From: Brewer, Christopher J [email protected] Subject: -- Gilman to Compete for World Title in Date: October 15, 2018 at 3:00 PM To: undisclosed-recipients:;

University of Iowa Wrestling Athletics Communications Contact: Chris Brewer

Gilman to Compete for World Title in Budapest

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- University of Iowa All-American and United States World Team member Thomas Gilman wrestles for a world title Oct. 21-22 at the 2018 UWW World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Gilman, a world silver medalist at 57 kg in 2017, is the No. 2 seed entering the tournament.

Thomas GILMAN (57 kg) 2018 UWW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE Sunday, Oct. 21 | 3:30 a.m. CT – Qualifying Rounds and Semifinals Monday, Oct. 22 | 2 p.m. CT -- FINALS

HOW TO WATCH Trackwrestling is streaming the 2018 UWW World Championships online for a price of $29.99. That price includes live and archived matches from the UWW World Championships in Budapest.

2018 WORLD TEAM ROSTER – MEN'S FREESTYLE (with Team USA previews) 57 kg – Thomas Gilman 61 kg – Joe Colon 65 kg – Logan Stieber 70 kg – James Green 74 kg – 79 kg – Kyle Dake 86 kg – David Taylor 92 kg – J’den Cox 97 kg – Kyle Snyder 125 kg – Nick Gwiazdowski

GILMAN'S INTERNATIONAL HISTORY 2011 Cadet World Championships 2013 Junior World Championships 2014 Junior World Championships -- Bronze medal 2017 Grand Prix of Spain -- Gold medal 2017 World Championships -- Silver medal 2018 UWW World Cup 2018 World Championships

GILMAN'S ROUTE TO BUDAPEST August, 2017 -- Placed second at 2017 UWW World Championships in . Earns berth at (final leg of UWA Wrestling’s trials process). June, 2018 -- Defeated 6-3, 2-1 to earn the 57 kg spot on the 2018 United June, 2018 -- Defeated Daton Fix 6-3, 2-1 to earn the 57 kg spot on the 2018 United States World Team.

UNITED STATES AT 57 KG The United States national team has been represented by a Hawkeye wrestler at 57 kg in each of the last five years: 2014 World Championships -- 2015 World Championships -- Tony Ramos 2016 Olympics -- Daniel Dennis 2017 World Championships -- Thomas Gilman 2018 World Championships -- Thomas Gilman