . concussions, but was able to come back in 2020 and Md. (Colonel Zadock Magruder) The other continental Olympic Qualifiers to punch their Born: Sept. 19, 1991 (29 years old) qualify the weight class for the USA at the Pan American Olympic Qualifier. She needed all three bouts to beat ticket to Tokyo were Pan American Olympic Qualifier Past Olympics: 1st (2016) Jenna Burkert for the U.S. team berth but showed the champion Alma Valencia Escoto of Mexico, Asian Past Sr. Worlds: 1st (2015, 2017), 2nd kind of explosive skill in her third match that means Olympic Qualifier champion Khongorzul Boldsaikhan (2012), 3rd (2014), 5th (2011), 7th (2013), she will once again be a force. Maroulis is unseeded and of Mongolia and African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier could bust up the bracket based upon her draw. champion Siwar Bouseta of Tunisia. None of these 8th (2008), 21st (2018) athletes have ever won a Senior World or Olympic UWW World Ranking: Not ranked Kawai also had to beat a legend, but this time from medal in the past. her own country. To make the 2019 Japanese World Among the others in the field include World Olympic Career Highlights team, Kawai stopped four-time Olympic champion Kaori Icho in their trials at 57 kg, then won the 2019 Qualifier runner-up Mathilde Riviere of France, who was - The first U.S. woman to win an Olympic World gold medal to secure her spot on the Japanese a 2017 European bronze medalist; European Olympic wrestling gold medal (2016) Olympic team. It was her third World title, to go with Qualifier runner-up Alina Hrushyna Akobiia of Ukraine, - Two-time World champion (‘15, ‘17) 2017 World gold at 59 kg and 2018 World gold at 59 kg. a two-time European Championships medalist and Her last major international win was at the 2020 Asian African/Oceania Qualifier runner-up Fatoumata Camara, - 2012 World silver medalist a 2019 All- Games bronze medalist. - 2014 World bronze medalist Championships. - Three-time Junior World medalist (‘08, ‘10, ‘11) One of the most exciting athletes in the field is No. 2 - World Cup champion (‘13, ‘15) seed Odunayo Adekuoroye of Nigeria, a 2019 World bronze medalist and three-time World medalist. She - Two-time Pan American gold medalist (‘11, ‘12) burst onto the international scene at the 2015 World - Six-time U.S. Open champion (‘09, ‘11, ‘12, Championships, joyfully dancing after winning her ‘13, ‘14, ‘15) first World medal in Las Vegas. Dominant in African - Four-time WCWA women’s college national continental competition, she also boasts gold medals at champion (‘09, ‘10, ‘11, ‘13) the 2014 and . - Two-time Maryland high school state placer The No. 3 seed is Russia’s Iryna Kurachkina, the other 2019 World bronze medalist. Kurachkina won the 2019 European Games and also has a 2017 U23 World Personal: Daughter of John and Paula silver medal in her trophy case. She has wrestled three Maroulis…has two siblings, Michael and major international events in 2021, with a gold at the Tony… started wrestling at the age of seven… European Championships, a silver at the Poland Open and a bronze at the Ukrainian Memorial International. Twitter: @helen_maroulis 2019 World silver medalist Ningning Rong of China Instagram: @helen_maroulis has snagged the No. 4 seed. She lost 9-6 to Kawai in Website: helenmaroulis.com the 2019 World finals, a year after making a big name for herself with a 2018 World title at 57 kg. She was very active in 2019, which included a gold at the Asian Championships. Photo by Tony Rotundo The weight class features a 2016 Olympic silver medalist, Valerie Koblova, who gave four-time Olympic champion Kaori Icho a close battle in the 57 kg finals themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 21 53 KG W - AUGUST 5-6

Winchester among four World champs in field This weight class does not have its 2019 World champion in the field, as Yong Mi Pak of North Korea claimed the gold in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, the last time a World Championships was held. When North Korea decided not to send a team to the Tokyo Olympics, two qualified North Korean women wrestlers were pulled, including Yong. Her place was ultimately filled by Luisa Valverde Melendres of Ecuador, who was seventh in the 2019 Worlds and the next athlete in the standings who had not qualified after Yong was taken out. Ironically, Valverde had enough points in the Ranking Series to earn a No. 3 seed.

JACARRA WINCHESTER There will be a 2019 World champion in the draw, Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo. however, since the 55 kg World champion in Nur- U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Sultan has dropped weight and qualified at 53 kg, the RTC: dynamic Jacarra Winchester of USA. She qualified Center this weight for the Olympics when she reached the Club: Titan Mercury WC finals of the 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier Photo by Tony Rotundo Coach: Vlad Izboinikov in Canada. Winchester was also fifth at the 2018 who claimed World bronze medals in 2012 and 2017. College: Missouri Valley College Worlds at 55 kg. Since coming down to this weight, This will be Prevolaraki’s third Olympic Games. High School: Oakland, Calif. (Arroyo) Winchester has been dominant, scoring a ton of Another Senior World medalist is Bolortuya Bat Ochir Born: Oct. 19, 1992 (28 years old) points to quickly finish her matches. She will be of Mongolia, who claimed her World bronze medal in unseeded, which should be concerning to anyone in 2019 up at 55 kg. Bat Ochir secured her place in the Past Olympics: None the draw, including the top four seeds. 1st (2019), 5th (2018) Olympic Games by winning the 2021 Asian Olympic Past Sr. Worlds: Qualifier. The other 2019 World bronze medalist at UWW World Ranking: Not ranked Two-time World champion Mayu Mukaida of Japan 55 kg in the field at 53 kg is Olga Khoroshavtseva of secured the No. 2 seed, boasting World titles from Russia, who didn’t earn her spot in the Olympics until Career Highlights 2016 and 2018. Mukaida was upset in the 2019 she won the World Olympic Games Qualifier in Sofia, - 2020 U.S. Olympic Team member World finals by Yong. She was also a 2016 World Bulgaria this spring. - 2019 World champion silver medalist. Her resume includes Cadet and Junior Kazakhstan will be represented by veteran Tatyana World titles, as well as a 2014 - Fifth in 2018 World Championships Akhmetova Amanzhol, who was fifth in the 2008 gold. Her last major international event was the 2020 Olympic Games and has competed in nine Senior - 2018 and 2019 Final X champion Asian Championships, where she got a silver medal. World events, with fifth place being her best finish. - 2018 and 2019 U.S. Open champion - 2021 Pan American Championships Winchester and Mukaida are not the only past Senior Poland did a switch of athletes, when Jowita champion World champions in the field. The finalists from the Wrzesien, who qualified the country for Tokyo by - Third in 2014 University World 2021 European Olympic Qualifier, Soffia Mattsson of placing fifth at the 2019 World Championships at 57 Sweden and Vanesa Kaladzinskaya of Belarus, also Championships kg, has moved down to the 53 kg berth that Poland have won World titles. Mattson won a World gold in had earned when Roksana Zasina placed fifth in - 2015 WCWA Nationals champion for 2009 at 51 kg, has earned six World Championship 2019 at 53 kg. Zasina is now entered up at 57 kg Missouri Valley medals and also was an Olympic bronze medalist in in Wrzesien’s spot. This will be the first time that - 2010 high school state champion 2016. Kaladzinskaya is a two-time World champion, Wrzesien ever competed at 53 kg. Cuba also changed with golds in 2012 and 2017. In Paris in 2017, she athletes, putting 2019 and 2021 Pan American Personal: Has two pets, a cat, Mr. Kitty beat Mukaida in the finals. Like Winchester, neither Championships gold medalist Laura Herin Avila into and a dog, Charlie... Enjoys plaing video of these World champions are seeded, meaning they the Tokyo field instead of Lianna Montero Herrera, could face anybody right off the bat based upon the who won the 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier. games... Animal lover... Started wrestling in blind draw. high school... Others in the field include 2021 African/Oceania The No. 1 seed in the tournament is 2019 World Olympic Qualifier champion Joseph Essombe, a Twitter: @Jacarra016 bronze medalist of India. Vinesh 2016 Olympian who has won nine African medals, Instagram: @Jacarra016 is a past Asian Games and Commonwealth four-time age-group World medalist Andreea Ana of Games champion. In 2021, Vinesh won the Asian Romania and two-time Oceania champion Rckaela Championships, and captured golds at the Matteo Aquino of Guam. Pellicone in Italy and the Poland Open.

Qianyu Pang of China was a 2019 World bronze medalist, which punched her ticket to Tokyo. She also won a World bronze medal in 2018. Another two- time World medalist is Maria Prevolaraki of Greece,

themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 22 50 KG W - AUGUST 6-7

World champs Stadnik, Susaki, Sun top of field This weight class has its share of past World and There are a number of past World bronze Olympic medalists, and is headlined by a pair of medalists in the draw. 2018 World bronze two-time World champions, Mariya Stadnik of medalist Oksana Livach of Ukraine has earned Azerbaijan and Yui Susaki of Japan. the No. 3 seed. A European Senior champion and past Cadet World champion, Livach secured Stadnik is the most recent World champion, her Tokyo berth with a fifth-place at the 2019 claiming the 2019 World title to go along with Worlds. A 2019 World bronze medalist, Valentina her 2009 World title. She also earned the No. Islamova Brik of Kazakhstan won the 2021 Asian 1 seed. It is amazing that there was a 10-year Championships, and was twice an Asian bronze gap between her two gold medals, but this is an medalist. Islamova Brik, the No. 4 seed, started amazing athlete. Stadnik already has won three her career with Russia, where she was a 2015 Olympic medals, a 2008 bronze, plus silvers in European Games medalist. A 2017 World bronze 2012 and 2016. She also boasts five-total World medalist, Evin Demirhan of Turkey punched her medals. It would be a great story if her fourth ticket for Tokyo by taking a silver at the 2021 SARAH HILDEBRANDT Olympic medal was gold. Colorado Springs, Colo. European Olympic Qualifier. Residence: 2017 and 2018 World champion Yui Susaki of Miglena Selishka of Bulgaria won the 2021 RTC: U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Japan was not Japan’s entry at the 2019 Worlds, European Olympic Qualifier was a 2020 European Center when Yuki Irie beat her out for the spot. Irie champion, and a two-time European silver Coach: Brad Harper did not qualify Japan there, missing the top medalist. Yuneylis Guzman Lopez of Cuba was the Club: New York AC six at Worlds, but it was Susaki who earned 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion, King Univ. the Olympic berth by winning the 2021 Asian College: with a 2019 Pan American Championships Olympic Qualifier. Susaki won three Cadet World High School: Granger, Ind. (Penn) gold and a 2018 Pan American Games silver titles before quickly taking over at the Senior Born: Sept. 23, 1993 (27 years old) medal. 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier level. She will serve as the female flagbearer for Past Olympics: None champion Sarra Hamdi of Tunisia has won four Japan at the Opening Ceremonies, a fantastic Past Sr. Worlds: 2nd (2018), 9th (2019), African Championships medals. 10th (2016) honor but perhaps some added pressure on her to win. With the format having one women’s Russia switched their entry from the person UWW World Ranking: No. 17 weight finishing each day of finals, Susaki will who qualified the weight to 2021 European be competing on the final day of the wrestling champion Stalvira Orshush, a two-time Junior Career Highlights competition if she makes the finals. World silver medalist who has competed in three - 2020 U.S. Olympic Team member Senior World Championships without a medal. Another gold medalist in the mix is Sun Yanan of - 2018 World silver medalist The weight was qualified by 2019 World bronze China, who was a 2013 World champion at 51 medalist Ekaterina Poleschuk. - Three-time World Team member (‘16, kg. She claimed an Olympic bronze medal at 48 ‘18, ‘19) kg in 2016, plus a 2012 World silver and a 2018 Namuuntsetseg Tsogt Ochir of Mon-golia, Lucia - 2019 Pan American Games champion World bronze. She was also a 2010 Junior World Yepez Guzman of Ecuador, Seema of India, and - Five-time Pan American Championships champion. Sun has not competed in a major Sadijat Avorshai Idris of Nigeria wrap up the rest champion (‘13, ‘15, ‘18, ‘19, ‘21) international event since 2019. of this talented field. - 2018 and 2020 U.S. Open champion There are two recent World silver medalists in - 2018 Outstanding Ukrainian Memorial the draw, Sarah Hildebrandt of the United States champion and Emelia Vuc of Romania. Hildebrandt won her - Two-time WCWA national champion and World silver in 2018 at 53 kg, but did not medal four-time finalist for King Univ. at that weight in 2019. Hildebrandt dropped to 50 kg for her Olympic run, and qualified the USA Personal: Daughter of Nancy and Chris at the 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier right Hildebrandt… Has two brothers, Cory before the pandemic hit. In 2021, she won the and Drew, and one sister, Amy… Drew Henri Deglane in France and the Pan American Hildebrandt competes for Central Championships, then made the U.S. Olympic Team. Hildebrandt has excelled since making the Michigan Univ.... Hobbies include reading weight class change and enters with confidence. and playing video games… Vuc had her best performance with her 2019 Twitter: @sarhilde World silver medal at 50 kg, losing to Stadnik @sarhilde in the finals. She was also a 2017 World silver Instagram: medalist and has two Junior World medals on her resume. She secured the No. 2 seed. Vuc did not place at the 2016 Olympic Games. Photo by Tony Rotundo

themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 23 Men’s freestyle

Photo by Tony Rotundo

themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 24 Men’s freestyle roster

U.S. men’s freestyle roster 57 kg – Thomas Gilman (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) 74 kg – Kyle Dake (Ithaca, N.Y./Spartan Combat WC/Titan Mercury WC) 86 kg – David Taylor (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) 97 kg – Kyle Snyder (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) 125 kg – Gable Steveson (Apple Valley, Minn./Gopher WC RTC) U.S. Men’s Freestyle National Head Coach – , Colorado Springs, Colo. U.S. Manager of Men’s Freestyle Programs – Joe Russell, Colorado Springs, Colo. Personal coach - Cody Sanderson, State College, Pa. Personal coach - Mike Grey, Ithaca, N.Y. Personal coach - Casey Cunningham, State College, Pa. Personal coach - , State College, Pa. Personal coach - Brandon Eggum, Minneapolis, Minn. Training partner - Jordan Conaway, State College, Pa. Training partner - , Ithaca, N.Y. Training partner - , State College, Pa. Training partner - Kevin Snyder, State College, Pa. Training partner - Trevor Brandvold, Minneapolis, Minn. Team Leader – Jamie Dinan, New York, N.Y.

Support Staff Executive Director - Rich Bender, Colorado Springs, Colo. High Performance Manager - Cody Bickley, Colorado Springs, Colo. National Teams Manager - Jaimie McNab, Colorado Springs, Colo. Medical – Dr. Jason Holm, Edina, Minn. Medical – Eitan Gelber, San Jose, Calif. Medical – Corey James, Colorado Springs, Colo. Medical – Shelby Hoppis, Easton, Pa. Chiropractor - Fred Roberto, Marietta, Ga. Chiropractor - Rosie Main, Boise, Idaho Massage - Cyrus Poitier, Berkeley, Calif. Massage - Michael Berkal, Greenwich, N.Y. Dietitian - Rob Skinner, Colorado Springs, Colo. Strengh and Conditioning - Mason Walters, Colorado Springs, Colo. Communications - Gary Abbott, Colorado Springs, Colo. Communications – Taylor Miller, Colorado Springs, Colo. Translator - Tadaaki Hatta, Elyria, Ohio Referee – Sam Julian, Schuylkill, Pa. Referee – Casey Goessl, Medford, Wisc.

themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 25 EXPECTED FIELD - FS

57 kg/125.5 lbs. 86 kg/189 lbs. 2019 World champion – Russia (Zavur Uguev) 2019 World champion – Iran (Hassan Yazdanicharati) 2019 World silver medalist – Turkey (Suleyman Atli) 2019 World silver medalist – India (Deepak Punia) 2019 World bronze medalist – Kazakhstan (Nurislam Sanayev) 2019 World bronze medalist – (Stefan Reichmuth) 2019 World bronze medalist – India (Kumar Ravi) 2019 World bronze medalist – Russia () 2019 World fifth place – Serbia (Stevan Micic) 2019 World fifth place – Colombia (Carlos Izquierdo Mendez) 2019 World fifth place –Iran (Reza Ahmadali Atrinagharchi) 2019 World fifth place – San Marino () 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion – United States (Thomas Gilman) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion – United States (David Taylor) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Colombia (Oscar Tigeros Urbano) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Peru (Pool Ambrocio Greifo) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier champion – Armenia (Arsen Harutyunyan) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier champion – Belarus (Ali Shabanou) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Bulgaria (Georgi Vangelov) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Turkey (Osman Gocen) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion –Guinea-Bissau (Diamantino Iuna 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion – Nigeria (Ekerekeme Agiomor) Fafe) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Algeria (Fateh Benferdjallah) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Algeria (Abdelhak Kherbache) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion – Uzbekistan (Javrail Shapiev) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion – Uzbekistan (Gulomjon Abdullaev) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up – China (Zushen Lin) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up – China (Minghu Liu) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion – Japan (Sohsuke Takatani) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion – Japan (Yuki Takahashi) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up – (Boris Makoev) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up – Mongolia (Bekhbayar Erdenbat) 97 kg/213.75 lbs. 65 kg/143 lbs. 2019 World champion – Russia () 2019 World champion – Russia (Gadzhimurad Rashidov) 2019 World silver medalist – Azerbaijan () 2019 World silver medalist – Kazakhstan (Daulet Niyazbekov) 2019 World bronze medalist – United States (Kyle Snyder) 2019 World bronze medalist – India (Bajrang) 2019 World bronze medalist – (Magomedgadji Nurov) 2019 World bronze medalist – Hungary (Iszmail Muszukajev) 2019 World fifth place – Georgia (Elizbar Odikadze) 2019 World fifth place – Japan () 2019 World fifth place –Kazakhstan (Alisher Yergali) 2019 World fifth place – Mongolia (Tulga Tumur Ochir) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion – Cuba (Reineris Salas Perez) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion – Cuba (Alejandro Valdes Tobier) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Canada (Jordan Steen) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Argentina (Agustin Destribats) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier champion –Belarus (Aliaksandr Hushtyn) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier champion – Armenia (Vazgen Tevanyan) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Turkey (Suleyman Karadeniz) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Azerbaijan (Haji Aliev) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion – Tunisia (Mohamed Saadaoui) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion – (Adama Diatta) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Algeria (Mohammed Fardj) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up –Tunisia (Haithem Dakhlaoui) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion – Iran (Mohammadhossein Mohammadian) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion – Kyrgyzstan (Emazar Akhmataliev) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Uzbekistan (Magomed Ibragimov) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Iran (Amirmohammad Yasdanicherati) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion – Italy (Abraham Conyedo Ruano) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion – Poland (Magomedmurad 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up – Romania () Gadzhiev) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up – Greece (Georgios Pilidis) 125 kg/275 lbs. 2019 World champion – Georgia (Geno Petriashvili) 74 kg/163 lbs. 2019 World silver medalist – Turkey (Taha Akgul) 2019 World champion – Russia () 2019 World bronze medalist – Ukraine (Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi) 2019 World silver medalist – Italy ( Marquez) 2019 World bronze medalist – China (Zhiwei Deng) 2019 World bronze medalist – United States (Kyle Dake)** 2019 World fifth place – Kosova (Egzon Shala) 2019 World bronze medalist – Kazakhstan () 2019 World fifth place – Iran (Yadollah Mohebi) 2019 World fifth place – Japan (Mao Okui) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion – United States (Gable Steveson)** 2019 World sixth place – Poland (Kamil Rybicki) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Canada (Amarveer Dhesi) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier champion – Cuba (Jeandry Garzon Caballero) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier champion – Belarus (Dzianis Khramiankou) 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Puerto Rico (Franklin Gomez 2021 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Germany (Gennadj Cudinovic) Matos) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion – Egypt (Diaaeldin Gouda 2021 European Olympic Qualifier champion – Georgia (Avtandil Kentchadze) Abdelmottaleb) 2021 European Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Azerbaijan (Khdazhimurad Gadzhiyev) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Algeria (Djahid Berrahal) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion – Egypt (Amr Reda Ramadan 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion – Kazakhstan (Yusup Batirmurzaev) Hussen) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Mongolia (Lkhagvagerel Munkhtur) 2021 African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Guinea-Bissau (Augusto 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion – Russia (Sergei Kozyrev) Midana) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up – India (Sumit Sumit) 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier champion – Iran (Yones Emamichoghaei) ** - Winner of U.S. Olympic Team Trials who did not qualify the weight 2021 Asian Olympic Qualifier runner-up – Uzbekistan () 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion – Belarus (Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov) 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier runner-up – Ukraine (Vasyl Mykhailov)

themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 26 57 KG FS - AUGUST 4-5

Two-time World champ Uguev favored The road to the 57 kg Olympic crown will be a tough one for any athlete as all four medalists from the 2019 World Championships will be in the field, including two-time defending World champion Zavur Uguev of Russia, who will enter Tokyo as the No. 2 seed. In addition to his two-consecutive World titles, Uguev added an Individual World Cup gold medal to his resume last December, outscoring his competition 45-1. In his last 15 international appearances, Uguev collected 12 gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze. The other 2019 World medalists in the mix are THOMAS GILMAN silver medalist and No. 2 seed Suleyman Atli Residence: State College, Pa. of Turkey, bronze medalist and No. 4 seed Ravi RTC: Nittany Lion WC Kumar of India and bronze medalist Nurislam Club: Titan Mercury WC Sanayev of Kazakhstan. Coach: Cody Sanderson Leading into his second-straight Olympic Games, Photo by Tony Rotundo College: Atli collected two World medals this quad with a 2018 World bronze in addition to his 2019 Qualifier in Sofia in May and later defeated 2016 High School: Omaha, Neb. Olympic silver medalist Rei Higuchi in a wrestle- (Skutt Catholic) finals run. Atli, who was a 2013 Junior World champion, heads into Tokyo fresh off a European off. Born: May 28, 1994 (27 years old) Championships gold-medal performance. Gilman represented the U.S. at the 2017 and Past Olympics: None Kumar shook up the 57 kg field in 2019 in his 2018 World Championships. In his World debut, Past Sr. Worlds: 2nd (2017), 5th (2018) he secured the silver medal, and in 2018, he No. 18 Senior World debut, defeating 2017 World UWW World Rank: champion Yuki Takahashi en route to a bronze advanced to a medal match, but lost for a fifth- medal, securing a spot in the Olympic Games and place finish. For the World Team spot in 2019, Career Highlights the No. 4 seed. Though it was his Senior debut, Gilman fell to rising star for a chance to - 2020 Olympian his performance was not much of a surprise as compete in Nur-Sultan. Months later at the 2020 - World silver medalist (2017) he is also a Junior and U23 World silver medalist. Pan American Olympic Qualifier, Gilman beat - Junior World bronze medalist (2014) He most recently won the Asian Championships out U23 World champion Ortega in April. of Cuba to earn a quota spot for the USA. In the - Two-time Senior World Team member Olympic Trials, Gilman secured his spot on the (2017, 18) Kazakhstan’s Sanayev is a two-time World Olympic Team, defeating 2019 Junior World silver - Two-time Junior World Team member medalist, winning silver in 2018 and a bronze medalist Vitali Arujau in the Olympic Trials finals. in 2019 at the weight. He’s been on a roll (2013, 14) Erdenebat heads into his second Olympic Games - Cadet World Team member (2011) lately, winning two pre-Olympic tournaments, including the Matteo Pellicone and the Dan with a 2017 World bronze medal and a seventh- - Grand Prix of champion (2017) Kolov International. He heads into his second- place finish at the 2019 World Championships. - Yasar Dogu champion (2018) consecutive Olympics, taking 12th at the Rio Prior to this quad, Erdenebat was a 2015 World - Three-time NCAA All-American for Iowa Games in 2016. Sanayev competed for Russia bronze medalist and a 2012 Junior World (2015-17) from 2012 through 2013 before switching his champion. - Big Ten champion (2017) nationality to Kazakhstan. He holds the No. 5 Holding the No. 1 seed at 57 kg is American-born - Four-time high school state champion ranking in the world. Stevan Micic, who will represent Serbia. He In addition to the 2019 World medalists in earned his spot in Tokyo by way of a fifth-place finish at the 2019 World Championships. Since Personal: Son of Patrick and Cheri the field, there are also three other medalists from the quad, who are expected to compete, he began representing Serbia in 2018, the Gilman… two siblings, Joseph and wrestler has been a medal Claire… Married to Melissa Gilman since including 2017 World champion Yuki Takahashi (Japan), 2017 World silver medalist Thomas contender at every international appearance. He 2020... Gilman (USA) and 2017 World bronze medalist has collected two bronze medals at the European Bekhbayar Erdenebat (Mongolia). Championships as well as a silver medal at the @thomasgilmanusa 2019 European Games. Micic also owns two Twitter: Takahashi’s win in 2017 made him the first World Instagram: @thomasgilmanusa Ranking Series gold medals. His international gold medalist in freestyle since 1981. He followed success dates back to 2015, when he earned a it up with a bronze-medal win at Junior World bronze medal, competing for the the 2018 World Championships. To qualify for USA. the Tokyo Games, Takahashi won the World

themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 27 86 KG FS - AUGUST 4-5

Taylor, Yazdani rematch imminent This weight class features a highly anticipated potential rematch between the two favored athletes at the weight, Hassan Yazdanicharati of Qualifiers Ali Shabanov of Belarus and Sohsuke Iran and David Taylor of the United States. Takatani of Japan have earned World medals weight classes other than 86 kg. Shabanov’s No. 1 seed Yazdanicharati is a returning most recent medal was bronze at 79 kg from Olympic champion, winning gold at 74 kg at the 2018 World Championships. He also the 2016 Rio Games. In 2017, he bumped up recorded bronze medals at 74 kg in 2013 and to 86 kg, where he has remained throughout 2017 as well as at 70 kg in 2014. Sohsuke, who the quad, claiming World titles in 2017 and has competed at four different weight classes 2019. The one person who kept Yazdani from this quad, is a 2014 World silver medalist at 74 the crown in 2018 was Taylor. The two met up kg. in the first round of the World Championships with the American emerging victorious with a Holding the No. 4 seed is American-born Myles DAVID TAYLOR decisive 11-6 win. Amine, who will be the first Olympic wrestling Residence: State College, Pa. representative for San Marino, a small country RTC: Nittany Lion WC Taylor went on to win gold in his first and only in . Amine finished fifth at the 2019 Club: Titan Mercury WC World Championships appearance and was World Championships to earn the Olympic Coach: Casey Cunningham named UWW’s Men’s Freestyle Wrestler of bid for San Marino. A multiple-time All- College: Penn State the Year. In 2019, Taylor suffered a season- American for the University of Michigan, Amine ending injury, which ultimately kept him out High School: St. Paris, Ohio (Graham) produced podium finishes at the European of the 2019 Worlds. Taylor’s comeback began Championships, including silver in 2020 and Born: Dec. 5, 1990 (30 years old) in 2020 when he earned gold at the Pan bronze in 2021. Past Olympics: None American Olympic Qualifier to qualify the USA Past Sr. Worlds: 1st (2018) for the Tokyo Games. Taylor enters the Games Others in the field are 2019 World fifth-place UWW World Ranking: Not ranked unseeded, so we could see a matchup with finisher Carlos Izquierdo Mendez of Colombia, Yazdani at any time. Pan American Olympic Qualifier runner-up Pool Career Highlights Ambrocio Greifo of Peru, European Olympic - 2020 Olympian The field features four athletes, who Qualifier runner-up Osman Gocen of Turkey, - 2018 World champion have earned a Senior World medal at 86 Asian Olympic Qualifer champion and runner- kg, including three from the 2019 World up Javrail Shapiev of Uzbekistan and Zushen Lin - Three-time U.S. Open champion (2015, Championships. of China and African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier 2017, 2018) champion and runner-up Ekerekeme Agiomor - 2017 and 2018 World Cup champion 2019 runner-up Deepak Punia has put together of Nigeria and Fateh Benferdjallah of Algeria. - 2018 Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix champion an already-impressive career at just 22 years (Russia) old with Cadet and Junior World gold medals in - Three-time Pan American champion (‘18, addition to his Senior World silver. He’ll head to ‘19, ‘21) his first Olympic Games as the No. 2 seed. - Third in 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Both 2019 bronze winners, Artur Naifonov of - Third in 2013 World University Games Russia and Stefan Reichmuth of Switzerland - Two-time NCAA champion for Penn State are expected to compete. Naifonov, who will (2012, 2014) be the No. 3 seed, is also a 2017 Junior World - Two-time recipient, as champion and 2018 U23 World silver medalist. nation’s best college wrestler (2012, 2014) Reichmuth’s 2019 medal performance earned - 2018 United World Wrestling Freestyle Switzerland its first Olympic wrestling bid since Wrestler of the Year 2012 and first men’s freestyle spot since 2008. - Four-time high school state champion The other past 86 kg medalist is Boris Makoev, who represents Slovakia. Originally from Russia, Personal: Son of David and Kathy Taylor… Makoev has competed at the last three World Has one sister, Alex… Married to Kendra Championships for Slovakia, with his best finish Kennedy… Has one daughter, London, with coming at the 2017 Worlds, where he collected another on the way… silver. Makoev qualified for the Games with a runner-up finish at the World Olympic Qualifier in May. Photo by Tony Rotundo Twitter: @magicman_psu Instagram: @magicman_psu

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Dake prepared to enter lion’s den The 74 kg bracket is loaded with talent, including a new face to weight class, two-time World champion at 79 kg Kyle Dake, who looks to disrupt the stronghold of Zaurbek Sidakov from Russia, who is the two-time reigning World champion at the weight.

USA’s Dake has already made waves this year, besting 2012 Olympic champion and four-time World champion Jordan Burroughs in a best-of-three finals series at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in April. Burroughs had been the U.S. representative at 74 kg for every World Championships and Olympic Games since 2011. In addition to his two World titles at 79 kg, Dake is a 2021 Pan American champion and owns Ranking Series gold medals from the 2018 Yasar Dogu and 2020 Matteo KYLE DAKE Pellicone. Residence: Ithaca, N.Y. In order to take the throne, Dake, who is unseeded, will RTC: Spartan Combat RTC likely have to go through either Sidakov or two-time Club: Titan Mercury WC World champion in different weight classes Frank Coach: Mike Grey Chamizo of Italy. Dake has a win over Chamizo at a Photo by Tony Rotundo special event card put on by FloWrestling in 2020. College: Cornell University (2009-2013) Like Garzon, he enters his second Olympic Games and High School: Lansing, N.Y. (Lansing High) Sidakov, who was the 2019 European Games champion, placed fifth at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Born: Feb. 25, 1991 (30 years old) will hold the No. 3 seed in Japan. In addition to his Abdurakhmanov’s NLWC teammate and 2011 World Past Olympics: None World titles, he boasts two gold medals and two silver medals from the prestigious Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix. silver medalist Franklin Gomez of Puerto Rico is also Past Sr. Worlds: 1st (2018), 1st (2019) His most recent event was the 2021 City of Sassari expected to compete in Tokyo. This will mark his third UWW World Ranking: No. 19 Tournament in June, where he won gold. Olympic Games. He was ninth at the Rio Games and 15th at the London Games. Gomez is the first wrestler from his country to qualify for three Olympics. Career Highlights Entering Tokyo as the No. 1 seed, Chamizo won World titles in 2015 at 65 kg and 2017 at 70 kg. In 2018, -2020 Olympian Chamizo began competing at 74 kg. At the Worlds Avtandil Kentchadze of Georgia looks to bounce back -Two-time World champion (‘18, ‘19) that year, he took fifth, but managed a podium finish from his 2019 Worlds performance, where he finished -Two-time Final X champion (2018, 2019) at the 2019 World Championships with a silver-medal 33rd. We know he is a podium threat because in 2018, - 2021 Pan American champion performance. In the 2019 finals, Chamizo fell to Sidakov, he collected a Senior World silver medal as well as a 5-2. Next month, he’ll wrestle in his second Olympic U23 World gold medal. -2018 World Cup champion Games, winning bronze at the 2016 Games in Rio de -2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up Janeiro. Others in the field include 2019 World fifth-place -Two-time U.S Open champion (‘16, ‘18) finishers Keisuke Otoguro of Japan and Kamil Rybicki of Poland, 2021 European Olympic Qualifier runner- -2018 Yasar Dogu International champion Alongside Dake, Sidakov and Chamizo, there are six other World medalists in the mix including No. 2 seed up Khadzhimurad Gadzhiyevof Azerbaijan, 2021 -Four-time NCAA champion for Cornell and 2019 World bronze winner Daniyar Kaisanov of African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion and (2010-13) Kazakhstan as well as No. 4 seed and 2016 World runner-up Amr Reda Ramadan Hussein of Egypt and -First to win four NCAA Div. I titles in four bronze medalist at 70 kg Mostafa Hosseinkhani from of Guinea-Bissau, and 2021 World Olympic Games Qualifier champion and runner-up different weight classes Iran. Since his medal performance in his home country, Kaisanov has produce four medal finishes at major Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov of Belarus and Vasyl -2013 Dan Hodge Trophy recipient, as international events, including a gold at the 2021 Asian Mykhailov of Ukraine. nation’s top college wrestler Championships. Hosseinkhani most recently earned a -Two-time New York state high school gold medal at the 2021 Poland Open. champion Multiple-time World medalists Jeandry Garzon Caballero of Cuba and Bekzod Abdurakhmanov of Personal: Son of Doug and Jodi Dake… Has Uzbekistan are in the hunt. two siblings, Corey and Kristin… married to Garzon has four World medals, including one silver Megan Dake since December 2016… Has and three bronzes, with his most recent being a two daughters, EllaJo and Emilia… bronze from the 2010 World Championships which was his last World appearance until 2019. He also Twitter: @kyledake444 tallied a fifth-place finish at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Abdurakhmanov, who trains at the Nittany Lion Instagram: @kyledake444 Wrestling Club, won bronze at 74 kg in 2018 and a Website: www.kyledake.com/ bronze in 2014 at 70 kg.

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Young talents threaten Petriashvili, Akgul Since 2014, the heavyweight bracket has been won by either Geno Petriashvili of Georgia or Taha Akgul of Turkey. They will be on opposite sides of the bracket in Tokyo with Petriashvili holding the No. 1 seed and Akgul entering as the No. 3 seed. Petriashvili is the three-time reigning World champion, winning gold in 2017, 2018 and 2019. He also picked up bronze medals at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships as well as a bronze in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Additionally, he was a 2017 U23 World champion and 2013 Junior World champion. Entering his third Olympic Games, Akgul is the returning Olympic champion with a gold-medal performance GABLE STEVESON in Rio. It was his third-straight gold after winning Hometown: Apple Valley, Minn. World titles in 2014 and 2015. Since then, he earned RTC: Gopher WC RTC silver medals at the 2017 and 2019 Worlds, falling to Petriashvili in tight bouts, 10-8 and 6-6, respectively. College: Minnesota Akgul’s resume also includes a bronze from the 2013 Brandon Eggum Coach: World Championships. Photo by Tony Rotundo High school: Apple Valley, Minn. (Apple In a good position to make some waves at the weight Coming in as the No. 2 seed is Yusup Batirmurzaev Valley HS) is Gable Steveson of the United States, who will of Kazakhstan, who qualified for the Games with a Born: May 31, 2000 (21 years old) compete at his first Olympics at just 21 years old. To championship performance at the 2021 Asian Olympic None make the U.S. Olympic Team, he dominated two-time Qualifier in the Spring. This will be his first Senior world- Past Olympics: Senior World bronze medalist with Past Sr. Worlds: None level event. He has competed three times at the U23 back-to-back technical falls. While he hasn’t competed World Championships, earning bronze in 2019. He This UWW World Ranking: Not ranked much at the Senior-level internationally, Steveson has year he has collected three other international medals some major international credentials at younger age- in addition to his Asian Qualifier gold, including silver at Career highlights groups, including 2015 and 2016 Cadet World titles as the Matteo Pellicone and bronzes at the Poland Open well as a 2017 Junior World gold. At the Pan American and Ali Aliev Tournament. - 2020 Olympian Championships earlier this year, Steveson sailed through - 2017 Junior World champion the field to win the bracket. Currently, Steveson wrestles There will be another athlete with U.S. ties competing - Two-time Cadet World champion at the University of Minnesota, where he won the 2021 in Tokyo. Amarveer Dhesi, who competed for NCAA title at heavyweight. He will enter the tournament State, will represent his home country Canada at (2015, 2016) unseeded, which is a problem for the rest of the field. heavyweight. Ranked No. 8 in the world, Dhesi - 2019 Final X runner-up qualified Canada for the Olympics with a silver-medal Another youngster in the mix is 21-year-old Amir - 2019 Bill Farrell International champion performance at the 2020 Pan American Olympic Hossein Zare from Iran, who, like Steveson, has an Qualifier. He has a solid international resume with a - Two-time Junior World Team member impressive resume at the younger age groups, including 2014 Junior World gold medal, and most recently, he (‘17, ‘18) golds at the 2018 Cadet Worlds and 2019 U23 Worlds won gold at the 2021 Matteo Pellicone International, a as well as a silver medal from the 2019 Junior Worlds. UWW Ranking Series event. - Two-time Cadet World Team member Most recently, he earned gold at the Poland Open. (15, ‘16) Bringing a lot of age-group success to the weight class is Both 2019 World bronze medalists, Oleksandr Dzinis Khramiankou of Belarus, who is a two-time U23 - 2021 NCAA champion Khotsianivskyi of Ukraine and Zhiwei Deng of China, are - 2021 Hodge trophy co-winner World medalist, claiming silver in 2017 and bronze in expected to compete in Tokyo. 2019, and a two-time Junior World medalist, earning - Four-time high school state champion Khotsianivskyi is entering his second Olympic Games silver and bronze in 2015 and 2016, respectively. To win with his first appearance at the 2012 London Games, those medals, he competed at 97 kg. For the Olympic Twitter: @GableSteveson where he finished 13th. Since then he has competed in year, Khramiankou bumped up to 125 kg, winning the gablesteveson only three World Championships, and his only medal European Olympic Qualifier and picking up a bronze Instagram: came in 2019. Because of that performance, he will go medal at the 2020 Individual World Cup. into Tokyo as the No. 4 seed. Others competing at the weight include World fifth- At the conclusion of the 2019 World Championships, place finisher Egzon Shala of , European Olympic Deng earned a fifth-place finish; however, Rakhimov Qualifier runner-up Gennadj Cudinovic of Germany, Khasanboy of Uzbekistan, who claimed the bronze over African/Oceania Olympic Qualifier champion and Deng, tested positive for a banned substance and was runner-up Diaaeldin Gouda Abdelmottaleb of Egypt stripped of his medal, which was handed over to Deng. and Djahid Berrahal of Algeria, Asian Olympic Qualifier It adds to Deng’s 2018 World silver medal. This will be runner-up Lkhagvagerel Munkhtur of Mongolia, his second Olympic Games after a 13th-place finish in and World Olympic Games Qualifier champion and Rio. Deng’s most recent competition was at the 2019 runner-up Sergei Kozyrev of Russia and Aiaal Lazarev World Military Games, where he picked up a bronze of Kyrgyzstan. medal.

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Three Olympic champs headline field The 97 kg weight class has the potential for Notable in the field is three-time World a clash of titans as 2016 Olympic champions medalist Reineris Salas Perez, who has not Kyle Snyder of USA and Abdulrashid Sadulaev competed at a World-level event since the of Russia are situated on opposite sides of the 2017 World Championships. Salas Perez earned bracket, with Sadulaev as the No. 1 seed and back-to-back silver medals at the 2013 and Snyder as the No. 2, which could set us up for 2014 World Championships, which was the last an exciting finals match. time he made the podium. He also won bronze at the 2010 Worlds. This will be his second The two have gone head-to-head in two of the Olympics. In 2016, he took fifth in Rio. last three World Championships, splitting the wins. In 2017, Snyder defeated Sadulaev for Other medalists expected to compete are gold with a tight 6-5 victory. A year later, it was Elizbar Odikadze of Georgia, Abraham Conyedo Sadulaev who was crowned champ with a pin Ruano of Italy and Mohammadhossein KYLE SNYDER over Snyder. The Russian also claimed the 2019 Mohammadian of Iran. Odikadze won bronze at World title, while Snyder finished with bronze. the 2018 World Championships as did Conyedo Residence: State College, Pa. They did not get a chance to meet in the 2019 Ruano. That is the only medal for both athletes. RTC: Nittany Lion WC tournament. Overall, Snyder owns two World Mohammadian picked up a bronze medal at 86 Club: Titan Mercury WC titles (2015, 2017) and an Olympic gold at 97 kg in the 2014 World Championships. Coach: Cael Sanderson kg, and Sadulaev has an Olympic gold at 86 kg College: Ohio State University (2018) and two World titles at 86 kg (2014, 2015) in Alisher Yergali of Kazakhstan holds the No. 4 High School: Our Lady of Good Counsel, Md.; addition to his 2018 and 2019 golds at 97 kg. seed at the weight. He finished fifth at the 2019 Coronado HS, Colo. Worlds to qualify for Tokyo. Since then, he has Born: Nov. 20, 1995 (25 years old) The pair are joined by a third Olympic picked up podium finishes at the 2021 and Past Olympics: 1st (2016) champion Sharif Sharifov of Azerbaijan, 2021 Asian Championships, bronze and silver, Past Sr. Worlds: 1st (2015), 1st (2017), 2nd who won the 84 kg title at the 2012 London respectively. (2018), 3rd (2019) Olympics. Sharifov is entering his third- consecutive Olympics and seeking his third- Others expected to compete are 2020 Pan UWW World Ranking: No. 2 straight medal. In 2016, he snagged bronze American Olympic Qualifier runner-up Jordan at 86 kg. Also a 2011 World champion at the Steen of Canada; 2021 European Olympic Career Highlights weight class below, Sharifov moved up to the Qualifier champion and runner up Aliaksandr - Two-time Olympian (‘16, 2’0) non-Olympic weight, 92 kg, in 2018 before Hushtyn of Belarus and Suleyman Karadeniz - Olympic gold medalist (‘16) bumping up once again in 2019 to 97 kg. of Turkey; and 2021 African/Oceania Olympic - Two-time World champion (‘15, ‘17) Sharifov defeated Snyder in the semifinals in Qualifier champion and runner-up Mohamed - 2018 World silver medalist 2019, sending him to the finals, where he fell to Saadaoui of Tunisia and Mohammed Fardj of - 2019 World bronze medalist Sadulaev for silver. His most recent result at the Algeria. - Junior World Champion (‘13) weight is a gold-medal finish at the 2021 Yasar - Junior World bronze medalist (‘14) Dogu in June. - Two-time Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix champion Both 2016 Olympic bronze medalists at 97 kg (‘17, ‘18) return to the world’s biggest stage, including - Four-time Pan American Championships gold Albert Saritov of Romania and Magomed medalist (‘15, ‘17, ‘19, ‘21) Ibragimov of Uzbekistan. Both athletes are - Two-time Pan Am Games champion (‘15, ‘19) originally from Russia. Saritov began competing - Three-time NCAA champion for Ohio State for Romania in 2016. Prior to that, he was a (2016-18) 2011 Senior World bronze medalist for Russia. - Three-time Maryland high school state Saritov earned the Tokyo bid with a runner-up champion finish at the World Olympic Qualifier in May. Ibragimov began representing Uzbekistan in 2016. He earned a spot in Tokyo with a silver Personal: Son of Tricia and Steve Snyder… medal at the European Olympic Qualifier. has one sister, Megan, and two brother, Steve and Kevin… married to Maddie Pack… In addition to the big names already mentioned, there are multiple World medalists Twitter: @Snyder_man45 at the weight, including Magomed Nurov of Instagram: @snyderman45 Macedonia, who was the other 2019 World Photo by Tony Rotundo Website: TheRudis.com bronze winner. He will be the No. 4 seed in Tokyo.

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Multiple World champs and medalists primed

NO TEAM USA ENTRY Hungary, who claimed his first Senior World medal in his 2019 Senior World debut. Muszukajev is originally The 65 kg field features multiple World champions and from Russia and wrestled for his home country up until Olympic medalists, the No. 1 seed and defending World 2018. He owns a silver medal from the 2013 Junior World champion Gadzhimurad Rashidov of Russia. In addition Championships, competing for Russia. to his 2019 World title, Rashidov also owns a pair of World silver medals from the 2017 and 2018 World Similar to Muszukajev, Magomedmurad of Poland is Championships at 61 kg. originally from Russia and began competing for Poland in 2014. Magomedmurad was a 2016 Olympian, finishing 16th Looking to challenge Rashidov is three-time World in Rio. He made his way onto the podium in 2018 with a champion at 61 kg and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Haji silver-medal finish at 65 and again in 2019 with a bronze- Aliev of Azerbaijan, who heads into Tokyo unseeded. In fact, medal performance at 70 kg. the two met in the 2017 World finals with Aliev emerging victorious, but Rashidov got back the win in the 2019 World Representing Cuba is two-time World bronze medalist Championships, when the two went head-to head in the Valdes, who secured his medals in 2017 and 2018. He first round. Since 2018, Aliev has been at the 65 kg weight produced a gold medal at the Pan American Olympic class but has yet to secure a World medal, despite winning Qualifier to earn a bid to Tokyo, which will mark his second two gold medals. In December, Olympics as he was seventh at the Rio Games. Aliev competed at the Individual World Cup, where he finished with a bronze. The Pan Am countries will have one other rep in Tokyo as Agustin Destribats became the first male wrestler since Another World champion in the mix is Takuto Otoguro, 1996 to qualify Argentina for the Games with a signature who won the crown in 2018 to become the youngest win over USA’s in the Pan Am Olympic freestyle wrestler in Japan’s history to win a World title, Qualifier to keep the U.S. from qualifying. defeating of India in the finals. Otoguro also outlasted Bajrang in the 2020 and 2021 finals of the Asian Championships.

Several other World medalists are expected to compete in Tokyo, including 2019 silver medalist Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan, 2019 bronze medalist Bajrang Punia of India and 2019 bronze medalist Ismail Muszukajev of Hungary as well as two-time World medalists Alejandro Vales Tobier of Cuba and Gadzhimurad Magomedmurad of Poland.

Bajrang heads into Tokyo as the No. 2 seed with two World medals under his belt from this quad. In 2018, he landed his first Senior World medal with a silver and followed it up in 2019 with bronze.

Niyazbekov will sit opposite of Bajrang on the lower side of the bracket as the No. 3 seed. Tokyo will mark Niyazbekov’s second Olympic Games as he took fifth at the 2012 Games in London. Including his 2019 World silver, Niyazbekov also won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships, which was his Senior World debut. Photo by Tony Rotundo Seeded fourth at the Games is Muzukajev representing

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MATT LINDLAND HERB HOUSE NATIONAL GRECO-ROMAN HEAD COACH OLYMPIC COACH

Matt Lindland has been head of the nation’s elite Greco- Herb House, who was named the 2017 USA Wrestling Roman athletes since May 2014. Shortly after taking over, Greco-Roman Coach of the Year, is the assigned Greco- he coached Andy Bisek to a World bronze medal in 2014, Roman coach For Tokyo. giving U.S. Greco its first World or Olympic medal since 2009. A year later, Bisek repeated his bronze-winning One of the most respected and active Greco coaches on performance. In 2018, Lindland coached another Senior the scene, House served as an official U.S. World Team athlete to the podium, helping to a silver medal Coach for the 2017 World Championships in Paris. He has after an incredible run to the finals. also served on the staff for Team USA as a volunteer coach at other major events, including the 2015 and 2016 World Lindland has also played a crucial part in helping U.S. Championships and the 2016 Olympic Games. athletes to medal performances at the age-group level, including 2017 Cadet World champion Cohlton Schultz, who In addition to being a coach for the New York Athletic Club was the first American since 1997 to achieve the feat. and volunteering his time at the United States Olympic and Prior to being named the U.S. National Greco-Roman Paralympic Training Center, House is the personal coach to Coach, Lindland served as a World Team Coach for the 2013 rising Greco talents G’Angelo Hancock, a 2016 Junior World World Championships in , Hungary. He also served bronze medalist and 2020 Olympian; Kamal Bey, a 2017 as assistant coach for Clackamas CC and the University of Junior World champion; and Cohlton Schultz, a Cadet World . champion and two-time Junior World medalist.

As a competitor, Lindland won silver at the 2000 Olympic As an athlete, House was a successful Greco-Roman Games in , , and followed with a World wrestler, winning a Junior World bronze medal in 1992 and silver medal in 2001 at a new weight class. He also won a bronze at the 1993 Senior Pan American Championships. gold at the as well as the 1996 In 1997, he took fourth at the CISM Military World World Cup. Championships, competing for the U.S. Army WCAP program. Domestically, House won four University National titles, two Armed Forces titles and one U.S. Open.

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TERRY STEINER CLARISSA CHUN NATIONAL WOMEN’S FREESTYLE HEAD COACH NATIONAL WOMEN’S FREESTYLE ASSISTANT COACH

Entering his fifth Olympic Games, Terry Steiner was Clarissa Chun joined the USA Wrestling coaching staff as named USA Wrestling’s National Women’s Coach in 2002, the National Women’s Freestyle Assistant Coach in April becoming the first and only to hold the position. In 2004, of 2017 and has made a big impact right away. Serving Steiner led the first U.S. Women’s Freestyle Olympic Team alongside Steiner, Chun has helped the USA to 10 World in history to one silver and one bronze medal. Steiner and medals, including five gold, two silver and three bronzes. the U.S. added bronze medals at the 2008 Beijing Games and the 2012 London Games. He coached Helen Maroulis Prior to being hired at USA Wrestling, Chun had just to the first Olympic gold medal in U.S. women’s freestyle wrapped up her athletic career, which propelled her to history in 2016. becoming one of the biggest stars in the sport. She was also coached by Steiner. In 2003, all seven women’s freestylers won World medals at the World Championships in and took A two-time Olympian, she took fifth at the 2008 Beijing home a second-place team finish on tiebreaker after tying Games before battling her way onto the podium at the powerhouse Japan for first. 2012 London Games for a bronze medal, competing at 48 kg. Chun wrestled at five Senior World Championships, Under his guidance, U.S. women boasts 48 World medals, which included a gold-medal performance at the 2008 including 13 golds, 11 silvers and 23 bronzes. In this quad, Worlds in Tokyo. She also competed at the 2000, 2009, Steiner and team have collected 10 World medals with five 2011 and 2012 World Championships. golds. In 2019, the USA went 3-for-3 in its medal matches with Jacarra Winchester, Tamyra Mensah Stock and Adeline During her career, Chun won five U.S. Open titles. She was Gray each winning a gold medal. For Gray, it was her fifth a 2011 Pan American Games silver medalist and won four World title, making her the first athlete in USA Wrestling gold medals at the Pan American Championships. She was history, male or female, to win five World championships. a runner-up at four U.S. World Team Trials and three U.S. Opens, in a career which spanned 18 years competing at Previously, Steiner had worked as an assistant coach at the Senior level. Wisconsin and Oregon State.

As an athlete, Steiner was a 1993 NCAA champion for the Iowa and helped the Hawkeyes to three team titles in ’91, ’92 and ’93. He was also a multiple-time National Team member and 1996 Pan American champion.

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BILL ZADICK JOE RUSSELL NATIONAL MEN’S FREESTYLE HEAD COACH NATIONAL MANAGER OF FREESTYLE PROGRAMS

Bill Zadick has been at the helm of the U.S. Men’s Freestyle Joe Russell was brought on as USA Wrestling’s Manager of program for five years, taking over for Bruce Burnett after Freestyle Programs in May 2017, after previously serving the 2016 Olympics. In that short time, he has coached six as the head coach at George Mason University. One of the most beloved coaches in the country, Russell, alongside different athletes to eight World titles and led the U.S. team Zadick, has helped the USA to 17 Senior World medals, to a Men’s Freestyle World Team title in 2017, the first team including seven golds, and a World Team title. title for the USA since 1995. Additionally, he has collected 10 other World medals, including three silvers and seven Also working with younger age-groups, Russell played a bronzes. major role in the U.S.’s international success, highlighted by U23 World titles from Richie Lewis and , the only Zadick has been a part of the U.S. coaching staff since 2009, two Americans to accomplish the feat. when he started as Resident Coordinator and Assistant Prior to joining USA Wrestling, Russell had an extensive National Coach. He has since worked his way up the coaching background. In addition to his head coaching coaching ranks and is now head coach of some of the best job at GMU, Russell was a long-time assistant coach at his freestyle athletes in the world. Tokyo will mark his third alma mater, Minnesota. He was heavily involved with USA Olympic Games as a coach. In Rio as the Assistant National Wrestling throughout his career, earning coaching bids Coach, Zadick helped coach Kyle Snyder to an Olympic gold for the 1999 and 2013 Cadet Greco-Roman World Teams and J’den Cox to an Olympic bronze, and at the London as well as the 2002, 2004 and 2014 Junior Pan American games in 2012, he helped coach Jordan Burroughs and Jake teams. Varner to gold medals as well as and Tervel As a competitor, Russell wrestled collegiately for the Dlagnev to bronze medals. University of Minnesota from 1988 to 1992. He was named team captain during his senior year, on top of acquiring As an athlete, Zadick competed on the 2001 and 2006 Academic All-Big Ten honors. World Teams, winning a World title in 2006. He is the last American to win a World title at the weight. He was also an In 2007, Russell was awarded the Medal of courage by the NCAA Division I champion for Iowa in 1996. National Wrestling Hall of Fame, which is given to a wrestler or former wrestler has overcome what appear to be insurmountable challenges, providing inspiration to others. Earlier this year, Zadick was inducted into the National In 1985, Russell was partially paralyzed after suffering Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member, the a motorcycle accident. He recovered from the injuries highest honor. suffered in the accident to lead an inspiring life on and off the mat.

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JOHN BARDIS JIM BENNETT JAMIE DINAN GRECO-ROMAN TEAM LEADER WOMEN’S TEAM LEADER FREESTYLE TEAM LEADER John Bardis is a nationally recognized healthcare Jim Bennett grew up in Corry, and Jamie Dinan is the founder, chairman & CEO of executive with over 30 years of experience leading graduated from Corry Area High School where York Capital Management, one of the world’s most major healthcare companies in the U.S. Mr. Bardis he competed in cross country, and successful hedge funds. currently serves as the Chairman and CEO of wrestling, winning three state championships in ShareMD, a company in the healthcare space that two different sports. He won two PIAA Class A State The third of five children, Jamie was born in provides shared medical suites for physicians and Championships in the pole vault and the PIAA State Baltimore to a textile engineer father and health care professionals. He most recently served as Championship in wrestling. homemaker mother before later growing up in the Assistant Secretary for Administration at the Worcester, Mass. Though money was tight in his U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Jim graduated from Yale University in 1976 with youth, his parents focused their resources and efforts honors in economics and Russian Studies. As an on providing education for their children. In 2008 Bardis served as Team Leader of the U.S. athlete, he went 49-4, earning the 1975 NCAA DI title Olympic Wrestling Team and was Team Leader in the at 142 pounds as well as two All_America honors and From 1985 to 1991, Jamie worked at Kellner, DiLeo 2007 World Championships where Team USA won named to the All-Ivy Team four years in a row. He also the world team title for the first time in wrestling put together a top-8 finish at the 1980 Olympic Trials. & Co., where he became a partner and history. In 2012 Bardis served as a member of was responsible for investing in risk arbitrage and the distinguished Committee to Protect Olympic Jim has been elected to the Corry Sports Hall of special situation investments. From 1981 to 1983, he Wrestling (CPOW). In 2013 he was inducted into the Fame, the Erie County Pennsylvania Sports Hall of was a member of the investment banking group at National Wrestling Hall of Fame as an Outstanding Fame and the Pennsylvania State Wrestling Hall of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc. American. Fame. Jamie is currently the Vice Chair and Chairman Bardis also currently serves as the Chairman and As President of the Yale Wrestling Association he Emeritus at the Museum of the City of New York. Founder of Hire Heroes U.S.A. Mr. Bardis founded has sought to reinstate Yale varsity wrestling since it He serves on the board of directors of the Lincoln Hire Heroes U.S.A. in 2006. was dropped in 1991. Jim has been actively assisting Center for the Performing Arts and of the Hospital for wrestling programs at the youth, high school, college Special Surgery, the nation’s pre-eminent orthopedic In 1999 John Bardis founded MedAssets and national levels through various organizations. surgery hospital. Additionally, he is a U.S. Olympic (NASDAQ:MDAS), one of the leading public He has also supported women’s wrestling programs & Paralympic Foundation (USOPF) Trustee. He also healthcare performance improvement companies and was selected as the Team Leader for the USA sits on the Harvard Business School’s Board of Dean’s in the United States. He served for 15 years as its Women’s National Team ending with the Tokyo Advisors, the Board of Trustees of the University of Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Olympics. Pennsylvania, The Wharton Board of Advisors at the and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until he University of Pennsylvania and the Board of Trustees retired in 2015. After receiving an MBA from Harvard, Jim began his for The Rockefeller University. career in investment banking at Kidder, Peabody. Prior to that, he served impressive stints at TheraTX Thereafter, he has worked in the investment business Since his time as USA Wrestling Men’s Freestyle (92-97), Kinetic Concepts (87-92) and Baxter and was the founder and President of Bennett Team Leader, the U.S. has produced seven Senior International (84-87). Management, a registered investment advisor for World gold medals and 10 other World medals as 30 years that focused on investments in financially Mr. Bardis is married and has three children. He distressed companies and special situations. Since well as the Freestyle Team Title at the 2017 World and his wife Judy are actively involved in a variety of 2019, Jim has been the President of Granby Capital Championships. philanthropic endeavors, including Mully Children’s Management, a family office he founded to continue Family International (MCF), founded to manage investing in distress and special situations. Jamie and his wife Elizabeth Miller are the parents of residential homes for the feeding, care, education three children. He received a B.S. in Economics from and reintegration of orphaned children in . In Currently, Jim resides in New Canaan, CT with his The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania 2015 the Bardis’s completed executive production of wife, Amy. They have four children, J.C,, Brittany, Zoey and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. the documentary film entitled “Mully’’ to chronicle and Skylar. Both Jim and Amy are active in athletic the remarkable life works of Charles and Esther and educational philanthropy through the James and Mully. Amy Bennett Foundation.

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TWO-TIME OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS FIVE-TIME WORLD CHAMPIONS 2011 - Jordan Burroughs (163) Men’s Freestyle (3) Women’s freestyle (1) 2013 - Jordan Burroughs (163) (1904, 1908) Adeline Gray (2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019) 2015 - Jordan Burroughs (163) (1984, 1992) 2015 - Kyle Snyder (213) (1988, 1992) FOUR-TIME WORLD CHAMPIONS 2016 - (134) Men’s Freestyle (2) 2017 - Jordan Burroughs (163) OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS BY YEAR John Smith (1987, 1989, 1990, 1991) 2017 - Kyle Snyder (213) Men’s Freestyle (50) Jordan Burroughs (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) 2018 - Kyle Dake (174) 1904 - Robert Curry (105) 2018 - David Taylor (189) 1904 - George Mehnert (115) Women’s Freestyle (1) 2018 - J’den Cox (203) 1904 - Isador Niflot (125) Tricia Saunders (1992, 1996, 1998, 1999) 2019 - Kyle Dake (174) 1904 - Ben Bradshaw (135) 2019 - J’den Cox (203) 1904 - Otto Roehm (145) THREE-TIME WORLD CHAMPIONS 1904 - Charles Erikson (158) Men’s Freestyle (2) Greco-Roman (5) 1904 - Bernhulf Hansen (158) Lee Kemp (1978, 1979, 1982) 1985 - Mike Houck (198) 1908 - (132.5) Bruce Baumgartner (1986, 1993, 1995) 1995 - Dennis Hall (125.5) 1908 - George Mehnert (119) 2001 - Rulon Gardner (286) 1920 - (119) TWO-TIME WORLD CHAMPIONS 2002 - (286) 1924 - (134) Men’s Freestyle (6) 2006 - (132) 1924 - Russell Vis (145) (1985, 1987) 1924 - John Spellman (191.5) (1991, 1995) Women’s Freestyle (19) 1924 - Harry Steele (191.5+) Terry Brands (1993, 1995) 1992 - Tricia Saunders (110) 1928 - Allie Morrison (134) Kyle Snyder (2015, 2017) 1996 - Tricia Saunders (103) 1932 - Jack Van Bebber (158.5) Kyle Dake (2018, 2019) 1998 - Tricia Saunders (101) 1932 - Pete Mehringer (191.5) J’den Cox (2018, 2019) 1999 - Tricia Saunders (101) 1932 - Robert Pierce (123) 1999 - Sandra Bacher (149) 1936 - (158.5) Women’s Freestyle (2) 2000 - Kristie Davis (149) 1948 - (174) Kristie Davis (2000, 2003) 2003 - Kristie Davis (147) 1948 - Henry Wittenburg (191.5) Helen Maroulis (2015, 2017) 2005 - Iris Smith (158) 1952 - (160.5) 2008 - Clarissa Chun (105) 1960 - Terry McCann (125.5) WORLD CHAMPIONS BY YEAR 2012 - (138) 1960 - Shelby Wilson (147.5) Men’s Freestyle (46) 2012 - Adeline Gray (147) 1960 - Doug Blubaugh (160.5) 1969 - Rick Sanders (114.5) 2014 - Adeline Gray (165) 1972 - (149.5) 1969 - Fred Fozzard (180.5) 2015 - Helen Maroulis (121) 1972 - (163) 1970 - Wayne Wells (163) 2015 - Adeline Gray (165) 1972 - (198) 1971 - Dan Gable (149.5) 2017 - Helen Maroulis (128) 1976 - (180.5) 1973 - Lloyd Keaser (149.5) 2018 - Adeline Gray (167.5) 1984 - Bobby Weaver (105.5) 1977 - Stan Dziedzic (163) 2019 - Jacarra Winchester (121) 1984 - (136.5) 1978 - Lee Kemp (163) 2019 - Tamyra Mensah Stock (150) 1984 - Dave Schultz (163) 1979 - Lee Kemp (163) 2019 - Adeline Gray (167.5) 1984 - Mark Schultz (180.5) 1981 - Chris Campbell (180.5) 1984 - (198) 1982 - Lee Kemp (163) 1984 - (220) 1983 - Dave Schultz (163) 1984 - Bruce Baumgartner (286) 1985 - Mark Schultz (180.5) 1988 - John Smith (136.5) 1985 - (198) 1988 - (163) 1986 - Bruce Baumgartner (286) 1992 - John Smith (136.5) 1987 - John Smith (136.5) 1992 - Kevin Jackson (180.5) 1987 - Mark Schultz (180.5) 1992 - Bruce Baumgartner (286) 1989 - John Smith (136.5) 1996 - (125.5) 1989 - Kenny Monday (163) 1996 - (136.5) 1990 - John Smith (136.5) 1996 - (220) 1991 - (114.5) 2000 - (167.5) 1991 - John Smith (136.5) 2004 - Cael Sanderson (185) 1991 - Kevin Jackson (180.5) 2008 - (121) 1993 - Terry Brands (125.5) 2012 - Jordan Burroughs (163) 1993 - Tom Brands (136.5) 2012 - (211.5) 1993 - Melvin Douglas (198) 2016 - Kyle Snyder (213.75) 1993 - Bruce Baumgartner (286) 1995 - Terry Brands (125.5) Greco-Roman (3) 1995 - Kevin Jackson (180.5) 1984 - (198) 1995 - Kurt Angle (220) 1984 - (286) 1995 - Bruce Baumgartner (286) 2000 - Rulon Gardner (286) 1997 - Les Gutches (187.25) 1998 - Sammie Henson (119) Women’s Freestyle (1) 1999 - (286) 2016 - Helen Maroulis (116.5) 2006 - Bill Zadick (145.5)

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OLYMPIC MEDALS BY YEAR 1972 - John Peterson (silver, 180.5) Women’s Freestyle Men’s Freestyle 1972 - Chris Taylor (bronze, 220+) 2004 - Sara McMann (silver, 138) 1904 - Robert Curry (gold, 105) 1976 - John Peterson (gold, 180.5) 2004 - Patricia Miranda (bronze, 105) 1904 - George Mehnert (gold, 115) 1976 - Lloyd Keaser (silver, 149.5) 2008 - Randi Miller (bronze, 138) 1904 - Isador Niflot (gold, 125) 1976 - Ben Peterson (silver, 198) 2012 - Clarissa Chun (bronze, 105) 1904 - Ben Bradshaw (gold, 135) 1976 - Russ Hellickson (silver, 220) 2016 - Helen Maroulis (gold, 116.5) 1904 - Otto Roehm (gold, 145) 1976 - Gene Davis (bronze, 136.5) 1904 - Charles Erikson (gold, 158) 1976 - Stan Dziedzic (bronze, 163) WORLD MEDALS BY YEAR 1904 - Bernhulf Hansen (gold, 158+) 1984 - Bobby Weaver (gold, 105.5) Men’s Freestyle 1904 - John Hein (silver, 105) 1984 - Randy Lewis (gold, 136.5) 1962 - James Ferguson (bronze, 171.5) 1904 - Gustav Bauers (silver, 115) 1984 - Dave Schultz (gold, 163) 1962 - Daniel Brand (bronze, 213.5) 1904 - August Wester (silver, 125) 1984 - Mark Schultz (gold 180.5) 1963 - Greg Ruth (bronze, 154) 1904 - Theodore McLeer (silver, 135) 1984 - Ed Banach (gold, 198) 1965 - Larry Kristoff (bronze, heavyweight) 1904 - Rudolph Tessing (silver, 145) 1984 - Lou Banach (gold, 220) 1966 - (silver, 138.5) 1904 - William Beckman (silver 158) 1984 - Bruce Baumgartner (gold, 286) 1966 - Larry Kristoff (silver, heavyweight) 1904 - Frank Kungler (silver, 158+) 1984 - (silver, 125.5) 1966 - Rick Sanders (bronze, 114.5) 1904 - Gus Thiefebthaler (bronze, 105) 1984 - Andy Rein (silver, 149.5) 1967 - Rick Sanders (silver, 114.5) 1904 - William Nelson (bronze, 115) 1988 - John Smith (gold, 136.5) 1967 - Larry Kristoff (bronze, heavyweight) 1904 - ZB Strebler (bronze, 125) 1988 - Kenny Monday (gold, 163) 1967 - Mike Young (bronze, 136.5) 1904 - Charles Clapper (bronze, 135) 1988 - Bruce Baumgartner (silver, 286) 1969 - Rick Sanders (gold, 114.5) 1904 - Albert Zirkel (bronze, 145) 1988 - (bronze, 149.5) 1969 - Fred Fozzard (gold, 180.5) 1904 - Jerry Weinholz (bronze, 158) 1988 - Bill Scherr (bronze, 220) 1969 - Don Behm (silver, 125.5) 1904 - FC Warmbold (bronze, 158+) 1992 - John Smith (gold, 136.5) 1969 - Wayne Wells (silver, 163) 1908 - George Dole (gold, 132.5) 1992 - Kevin Jackson (gold, 180.5) 1969 - Larry Kristoff (silver, 220) 1908 - George Mehnert (gold, 119) 1992 - Bruce Baumgartner (gold, 286) 1969 - Hank Schenk (bronze, 198) 1920 - Charles Ackerly (gold, 119) 1992 - Zeke Jones (silver, 114.5) 1970 - Wayne Wells (gold, 163) 1920 - Samuel M. Gerson (silver, 119) 1992 - Kenny Monday (silver, 163) 1970 - Bill Harlow (silver, 198) 1920 - Nathanial Pendleton (silver, 176+) 1992 - Chris Campbell (bronze, 198) 1970 - Larry Kristoff (silver, 220) 1920 - Charles Johnson (bronze, 152) 1996 - Kendall Cross (gold, 125.5) 1970 - Michael Young (bronze, 136.5) 1920 - Walter Mauer (bronze, 176) 1996 - Tom Brands (gold, 136.5) 1970 - Bobby Douglas (bronze, 149.5) 1920 - Fred Meyer (bronze, 176+) 1996 - Kurt Angle (gold, 220) 1971 - Dan Gable (gold, 149.5) 1924 - Robin Reed (gold, 134) 1996 - Townsend Saunders (silver, 149.5) 1971 - Don Behm (silver, 125.5) 1924 - Russell Vis (gold, 145) 1996 - Bruce Baumgarnter (bronze, 286) 1971 - Russ Hellickson (bronze, 198) 1924 - John Spellman (gold, 191.5) 2000 - Brandon Slay (gold, 167.5) 1973 - Lloyd Keaser (gold, 149.5) 1924 - Harry Steele (gold, 191.5+) 2000 - Sammie Henson (silver, 119) 1973 - Ben Peterson (bronze, 198) 1924 - Chester Newton (silver, 134) 2000 - Terry Brands (bronze, 127.75) 1977 - Stan Dziedzic (gold, 163) 1924 - Bryan Hines (bronze, 123) 2000 - Lincoln McIlravy (bronze, 152) 1977 - Jim Humphrey (silver, 136.5) 1928 - Allie Morrison (gold, 134) 2004 - Cael Sanderson (gold, 185) 1977 - Jack Reinwand (bronze, 125.5) 1928 - Lloyd Appleton (silver, 158.5) 2004 - (silver, 121) 1978 - Lee Kemp (gold, 163) 1932 - Jack Van Bebber (gold, 158.5) 2004 - Jamill Kelly (silver, 145.5) 1978 - John Peterson (bronze, 198) 1932 - Pete Mehringer (gold, 191.5) 2008 - Henry Cejudo (gold, 121) 1979 - Lee Kemp (gold, 163) 1932 - Robert Pierce (gold, 123) 2012 - Jordan Burroughs (gold, 163) 1979 - Bob Weaver (silver, 105.5) 1932 - Edgar Nemir (silver, 134) 2012 – Jake Varner (gold, 211.5) 1979 - Jimmy Haines (silver, 114.5) 1932 - John Riley (silver, 191.5 +) 2012 - Coleman Scott (bronze, 132) 1979 - John Peterson (silver, 180.5) 1936 - Frank Lewis (gold, 158.5) 2016 - Kyle Snyder (gold, 213.75) 1979 - Russ Hellickson (silver, 220) 1936 - A. Ross Flood (silver, 123) 2016 - J’den Cox (bronze, 189) 1979 - Joe Corso (bronze, 125.5) 1936 - Francis Mallard (silver, 134) 2016 - (bronze, 275) 1979 - Andre Metzger (bronze, 136.5) 1936 - Richard Voliva (silver, 174) 1981 - Chris Campbell (gold, 180.5) 1948 - Glen Brand (gold, 174) Greco-Roman 1981 - Greg Gibson (silver, 220) 1948 - Henry Wittenburg (gold, 191.5) 1984 - Steve Fraser (gold, 198) 1981 - Bill Rosado (bronze, 105.5) 1948 - Gerald Leeman (silver, 125.5) 1984 - Jeff Blatnick (gold, 286) 1981 - Lee Kemp (bronze, 163) 1948 - Leland Merrill (bronze, 160.5) 1984 - Greg Gibson (silver, 220) 1982 - Lee Kemp (gold, 163) 1952 - William Smith (gold, 160.5) 1984 - Jim Martinez (bronze, 149.5) 1982 - Joe Gonzales (bronze, 114.5) 1952 - Jay Evans (silver, 147.5) 1988 - (bronze, 220) 1982 - Dave Schultz (bronze, 180.5) 1952 - Henry Wittenburg (silver, 191.5) 1992 - Dennis Koslowski (silver, 220) 1982 - Greg Gibson (bronze, 220) 1952 - Josiah Henson (bronze, 136.5) 1992 - Rodney Smith (bronze, 149.5) 1983 - Dave Schultz (gold, 163) 1956 - Dan Hodge (silver, 174) 1996 - Brandon Paulson (silver, 114.5) 1983 - Lee Roy Smith (silver, 136.5) 1956 - Peter Blair (bronze, 191.5) 1996 - Dennis Hall (silver, 125.5) 1983 - Greg Gibson (silver, 220) 1960 - Terry McCann (gold, 125.5) 1996 - Matt Ghaffari (silver, 286) 1983 - Bruce Baumgartner (bronze, 286) 1960 - Shelby Wilson (gold, 147.5) 2000 - Rulon Gardner (gold, 286) 1985 - Mark Schultz (gold, 180.5) 1960 - Doug Blubaugh (gold, 160.5) 2000 - Matt Lindland (silver, 187.25) 1985 - Bill Scherr (gold, 198) 1964 - Daniel Brand (bronze, 191.5) 2000 - Garrett Lowney (bronze, 213.75) 1985 - Kevin Darkus (silver, 125.5) 1968 - Rick Sanders (silver, 114.5) 2004 - Rulon Gardner (bronze, 264.5) 1985 - Dave Schultz (silver, 163) 1968 - Don Behm (silver, 125.5) 2008 - Adam Wheeler (bronze, 211.5) 1985 - Bruce Baumgartner (bronze, 286) 1972 - Dan Gable (gold, 149.5) 1986 - Bruce Baumgartner (gold, 286) 1972 - Wayne Wells (gold, 163) 1986 - Joe McFarland (silver, 136.5) 1972 - Ben Peterson (gold, 198) 1986 - Andre Metzger (silver, 149.5) 1972 - Rick Sanders (silver, 125.5) 1986 - Bill Scherr (silver, 220) themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 41 OLYMPIC & WORLD medalists

1986 - Barry Davis (bronze, 125.5) 2015 - Kyle Snyder (213, gold) 1995 - Vickie Zummo (bronze, 97) 1986 - Dave Schultz (bronze, 163) 2015 - (154, bronze) 1996 - Tricia Saunders (gold, 103) 1986 - Jim Scherr (bronze, 198) 2016 - Logan Stieber (134, gold) 1996 - Jackie Berube (silver, 125) 1987 - John Smith (gold, 136.5) 2017 - Jordan Burroughs (163, gold) 1996 - Kristie Davis (silver, 165), 1987 - Mark Schultz (gold, 180.5) 2017 - Kyle Snyder (213, gold) 1997 - Shannon Williams (silver, 112) 1987 - Barry Davis (silver, 125.5) 2017 - Thomas Gilman (125.5, silver) 1997 - Sandra Bacher (silver, 149) 1987 - Dave Schultz (silver, 163) 2017 - James Green (154, silver) 1997 - Kristie Davis (silver, 165) 1987 - Jim Scherr (silver, 198) 2017 - J’den Cox (189, bronze) 1998 - Tricia Saunders (gold, 101) 1987 - Andre Metzger (bronze, 149.5) 2017 - Nick Gwiazdowski (275, bronze) 1998 - Kristie Davis (silver, 165) 1987 - Bill Scherr (bronze, 220) 2018 - Kyle Dake (174, gold) 1998 - Sandra Bacher (bronze, 149) 1987 - Bruce Baumgartner (bronze, 286) 2018 - David Taylor (189, gold) 1999 - Tricia Saunders (gold, 101) 1989 - John Smith (gold, 136.5) 2018 - J’den Cox (203, gold) 1999 - Sandra Bacher (gold, 149) 1989 - Kenny Monday (gold, 163) 2018 - Kyle Snyder (213, silver) 1999 - Kristie Davis (silver, 165) 1989 - Melvin Douglas (silver, 180.5) 2018 - Joseph Colon (134.5, bronze) 2000 - Kristie Davis (gold, 149) 1989 - Jim Scherr (silver, 198) 2018 - Jordan Burroughs (163, bronze) 2000 - Patricia Miranda (silver, 112) 1989 - Bill Scherr (silver, 220) 2018 - Nick Gwiazdowski (275, bronze) 2001 - Stephanie Murata (silver, 112) 1989 - Bruce Baumgartner (silver, 286) 2019 - Kyle Dake (174, gold) 2001 - Toccara Montgomery (silver 149) 1990 - John Smith (gold, 136.5) 2019 - J’den Cox (203, gold) 2002 - Tina George (silver, 121) 1990 - Royce Alger (silver, 180.5) 2019 - Jordan Burroughs (163, bronze) 2002 - Kristie Davis (bronze, 149) 1990 - Chris Campbell (silver, 198) 2019 - Kyle Snyder (213, bronze) 2003 - Kristie Davis (gold, 147) 1990 - Bruce Baumgartner (silver, 286) 2003 - Patricia Miranda (silver, 105) 1990 - Kirk Trost (bronze, 220) Greco-Roman 2003 - Tina George (silver, 121) 1991 - Zeke Jones (gold, 114.5) 1962 - James Burke (bronze, 154) 2003 - Sara McMann (silver, 138) 1991 - John Smith (gold, 136.5) 1963 - James Raschke (bronze, heavyweight) 2003 - Toccara Montgomery (silver, 158) 1991 - Kevin Jackson (gold, 180.5) 1969 - David Hazenwinkel (bronze, 125.5) 2003 - Jenny Wong (bronze, 112) 1991 - Brad Penrith (silver, 125.5) 1970 - David Hazenwinkel (silver, 125.5) 2003 - Sally Roberts (bronze, 130) 1991 - Kenny Monday (silver, 163) 1979 - Abdurahim Kuzu (silver, 136.5) 2005 - Iris Smith (gold, 158) 1991 - (silver, 220) 1979 - Brad Rheingans (bronze, 220) 2005 - Sally Roberts (bronze, 130) 1993 - Terry Brands (125.5, gold) 1979 - Bob Walker (bronze, Hwt) 2005 - Sara McMann (bronze, 138) 1993 - Tom Brands (125.5, gold) 1985 - Mike Houck (gold, 198) 2005 - Katie Downing (bronze, 147) 1993 - Melvin Douglas (198, gold) 1985 - Jim Martinez (bronze, 149.5) 2006 - Patricia Miranda (bronze, 112) 1993 - Bruce Baumgartner (286, gold) 1987 - Dennis Koslowski (silver, 220) 2006 - Kristie Davis (bronze, 158) 1993 - Dave Schultz (163, silver) 1989 - Michial Foy (silver, 198) 2007 - Kristie Davis (silver, 158) 1994 - Bruce Baumgartner (286, silver) 1991 - Shawn Sheldon (silver, 114.5) 2007 - Sara McMann (bronze, 138) 1994 - Melvin Douglas (198, bronze) 1991 - Matt Ghaffari (silver, 286) 2007 - Katie Downing (bronze 147) 1995 - Terry Brands (125.5, gold) 1994 - Dennis Hall (bronze, 125.5) 2008 - Clarissa Chun (gold, 105) 1995 - Kevin Jackson (180.5, gold) 1995 - Dennis Hall (gold, 125.5) 2008 - Tatiana Padilla (bronze, 121) 1995 - Kurt Angle (220, gold) 1995 - Matt Ghaffari (bronze, 286) 2010 - Elena Pirozhkova (silver, 138) 1995 - Bruce Baumgartner (286, gold) 1998 - Matt Ghaffari (silver, 286) 2010 - Tatiana Padilla (bronze, 121) 1995 - Zeke Jones (114.5, bronze) 2001 - Rulon Gardner (gold, 286) 2011 - Adeline Gray (bronze, 147) 1995 - Melvin Douglas (198, bronze) 2001 - Brandon Paulson (silver, 119) 2011 - (bronze, 158) 1997 - Les Gutches (187.25, gold) 2001 - Matt Lindland (silver, 187) 2012 - Elena Pirozhkova (gold, 138) 1997 - Cary Kolat (138.75 - silver) 2002 - Dremiel Byers (gold, 286) 2012 – Adeline Gray (gold, 147) 1998 - Sammie Henson (119, gold) 2005 - Justin Ruiz (bronze, 211.5) 2012 - Helen Maroulis (silver, 121) 1998 - Cary Kolat (138.75, bronze) 2006 - Joe Warren (gold, 132) 2012 - Alyssa Lampe (bronze, 112) 1998 - Lincoln McIlravy (152, bronze) 2006 - Lindsey Durlacher (bronze, 121) 2013 - Alyssa Lampe (bronze, 105) 1999 - Stephen Neal (286, gold) 2006 - Justin Lester (bronze, 145.5) 2013 - Elena Pirozhkova (bronze, 138) 1999 - Lincoln McIlravy (152, silver) 2007 - Brad Vering (silver, 185) 2013 - Adeline Gray (bronze, 158) 1999 - Les Gutches (187.25, bronze) 2007 - Justin Lester (bronze 145.5) 2014 - Adeline Gray (gold, 165) 2001 - Brandon Eggum (187.25, silver) 2007 - Dremiel Byers (bronze, 264.5) 2014 - Elena Pirozhkova (silver, 138) 2001 - Joe Williams (167.5, bronze), 2009 - Dremiel Byers (silver, 264.5) 2014 - Helen Maroulis (bronze, 121) 2003 - Cael Sanderson (185, silver) 2014 - Andy Bisek (bronze, 165) 2015 - Helen Maroulis (gold, 121) 2003 - Kerry McCoy (264.5, silver) 2015 - Andy Bisek (bronze, 165) 2015 - Adeline Gray (gold, 165) 2005 - Joe Williams (163, bronze) 2018 - Adam Coon (silver, 285) 2015 - Leigh Jaynes-Provisor (bronze, 130) 2005 - Tolly Thompson (264.5, bronze) 2016 - Alli Ragan (silver, 132) 2006 - Bill Zadick (145.5, gold) Women’s Freestyle 2017 - Helen Maroulis (gold, 128) 2006 - Mike Zadick (132, silver) 1989 - DeWeese (silver, 110) 2017 - Alli Ragan (silver, 132) 2006 - Sammie Henson (121, bronze) 1989 - Leia Kawaii (silver, 154) 2017 - Becka Leathers (bronze, 121) 2006 - Donny Pritzlaff (163, bronze) 1989 - Afsoon Roshanzamir (bronze, 103) 2018 - Adeline Gray (gold, 167.5) 2007 - (211.5, bronze) 1990 - Marie Ziegler (silver, 97) 2018 - Sarah Hildebrandt (silver, 117) 2009 - (185, silver) 1990 - Afsoon Roshanzamir (silver, 103) 2018 - Mallory Velte (bronze, 139) 2009 - Tervel Dlagnev (264.5 bronze) 1991 - Marie Ziegler (silver, 97) 2018 - Tamyra Mensah Stock (bronze, 150) 2011 - Jordan Burroughs (163, gold) 1991 - Shannon Williams (silver, 110) 2019 - Jacarra Winchester (gold, 121) 2011 - Jake Varner (211.5, bronze) 1992 - Tricia Saunders (gold, 110) 2019 - Tamyra Mensah Stock (gold, 150) 2013 - Jordan Burroughs (163, gold) 1993 - Tricia Saunders (silver, 103) 2019 - Adeline Gray (gold, 167.5) 2014 - Jordan Burroughs (163, bronze) 1993 - Shannon Williams (silver, 110) 2014 - Tervel Dlagnev (275, bronze) 1994 - Margaret Legates (silver, 103) 2015 - Jordan Burroughs (163, gold) 1994 - Shannon Williams (silver, 116) themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 42 Year-by-year Olympic Results

1904 - St. Louis, Mo. 1924 - Paris, France 1956 - Melbourne, Austalia 154.5 lbs. - Wayne Wells, 4th Men’s Freestyle Men’s Freestyle Men’s Freestyle 172 lbs. - Steve Combs, 7th 105 lbs. - Robert Curry, 1st 123.5 lbs. - Bryant Hines, 3rd 114.5 lbs. - Richard Delgado, 5th 192 lbs. - Thomas Peckham, 4th 105 lbs. - John Hein, 2nd 123.5 lbs. - Milton MacWilliam, dnp 125.5 lbs. - Lee Allen, dnp 213.5 lbs. - Jesse Lewis, 6th 105 lbs. - Gustav Thiefenthaler, 3rd 134.5 lbs. - Robin Reed, 1st 139 lbs. - Myron Roderick, 4th Hwt - Larry Kristoff, 5th 115 lbs. - George Mehnert, 1st 134.5 lbs. - Chester Newton, 2nd 147.5 lbs. - Jay Evans, 5th 115 lbs. - Gustav Bauer, 2nd 145.5 lbs. - Russell Vis, 1st 161 lbs. - Ernest Fischer, 8th Greco-Roman 115 lbs. - William Nelson, 3rd 145.5 lbs. - Perry Martter, dnp 174 lbs. - Dan Hodge, 2nd 114.5 lbs. - Richard Tamble, dnp 125 lbs. - Isidor Niflot, 1st 158.5 lbs. - Guy Lookabaugh, 4th 192 lbs. - Peter Blair, 3rd 125.5 lbs. - David Hazewinkel, dnp 125 lbs. - August Wester, 2nd 158.5 lbs. - William Johnson, 5th Hwt - William Kerslake, 7th 139 lbs. - James Hazewinkel, 7th 125 lbs. - Z.B. Strebler, 3rd 174 lbs. - Herschel Smith, dnp 154.5 lbs. - Werner Holzer, 6th 135 lbs. - Benjamin Bradshaw, 1st 174 lbs. - Walter Wright, dnp Greco-Roman 172 lbs. - Larry Lyden, dnp 135 lbs. - Theodore McLeer, 2nd 192 lbs. - John Spellman, 1st 114.5 lbs. - Richard Wilson, dnp 192 lbs. - Wayne Baughman, 5th 135 lbs. - Charles Clapper, 3rd 192 lbs. - Charles Strack, dnp 125.5 lbs. - Kent Townley, dnp 213.5 lbs. - Henk Schenk, dnp 145 lbs. - Otto Roehm, 1st Hwt - Harry Steel, 1st 134.5 lbs. - Alan Rice, dnp Hwt - Robert Roop, dnp 145 lbs. - Rudolph Tesing, 2nd Hwt - Roger Flanders, dnp 147.5 lbs. - Jay Evans, dnp 145 lbs. - Albert Zirkel, 3rd 160 lbs. - James Holt, 5th 1972 - Munich, Germany 145 lbs. - William Hennessy, 4th 1928 - Amsterdam, Holland 174 lbs. - James Peckham, 7th Men’s Freestyle 158 lbs. - Charles Erickson, 1st Men’s Freestyle 192 lbs. - Dale Thomas, 5th 105.5 lbs. - Sergio Gonzalez, 7th 158 lbs. - William Beckmann, 2nd 123.5 lbs. - Robert Hewitt, 5th Hwt - Dale Lewis, dnp 114.5 lbs. - Jimmy Carr, dnp 158 lbs. - Jerry Winholtz, 3rd 134.5 lbs. - Allie Morrison, 1st 125.5 lbs. - Richard Sanders, 2nd 158 lbs. - William Hennessy, 4th 145.5 lbs. - Clarence Berryman, 6th 1960 - , Italy 136.5 lbs. - Gene Davis, dnp 158 lbs. - Otto Roehm, 5th 158.5 lbs. - Lloyd Appleton, 2nd Men’s Freestyle 149.5 lbs. - Dan Gable, 1st Hwt - Bernhuff Hansen, 1st 174 lbs. - Ralph Hammond, 4th 114.5 lbs. - Elliott Simons, 5th 163 lbs. - Wayne Wells, 1st Hwt - Frank Kungler, 2nd 192 lbs. - Heywood Edwards, 4th; Hwt - 125.5 lbs. - Terry McCann, 1st 180.5 lbs. - John Peterson, 2nd Hwt - Fred Warmbold, 3rd Ed George, 4th 139 lbs. - Louis Giani, dnp 198 lbs. - Ben Peterson, 1st 147.5 lbs. - Shelby Wilson, 1st 220 lbs. - Henk Schenk, dnp 1908 - London, England 1932 - , Calif. 161 lbs. - Doug Blubaugh, 1st Hwt lbs. - Chris Taylor, 3rd Men’s Freestyle Men’s Freestyle 174 lbs. - Ed DeWitt, 4th 119 lbs. - George Mehnert, 1st 123.5 lbs. - , 1st 192 lbs. - Daniel Brand, 5th Greco-Roman 132.5 lbs. - George Dole, 1st 134.5 lbs. - Edgar Nemir, 2nd Hwt - Bill Kerslake, 8th 105.5 lbs. - Wayne Holmes, dnp 147 lbs. - John Krug, 5th 145.5 - Melvin Clodfelter, 4th 114.5 lbs. - James Steiger, dnp 161 lbs. - John Craige, dnp 158.5 lbs. - Jack Van Bebber, 1st Greco-Roman 125.5 lbs. - David Hazewinkel, dnp 161 lbs. - Frank Narganes, dnp 174 lbs. - Robert Hess, 4th 114.5 lbs. - Richard Wilson, dnp 136.5 lbs. - James Hazewinkel, dnp Hwt - Lee Talbot, dnp 192 lbs. - Peter Mehringer, 1st 125.5 lbs. - Larry Lauchle, dnp 149.5 lbs. - Robert Buzzard, dnp Hwt - John Riley, 2nd 134.5 lbs. - Lee Allen, 8th 163 lbs. - Gary Neist, dnp 1912 - , Sweden 147.5 lbs. - Ben Northrup, dnp 180.5 lbs. - J Robinson, dnp Greco-Roman 1936 - Berlin, Germany 160 lbs. - Fritz Fivian, dnp 198 lbs. - Wayne Baughman, dnp 132.5 lbs. - William Lyshon, dnp Men’s Freestyle 174 lbs. - Russell Camilleri, 8th 220 lbs. - Buck Deadrich, dnp 132.5 lbs. - George Retzer, dnp 123.5 lbs. - Ross Flood, 2nd 192 lbs. - Howard George, dnp Hwt - Chris Taylor, dnp 134.5 lbs. - Francis Millard, 2nd Hwt - Dale Lewis, dnp 1920 - Antwerp, 145.5 lbs. - Harley Strong, 5th 1976 - Montreal, Canada Men’s Freestyle 158.5 lbs. - Frank Lewis, 1st 1964 - Tokyo, Japan Men’s Freestyle 132 lbs. - Charles Ackerly, 1st 174 lbs. - Richard Voliva, 2nd Men’s Freestyle 105.5 lbs. - William Rosado, dnp 132 lbs. - Samuel Gerson, 2nd 192 lbs. - Clemons, 5th 114.5 lbs. - Elliott Simons, 7th 114.5 lbs. - James Haines, dnp 149 lbs. - George Metropoulos, dnp Hwt - Roy Dunn, dnp 125.5 lbs. - David Auble, 4th 125.5 lbs. - Joe Corso, dnp 149 lbs. - Joseph Shimmon, dnp 139 lbs. - Bobby Douglas, 4th 136.5 lbs. - Gene Davis, 3rd 165.5 lbs. - Charles Johnson, 3rd 1948 - London, England 154.5 lbs. - Gregory Ruth, 6th 149.5 lbs. - Lloyd Keaser, 2nd 165.5 lbs. - Angus Frantz, 4th Men’s Freestyle 172 lbs. - Charles Tribble, dnp 163 lbs. - Stan Dziedzic, 3rd 186.5 lbs. - Walter Maurer, 3rd 114.5 lbs. - William Jernigan, 7th 192 lbs. - Daniel Brand, 3rd 180.5 lbs. - John Peterson, 1st 186.5 lbs. - John Redman, 4th 125.5 lbs. - Gerald Leeman, 2nd 214 lbs. - Gerald Conine, 6th 198 lbs. - Ben Peterson, 2nd Hwt - Nathan Pendleton, 2nd 139 lbs. - Hal Moore, 6th Hwt - Larry Kristoff, 7th 220 lbs. - Russ Hellickson, 2nd Hwt - Fred Meyer, 3rd 147.5 lbs. - William Koll, 5th Hwt - Jimmy Jackson, dnp 161 lbs. - Leland Merrill, 3rd Greco-Roman Greco-Roman 174 lbs. - Glen Brand, 1st 114.5 lbs. - Richard Wilson, 4th Greco-Roman 132.5 lbs. - Adrian Brian, dnp 192 lbs. - , 1st 125.5 lbs. - Andrew Fitch, dnp 105.5 lbs. - Michael Farina, 8th 132.5 lbs. - Daniel Gallery, dnp 139 lbs. - Ron Finley, 4th 114.5 lbs. - Bruce Thompson, dnp 149 lbs. - George Metropoulos, dnp 1952 - , Finland 154.5 lbs. - James Burke, dnp 125.5 lbs. - Joseph Sade, dnp 149 lbs. - Oral Swigart, dnp Men’s Freestyle 172 lbs. - Russell Camilleri, 7th 136.5 lbs. - Gary Alexander, dnp 165.5 lbs. - Henry Szymanski, dnp 114.5 lbs. - Robert Peery, 7th 192 lbs. - Wayne Baughman, 7th 149.5 lbs. - Patrick Marcy, dnp 165.5 lbs. - Paul Zanoline, dnp 125.5 lbs. - Bill Borders, dnp 214 lbs. - Patrick Lovell, dnp 163 lbs. - John Matthews, dnp 182 lbs. - Frank Maichle, dnp 139 lbs. - Josiah Henson, 3rd Hwt - Robert Pickens, 6th 180.5 lbs. - Dan Chandler, dnp 182 lbs. - Nathanael Pendleton, dnp 147.5 lbs. - Jay Evans, 2nd 198 lbs. - Evan Johnson, dnp Hwt - Alexander Weyand, 4th 161 lbs. - William Smith, 1st 1968 - , Mexico 220 lbs. - Brad Rheingans, 4th Hwt - Edward Wilkie, 5th 174 lbs. - Dan Hodge, dnp Men’s Freestyle Hwt - Pete Lee, 5th 192 lbs. - Henry Wittenberg, 2nd 114.5 lbs. - Richard Sanders, 2nd Hwt - Bill Kerslake, 5th 125.5 lbs. - Donald Behm, 2nd 139 lbs. - Bobby Douglas, dnp themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 43 Year-by-year Olympic Results

1980 - , Greco-Roman Greco-Roman 2016 - , Brazil Note: The United States did not 105.5 lbs. - Mark Fuller, dnp 121 lbs. - Dennis Hall, dnp Men’s Freestyle compete because of the U.S. 114.5 lbs. - Shawn Sheldon, 4th 132 lbs. - Jim Gruenwald, 10th 125.5 lbs. - Daniel Dennis, dnp government boycott. 125.5 lbs. - Dennis Hall, 8th 145.5 lbs. - Oscar Wood, dnp 143 lbs. - , 5th 136.5 lbs. - Buddy Lee, 6th 185 lbs. - Brad Vering, dnp 163 - Jordan Burroughs, 9th 1984 - Los Angeles, Calif. 149.5 lbs. - Rodney Smith, 3rd 211.5 lbs. - Garrett Lowney, dnp 189 lbs. - J’den Cox, 3rd Men’s Freestyle 163 lbs. - Travis West, dnp 264.5 lbs. - Rulon Gardner, 3rd 213 lbs. - Kyle Snyder, 1st 105.5 lbs. - Bobby Weaver, 1st 180.5 lbs. - , 10th 275 lbs. - Tervel Dlagnev, 3rd 114.5 lbs. - Joe Gonzales, dnp 198 lbs. - Michial Foy, 6th Women’s Freestyle 125.5 lbs. - Barry Davis, 2nd 220 lbs. - Dennis Koslowski, 2nd 105.5 lbs. - Patricia Miranda, 3rd Greco-Roman 136.5 lbs. - Randy Lewis, 1st 286 lbs. - Matt Ghaffari, dnp 121 lbs. - Tela O’Donnell, 6th 130 lbs. - Jesse Thielke, 9th 149.5 - Andy Rein, 2nd 138.75 lbs. - Sara McMann, 2nd 165 lbs. - Andy Bisek, dnp 163 lbs. - Dave Schultz, 1st 1996 - , Ga. 158.5 lbs. - Toccara Montgomery, 7th 187 lbs. - , dnp 180.5 lbs. - Mark Schultz, 1st Men’s Freestyle 286 lbs. - Robby Smith, dnp 198 lbs. - Ed Banach, 1st 105.5 lbs. - Rob Eiter, 8th 2008 - Beijing, China 220 lbs. - Lou Banach, 1st 114.5 lbs. - Lou Rosselli, dnp Men’s Freestyle Women’s Freestyle Hwt - Bruce Baumgartner, 1st 125.5 lbs. - Kendall Cross, 1st 121 lbs. - Henry Cejudo, 1st 105.5 lbs. - Haley Augello, 9th 136.5 lbs. - Tom Brands, 1st 132 lbs. - Mike Zadick, dnp 116.5 lbs. - Helen Maroulis, 1st Greco-Roman 149.5 lbs. - Townsend Saunders, 2nd 145.5 lbs. - Doug Schwab, dnp 138.75 lbs. - Elena Pirozhkova, 5th 105.5 lbs. - Mark Fuller, dnp 163 lbs. - Kenny Monday, 6th 163 lbs. - , 7th 165 lbs. - Adeline Gray, 7th 114.5 lbs. - Bert Govig, dnmw 180.5 lbs. - Les Gutches, 7th 185 lbs. - Andy Hrovat, dnp 125.5 lbs. - Frank Famiano, 5th 198 lbs. - Melvin Douglas, 7th 211.5 lbs. - Daniel Cormier, dnp 136.5 lbs. - Abdurrahim Kuzu, 4th 220 lbs. - Kurt Angle, 1st 264.5 lbs. - Steve Mocco, 7th 149.5 lbs. - Jim Martinez, 3rd 286 lbs. - Bruce Baumgartner, 3rd 163 lbs. - Chris Catalfo, dnp Greco-Roman 180.5 lbs. - Dan Chandler, dnp Greco-Roman 121 lbs. - Spenser Mango, 8th 198 lbs. - Steve Fraser, 1st 105.5 lbs. - Mujaahid Maynard, dnp 145.5 lbs. - Jake Deitchler, dnp 220 lbs. - Greg Gibson, 2nd 114.5 lbs. - Brandon Paulson, 2nd 163 lbs. - T.C. Dantzler, dnp Hwt - Jeff Blatnick, 1st 125.5 lbs. - Dennis Hall, 2nd 185 lbs. - Brad Vering, dnp 136.5 lbs. - David Zuniga, 10th 211.5 lbs. - Adam Wheeler, 3rd 1988 - , South Korea 149.5 lbs. - Rodney Smith, 9th 264.5 lbs. - Dremiel Byers, 7th Men’s Freestyle 163 lbs. - Gordy Morgan, 9th 105.5 lbs. - Tim Vanni, 4th 180.5 lbs. - Dan Henderson, dnp Women’s Freestyle 114.5 lbs. - Ken Chertow, dnp 198 lbs. - Derrick Waldroup, 7th 105.5 lbs. - Clarissa Chun, 5th 125.5 lbs. - Barry Davis, dnp 220 lbs. - Jason Gleasman, dnp 121 lbs. - Marcie Van Dusen, 9th 136.5 lbs. - John Smith, 1st 286 lbs. - Matt Ghaffari, 2nd 138.75 lbs. - Randi Miller, 3rd 149.5 lbs. - Nate Carr, 3rd 158.5 lbs. - Ali Bernard, 5th 163 lbs. - Kenny Monday, 1st 2000 - Sydney, Australia 180.5 lbs. - Mark Schultz, 6th Men’s Freestyle 2012 - London, England 119 lbs. - Sammie Henson, 2nd 198 lbs. - Jim Scherr, 5th Men’s Freestyle 220 lbs. - Bill Scherr, 3rd 127.75 lbs. - Terry Brands, 3rd 121 lbs. - , dnp 286 lbs. - Bruce Baumgartner, 2nd 138.75 lbs. - Cary Kolat, dnp 132 lbs. - Coleman Scott, 3rd 152 lbs. - Lincoln McIlravy, 3rd 145.5 lbs. - , dnp Greco-Roman 167.5 lbs. - Brandon Slay, 1st 163 lbs. - Jordan Burroughs, 1st 105.5 lbs. - Mark Fuller, dnp 187.25 lbs. - Charles Burton, 5th 185 lbs. - Jake Herbert, 7th 114.5 lbs. - Shawn Sheldon, dnp 213.75 lbs. - Melvin Douglas, dnp 211.5 lbs. - Jake Varner, 1st 125.5 lbs. - Anthony Amado, dnp 286 lbs. - Kerry McCoy, 5th 264.5 lbs. - Tervel Dlagnev, 5th 136.5 lbs. - , 6th 149.5 lbs. - Andy Seras, dnp Greco-Roman Greco-Roman 163 lbs. - David Butler, dnp 119 lbs. - Steven Mays, dnp 121 lbs. - Spenser Mango, 9th 180.5 lbs. - John Morgan, 7th 127.75 lbs. - Jim Gruenwald, 6th 132 lbs. - Ellis Coleman, dnp 198 lbs. - Michial Foy, dnp 138.75 lbs. - Kevin Bracken, 6th 145.5 lbs. - Justin Lester, 8th 220 lbs. - Dennis Koslowski, 3rd 152 lbs. - , dnp 163 lbs. - Ben Provisor, dnp 286 lbs. - Duane Koslowski, 8th 167.5 lbs. - Matt Lindland, 2nd 185 lbs. - Chas Betts, 9th 187.25 lbs. - Quincey Clark, dnp 264.5 lbs. - Dremiel Byers, 9th 1992 - , Spain 213.75 lbs. - Garrett Lowney, 3rd 286 lbs. - Rulon Gardner, 1st Men’s Freestyle Women’s Freestyle 105.5 lbs. - Tim Vanni, 5th 105.5 lbs. - Clarissa Chun, 3rd 114.5 lbs. - Zeke Jones, 2nd 2004 - , Greece 121 lbs. - , dnp 125.5 lbs. - Kendall Cross, 6th Mens Freestyle 138.75 lbs. - Elena Pirozhkova, dnp 136.5 lbs. - John Smith, 1st 121 lbs. - Stephen Abas, 2nd 158.5 lbs. - Ali Bernard, dnp 149.5 lbs. - Townsend Saunders, 7th 132 lbs. - , dnp 163 lbs. - Kenny Monday, 2nd 145.5 lbs. - Jamill Kelly, 2nd 180.5 lbs. - Kevin Jackson, 1st 163 lbs. - Joe Williams, 5th 198 lbs. - Chris Campbell, 3rd 185 lbs. - Cael Sanderson, 1st 220 lbs. - Mark Coleman, 7th 211.5 lbs. - Daniel Cormier, 4th 286 lbs. - Bruce Baumgartner, 1st 264.5 lbs. - Kerry McCoy, 7th themat.com | @usawrestling | #Tokyo2020 44