2010 wrestling world championships - moscow freestyle and greco roman wrestling
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World ChampionshipsWorld Championships
Sept. 6-12, 2010Sept. 6-12, 2010
Moscow, RussiaMoscow, Russia
2010 TEAM USA MEDIA GUIDE
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COLORADO SPRINGS -
World champions Dremiel
Byers and Kristie Davis will
lead the 21-member U.S.
wrestling team into the World
Championships on Sept. 6-12
in Moscow, Russia.
The seven-day competition
will start with the Greco-Roman
tournament, followed by
womens freestyle and mens
freestyle.
Davis, formerly Kristie
Marano, is a two-time World
champion. She has dropped
down to 67 kg/147.5 lbs. She
won a silver medal in her last
trip to the Worlds in 2007. She
is a U.S. record nine-time
World medalist.
Byers won a World silver
medal in 2009 in Greco-
Roman and a World bronze
medal in 2007 at 120 kg/264.5
lbs.
The U.S. freestyle team is
led by returning World silver
medalist Jake Herbert at 84
kg/185 lbs.
2006 World silver medalist
Mike Zadick will make his third
appearance in the Worlds in
freestyle wrestling at 60 kg/132
lbs.
Past World bronze medalist
Justin Ruiz is back on the
Greco-Roman team. He is
making his fifth trip to the
Worlds. He competes at 96
kg/211.5 lbs.
2008 World bronze medalist
Tatiana Padilla has made her
third straight World Team at 55
kg/121 lbs. Padilla was fifth in
the World in 2009.
Olympian Spenser Mango
has made his second straight
World Team in Greco-Roman
at 55 kg/121 lbs.
Byers and Zadick also are
past Olympians.
U.S. team ready to rollElena Pirozhkova (left) is set to compete in her third straight World Championships.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULEMonday, Sept. 6
Greco-Roman 55 kg, 66 kg, 96 kgTuesday, Sept. 7
Greco-Roman 60 kg, 84 kg, 120 kg
Wednesday, Sept. 8
Greco-Roman 74 kg; Womens freestyle 48 kg, 51 kg
Thursday, Sept. 9
Womens freestyle 55 kg, 59 kg, 63 kg
Friday, Sept. 10
Womens freestyle 67 kg, 72 kg; Freestyle 55 kg
Saturday, Sept. 11
Freestyle 60 kg, 84 kg, 96 kg
Sunday, Sept. 12
Freestyle 66 kg, 74 kg, 120 kg
U.S. TEAM PREVIEW
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Residence: Solon,
Iowa
Club: Gator
College: Iowa
High School: Great
Falls (Mont.)
Born: July 12, 1978
Height: 5-5
2010: U.S. World Team
Trials championSecond in U.S.
Nationals... Third in Cerro Pelado International
Dave Schultz Memorial champ
2009: Second in U.S. World Team Trials U.S.
Nationals champion
2008: DNP in Olympic Games U.S. Olympic
Team Trials champion
2007: DNP in World Championships U.S.
World Team Trials champion Second in U.S.
Nationals
2006: World silver medalist U.S. World Team
Trials champion Fourth in U.S. Nationals
2005: Third in U.S. World Team Trials
2004: Second in U.S. Olympic Team
TrialsSecond in U.S. Nationals
2003: Second in U.S. World Team TrialsThird
in U.S. Nationals.College: Third in 2001 NCAAs for Iowa...Seventh
in 2000 and 2002... Earned a degree in Sports
Health, Leisure and Physical Studies.
High School:Attended Great Falls High
School,... Four-time state champion (1994-97)...
Personal: Son of Bob and Toni Zadick... Has one
brother, Bill, a 2006 World champion, and two sis-
ters, Maryanne and Terri... Currently an Interim
Assistant Coach at the Univ. of Iowa
Residence: Stillwater,
Okla.
Club: Gator
College: Oklahoma
State, Lock Haven
High School: Lely (Fla.)
Born: May 17, 1985
Height: 5-4
2010: U.S. World Team
Trials champion...Second in Pan American
Championships U.S. Open champion
2009: Second in Sunkist Kids International
Open Third in U.S. World Team Trials Second
in Pan American Championships Second in
U.S. Nationals
2007: University Nationals runner-up
College: Placed sixth at 2007 NCAA
Championships at 125 pounds for Lock Haven
Completed his career at Oklahoma State, compet-
ing for John Smith...
High School: Florida state champion National
High School Senior Open Champion Ranked
sixth at 112 pounds by the Amateur Wrestling
News as a senior Honor roll student U.S.
Army Reserve National Student-Athlete award
winnerPersonal: Son of Wilbert Blanc and Erisee
Estimo Majored in exploratory studies
Obe Blanc55 kg/121 lbs.
Mike Zadick60 kg/132 lbs.
U.S. FREESTYLE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROSTER55 kg/121 lbs. Obe Blanc, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC)
60 kg/132 lbs. Mike Zadick, Solon, Iowa (Gator WC)
66 kg/145.5 lbs. Brent Metcalf, Iowa City, Iowa (New York AC)
74 kg/163 lbs. Travis Paulson, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)
84 kg/185 lbs. Jake Herbert, Evanston, Ill. (New York AC)
96 kg/211.5 lbs. J.D. Bergman, Columbus, Ohio (New York AC)
120 kg/264.5 lbs. Les Sigman, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC)
Coaches Zeke Jones (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Bill Zadick (Colorado
Springs, Colo.); Brandon Slay (Colorado Springs, Colo.); John Smith
(Stillwater, Okla.); Terry Brands (Iowa City, Iowa)
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Residence: Iowa City,
Iowa
Club: New York AC
College: Iowa
High School: Davison
(Mich.)
Born: July 14, 1986
Height: 5-7
2010: U.S. World Team
Trials champion Third
in Heydar Aliyev GoldenGrand Prix...
2009: Third in Pan American Championships...
Second in U.S. Nationals...
2008: Fifth in U.S. Nationals
2006: Clansmen International Champion DNP
at FILA Junior World Championships FILA
Junior World Team Trials Champion
College: 2010 NCAA Champion. Second in
2009 NCAA Championships 2008 NCAA cham-
pion for the University of Iowa, where he led Iowa
to the team title. Coached by Tom Brands Won
2008 Hodge Trophy as nations top college
wrestler 2008 Big Ten Wrestler of the Year
Compiled 14-0 record at 149 pounds while com-
peting unattached during 2006-07 season Was
ineligible to compete during 2006-07 season after
transferring to Iowa since Virginia Tech refused torelease him from his scholarship Redshirted at
Virginia Tech during 2005-06 season
High School: Prep career record at Davison High
School was 228-0 with 156 pins... Four-time
Michigan state champion... Team won four state
titles... Michigan's "Mr. Wrestler" in 2005... 2005
Dave Schultz High School Excellence regional
award winner... Second team ASICS and
Wrestling USA all-American... Wrestling USA
scholastic all-American... Played on football team
that won three conference and two district titles...
coached by Roy Hall.
USA Age-group: Six-time Junior Nationals cham-
pion... Three-time Junior National Greco-Roman
and freestyle champion, earning double Most
Outstanding Wrestler awards in 2005... 2002
Cadet Greco-Roman champion and freestyle run-ner-up
Personal: Son of Tom and Lynn Metcalf... Mother
was an all-state gymnast and state champion in
track and field...
Brent Metcalf66 kg/145.5 lbs.
Residence:Ames, Iowa
Club: Sunkist Kids
College: Iowa State
High School: Council
Bluffs, Iowa (Lewis
Central)
Born: May 11, 1983
Height: 5-9
2010: U.S. World Team
Trials champion Third in
U.S. Open Second inHeydar Aliyev Golden Grand Prix... Third in
Cerro Pelado International
2009: Hargobind International champion
Second in U.S. World Team Trials U.S.
Nationals champion
2008: Third in Henri Deglane Challenge
Second in Dimitri Korkin International Third in
U.S. Olympic Team Trials Sixth in U.S.
Nationals
2007: Third in Alexander Medved International
Second in Hargobind International (Canada)
Second in Sunkist Kids International Open
Second in University Nationals
2006: Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials
Northern Plains Regional champion in freestyle
and Greco-Roman
2005: Northern Plains Regional championCollege: Three-time All-American at Iowa State,
where he was coached by Bobby Douglas and
Cael Sanderson Fifth in 2007 NCAA
Championships at 165 pounds Sixth at 2006
and 2004 NCAA Championships 2005 NCAA
Qualifier Academic All-Big 12 selection
Earned a degree in business marketing
High School: Three-time state champion for
Lewis Central High School, where he was
coached by Keith Massey Ranked sixth in
nation at 152 pounds by Amateur Wrestling
News Career record of 174-3, including 87-0
his final two seasons
Age Group: 2002 Junior Nationals Greco-Roman
champion
Personal: Son of Nick and Mary Ann Paulson
Twin brother, Trent, was a three-time All-American for Iowa State and 2009 World Team
member Part-time resident-athlete at U.S.
Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs
Travis Paulson74 kg/163 lbs.
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Residence: Evanston,
Ill.
Club: New York AC
College: Northwestern
High School: North
Allegheny (Pa.)
Born: March 6, 1985
Height: 5-11
2010: Second in Heydar
Aliyev Golden Grand
Prix... U.S. World TeamTrials champion... U.S. Open champion...
2009: World silver medalist... U.S. World Team
Trials champion U.S. Nationals champion
2008: Bronze medalist at World University
Championships Fifth in Alexander Medved
International Dave Schultz Memorial
International champion
2007: Hargobind International (Canada) champi-
on Second in Sunkist Kids International Open
2006: Bronze medalist at World University
Championships University Nationals champi-
on
College: Four-time All-American at Northwestern
University, where he was coached by Tim
Cysewski 2007 and 2009 NCAA Champion
2009 Hodge Trophy winner 2009 Big Ten Male
Athlete of the Year Took an Olympic Redshirt in2008 Second in 2006 NCAA Championships
Third in 2005 NCAA Championships Three-time
Big Ten champion in 2006, 2007 and 2009
Earned a degree in Communications
High School: 2003 Pennsylvania state champion
for North Allegheny High School Placed all four
years at state meet ... Three-time conference
champion ... Two-time Powerade champion ...
Two-time Allegheny County Champion, winning
Most Falls award ... Competed in Dapper Dan
Wrestling Classic and Dream Team Classic ...
Compiled 141-18 overall record ... Honor Roll stu-
dent senior year, also won Concept of Physics
Student of the Year award
Personal: Son of Jim and Kelly HerbertPart-
time U.S. Olympic Training Center resident-ath-
lete...
Jake Herbert84 kg/185 lbs.
Residence: Columbus,
Ohio
Club: New York AC
College: Ohio State
High School: Oak
Harbor (Ohio)
Born: September 7,
1984
Height: 6-2
2010: U.S. World Team
Trials champion
Third in Pan American Championships U.S.
Open champion Second in Alexander Medved
International Cerro Pelado International cham-
pion
2009: Third in U.S. World Team Trials Turneul
International champion
2006: Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials Fourth
in U.S. Nationals
2005: Third in U.S. World Team Trials Fourth in
U.S. Nationals
College: Second in 2008 NCAA Championships
for Ohio State Three-time All-American for the
Buckeyes Also placed third and fourth at the
NCAAs
High School:Attended Oak Harbor High School,
where he was coached by his uncle, George
Bergman Two-time state champion (2002-03)2000 state tournament qualifier All-state run-
ning back in football
Personal: Son of James and Donna Bergman
James played football and wrestled at Xavier
Univ Has two brothers, Paul and Wes, and two
sisters, Rachael and Halie Second cousin of
former professional tennis player Chris Evert
Hobbies include water sports and hunting rep-
tiles
J.D. Bergman96 kg/211.5 lbs.
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Residence: State
College, Pa.
Club: Nittany Lion WC
College: Nebraska-
Omaha
High School: Sturgis,
S.D. (Brown)
Born:August 16, 1981
Height: 6-0
2010: U.S. World Team
Trials champion U.S.
Open champion... Dave Schultz Memorial
International champion...
2009: Hargobind International champion... Second
in New York AC International Third in Sunkist
Kids International Open... Third in U.S.
Nationals...
2008: Sixth in Hargobind International Fifth in
U.S. Olympic Team Trials Fifth in U.S.
Nationals Third in Dave Schultz Memorial
2007: Second in New York AC Holiday
International Second in Hargobind International
(Canada) Second in Sunkist Kids International
Open Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials
2006: Northern Plains Regional champion
College: Four-time NCAA Division II champion for
Nebraska-Omaha (2003-06) Led UNO to three
straight NCAA Division II team titles (2004-06)Named Outstanding Wrestler at 2006 NCAA
Division II Championships Career wins leader at
UNO Won 2005 Midlands Championships
Earned a degree from UNO in General Studies
High School: 2000 state champion for Sturgis
Brown (S.D.) High School... Second in 1999 state
tournament Second in 2000 National Senior
High School Tournament
Personal: Son of Alen (deceased) and Donna
Sigman... Alen was a South Dakota state champi-
on in wrestling Hobbies include golfing, hunting
and fishing
Les Sigman120 kg/264.5 lbs.
MOST U.S. WORLDMOST U.S. WORLDFREESTYLE TITLESFREESTYLE TITLES
John Smith 4 (1987, 1989, 1990,
1991)
Lee Kemp 3 (1978, 1979, 1982)
Bruce Baumgartner 3 (1986,
1993, 1995)
Mark Schultz 2 (1985, 1987)
Kevin Jackson 2 (1991, 1995)
Terry Brands 2 (1993, 1995)
Team USA 2 (1993, 1995)
Heavyweight Les Sigman has won four
major tournaments this season.
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Residence: Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Club: Sunkist Kids
College: Univ. of
Cumberlands
High School: Pomona,
Calif. (Diamond Ranch)
Born: Sept. 7, 1986
Height: 5-1
2010: U.S. World TeamTrials champion...
Second in Pan American Championships U.S.
Open champion Fifth in Dave Schultz Memorial
International
2009: U.S. World Team Trials champion... Fourth
in U.S. Nationals Third in Klippan Ladies
Open Fourth in Guelph Open
2008: U.S. Nationals champion
2007: Fifth in U.S. World Team Trials Fifth in
U.S. Nationals Second in New York AC Holiday
International Fourth in Sunkist Kids
International Open Fifth in Pan American
Championships University Nationals champi-
on
2006: Third in Junior World Championships
2005: Fourth in Sunkist Kids/ASU International
College:Attended the Univ. of the Cumberlands,where she was coached by Kip Flanik...
High School:Attended Diamond Ranch High
School in California... Fourth in 2004 USGWA
Nationals...
Personal: Daughter of Joe Medina and Lily
VelazquezU.S. Olympic Training Center
resident-athlete...
Residence: Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Club: Sunkist Kids
College: Northern
Michigan
High School:
Tomahawk (Wis.)
Born: March 10, 1988
Height: 5-1
2010: Third in HeydarAliyev Golden Grand
Prix Third in Canada Cup U.S. World Team
Trials champion... U.S. Open champion Second
in Outstanding Ukrainian Wrestlers Memorial
International Third in Dave Schultz Memorial
International Third in Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix
2009: New York AC International Open champi-
on Third in Sunkist Kids International Open
Second in U.S. World Team Trials Third in U.S.
Nationals Pan American Championships gold
medalist
2008: New York AC International champion
Second in U.S. World Team Trials
2007: Third in Junior World Championships
Fifth in U.S. World Team Trials Fifth in U.S.
Nationals... FILA Junior Body Bar Champion
College:Attended Northern Michigan Universitywith the USOEC
High School:Attended Tomahawk High School...
First female wrestler to qualify for the Wisconsin
High School State Championshipsplaced sec-
ond in 2006 State Championships
Personal: Daughter of Jeff and Judy
LampeHas one brother, Anthony, and two sis-
ters, Amanda and Ashleylikes to run and play
cards hopes to become a personal trainer
Alyssa Lampe48 kg/105.5 lbs.
Jessica Medina51 kg/112.25 lbs.
U.S. WOMENS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROSTER48 kg/105.5 lbs. Alyssa Lampe, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
51 kg/112.25 lbs. Jessica Medina, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
55 kg/121 lbs. Tatiana Padilla, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
59 kg/130 lbs. Kelsey Campbell, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
63 kg/138.75 lbs. Elena Pirozhkova, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC)
67 kg/147.5 lbs. Kristie Davis, Oklahoma City, Okla. (New York AC)
72 kg/158.5 lbs. Stephany Lee, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
Coaches Terry Steiner (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Vladislav Izboinikov
(Colorado Springs, Colo.); Keith Wilson (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Link
Davis (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
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Residence: Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Club: Sunkist Kids
College: Lindenwood
(Mo.)
High School:
Northview (Calif.)
Born: Dec. 19, 1990
Height: 5-7
2010: 10th in Junior
World Championships...Canada Cup champion U.S. World Team Trials
champion U.S. Open champion Klippan
Open champion FILA Junior Nationals champi-
on...
2009: Fifth in World Championships... U.S. World
Team Trials champion Third in FILA Junior
Nationals Fourth in U.S. Nationals
2008: Bronze medalist in World
Championships U.S. World Team Trials cham-
pion Third in Junior World Championships
Third in U.S. Olympic Team Trials Fifth in U.S.
Nationals Pan American Championships gold
medalist Second in Dave Schultz Memorial
International
2007: Second in Junior World Championships
Second in U.S. World Team Trials Fourth in
U.S. Nationals... FILA Junior Nationals champi-on
2005:Austrian Ladies Open champion
USA Age-group: Four-time Junior Nationals
champion (2005-08) 2005 and 2006 FILA
Cadet Nationals champion Three-time USGWA
national champion (2004-06)
College:Attended Lindenwood (Mo.) University,
where she was coached by Jake Dieffenbach
High School: 2007 and 2008 ASICS National
High School Wrestler of the Year Graduated
from Northview (Calif.) High School
Personal: Daughter of Lisa Padilla U.S.
Olympic Training Center resident-athlete...
Tatiana Padilla55 kg/121 lbs.
Residence: Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Club: Sunkist Kids
College:Arizona State
High School:
Milwaukie (Ore.)
Born: June 5, 1985
Height: 5-4
2010: Third in Canada
Cup U.S. World Team
Trials champion U.S.
Open champion Third
in Alexander Medved International Fourth in
Dave Schultz Memorial International Ivan
Yarygin Grand Prix champion
2009: Fourth in Hargobind International Sunkist
Kids International Open champion Third in
Poland Open Second in U.S. World Team
Trials Second in Pan American
Championships U.S. Nationals champion
Third in Klippan Ladies Open Fourth in Dave
Schultz Memorial International Fourth in Guelph
Open
2008: Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials Third in
U.S. Nationals Third in Dave Schultz Memorial
International Fourth in Guelph Open
2007: Third in New York AC Holiday
International Fifth in U.S. World Team TrialsFifth in U.S. Nationals Womens Collegiate
Nationals champion
2005: Fifth in Sunkist International Open
2004: Sixth in Clan International Championship
(Canada)Fifth in Sunkist International Open
College: Wrestled for Arizona State, where she
was coached by Thom Ortiz
High School:Attended Milwaukee High School
and competed her senior year under Robert
Lipti
Personal: Daughter of Milton Campbell Sr. and
Christie CampbellHas one brother, Milton
Campbell Jr..Hobbies include singing, writing
music and dance. Resident-athlete at U.S.
Olympic Training Center
Kelsey Campbell59 kg/130 lbs.
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Residence: Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Club: Gator WC
High School:
Greenfield (Mass.)
Born: Oct. 13, 1986
Height: 5-5
2010: Third in Heydar
Aliyev Golden Grand
Prix Canada Cup
champion U.S. WorldTeam Trials champi-
on Pan American Championships gold medal-
ist U.S. Open champion Third in Outstanding
Ukrainian Wrestlers Memorial International
Second in Dave Schultz Memorial International
2009: Seventh in World Championships... U.S.
World Team Trials champion Poland Open
champion Pan American Championships gold
medalist U.S. Nationals champion Ukrainian
Memorial International champion Dave Schultz
Memorial International champion Second in
Guelph Open
2008: New York AC International champion
Hargobind International champion Eighth in
World Championships U.S. World Team Trials
champion World University champion Fourth
in U.S. Nationals Pan AmericanChampionships gold medalist
2007: Third in New York AC Holiday
International Hargobind International (Canada)
champion Second in Sunkist Kids International
Open Second in U.S. World Team Trials
Second in U.S. Nationals Second in Pan
American Championships Third in Dave
Schultz Memorial International Second in
Guelph Open (Canada)
2006: Second in Henri Deglane Challenge
Third in Clansmen International Sunkist
Kids/ASU International Open champion Second
in Dave Schultz Memorial Open
USA Age-group: Third in 2005 Junior
Nationals Fourth in 2004 Junior Nationals
High School: Attended Greenfield High School in
Massachusetts 2005 ASICS High School All-American Second Team member 2005 USGWA
National champion Third in 2003 and 2004
USGWA Nationals
Personal: Daughter of Sergey and Tatyana
PirozhkovaU.S. Olympic Training Center resi-
dent-athlete Native of Russia Has eight sib-
lings: Natalia, Viktor, Alex, Olga, Marina, Nina,
Rita and Maxim Likes to draw and go camping
Elena Pirozhkova63 kg/138.75 lbs.
Residence: Oklahoma
City, Okla.
Club: New York AC
College: Oklahoma
City University, Hudson
Valley CC
High School:Albany,
N.Y. (Colonie Central)
Born: Jan. 24, 1979
Height: 5-6
2010: Sixth in CanadaCup... U.S. World Team Trials champion
2009: Did not compete...
2008: Third in U.S. Olympic Team TrialsFourth
in U.S. Nationals Third in Alexander Medved
International
2007: World silver medalist Second in Warsaw
Cup Pan American Games gold medalist
U.S. World Team Trials champion U.S.
Nationals champion
2006: World bronze medalist U.S. World Team
Trials champion U.S. Nationals
championDave Schultz Memorial
championVehbi Emre Golden Grand Prix
championKlippan Golden Grand Prix champ
2005: U.S. World Team Trials champion
2004: Second in U.S. Olympic Team Trials
2003: World champion2002: World bronze medalist
2001: Second in U.S. World Team Trials
2000: World champion
1999: World silver medalist
1998: World silver medalist
1997: World silver medalist
1996: World silver medalist
USA Age-Group: 1998-2000, 2002 University
Nationals champion... 1998 Junior World champi-
on... 1998 FILA Junior Nationals champion...
College:Attends Oklahoma City Univ., where she
is coached by Archie Randall and Link Davis
Attended Hudson Valley Community College
Studied Physical Education...
High School:Attended Colonie Central High
School, where she was a member of the varsity
mens team coached by Andy Monin... wrestledon the junior varsity and varsity level... She was
also a member of the varsity softball team, where
she was named MVP and the top spring season
athlete in the school...
Personal: Daughter of Conrad and Nancy
Stenglein... Has two brothers, Matt and Joshua...
Her father and her brothers were wrestlers... Has
two daughters, Kayla Marano and Lilly Davis...
Her husband is Link Davis...
Kristie Davis67 kg/147.5 lbs.
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Residence: Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Club: Sunkist Kids
College: Missouri Valley
High School: Honolulu,
Hawaii (Moanalua)
Born:Aug. 10, 1984
Height: 5-6
2010: Canada Cup
champion... U.S. World
Team Trials champion
U.S. Open champion Second in Alexander
Medved International Klippan Open champion
2009: Hargobind International champion
Second in Sunkist Kids International Open U.S.
Nationals champion Third in Ukrainian Memorial
International Dave Schultz Memorial
International champion
2008: DNP in World Championships U.S. World
Team Trials champion World University champi-
on Fourth in U.S. Olympic Team Trials Pan
American Championships gold medalist Second
in Dave Schultz Memorial International
2007: New York AC Holiday International champi-
on Third in Sunkist Kids International Open
Third in Warsaw Cup Second in U.S. World
Team Trials Third in U.S. Nationals
2006: Second in U.S. World Team TrialsSecond in U.S. Nationals Womens College
Nationals champion
2005: Sunkist Kids/ASU International champion
2004: Third in U.S. Olympic Team Trials
Second in U.S. Nationals Second in Dave
Schultz Memorial International... University World
champion Pan American Championships cham-
pion Manitoba Open champion (Canada)...
Second in University Nationals
2003: Third in U.S. World Team Trials Second
in Sunkist Kids International Open... Second in
University Nationals... Third in U.S. Nationals...
Second in FILA Junior Nationals...
College:Attended Missouri Valley College, where
she was coached by Carl Murphree... Second in
2004 U.S. College Nationals... Studied Exercise
Science...High School:Attended Moanalua High School,
where she was coached by Joel Kawachi... 2002
USGWA High School Nationals champion... Also
participated in judo...
Personal: Daughter of Stewart and Julie Lee...
Has one brother, Ian... Hobbies include going to
the beach... Holds a black belt in judo...
Stephany Lee72 kg/158.5 lbs.
MOST U.S. WORLDMOST U.S. WORLD
WOMENS TITLESWOMENS TITLESTricia Saunders 4 (1992, 1996, 1998,
1999)
Kristie Marano 2 (2000, 2003)
Sandra Bacher 1 (1999)
Iris Smith 1 (2005)
Clarissa Chun 1 (2008)Team USA 1 (1999(
U.S. OLYMPIC, WORLDU.S. OLYMPIC, WORLD
MEDALS, WOMENMEDALS, WOMENKristie Marano 9 (96W-s, 97W-s,
98W-s, 99W-s, 00W-g, 02W-b,
03W-g, 06W-b, 07W-s)
Tricia Saunders 5 (92W-g, 93W-s,
96W-g, 98W-g, 99W-g)
Shannon Williams 4 (91W-s, 93W-s,94W-s, 97W-s)
Patricia Miranda 4 (00W-s, 03W-s,
04O-b, 06W-b)
Sara McMann 4 (03W-s, 04O-s,
05W-b, 07W-b)
Jessica Medina is making her second
straight trip to the Worlds.
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Residence: Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Club: U.S. Army
College: Northern
Michigan
High School: Spring
Valley, Calif. (Monte
Vista)
Born: Nov. 27, 1984
Height: 5-7
2010: U.S. World Team
Trials champion... Third in U.S. Open Third in
Dave Schultz Memorial International
2009: DNP in World Championships... U.S. World
Team Trials champion... Fifth in U.S. Nationals
Second in Dave Schultz Memorial International
2008: Fifth in Haparanda Cup Third in U.S.
Olympic Team Trials Fifth in U.S. Nationals
2007: Third in U.S. Nationals
2006: Fifth in Henri Deglane Challenge Second
in U.S. World Team TrialsU.S. Nationals champ
2005: University World Team Trials
championThird in U.S. Nationals
2004: Third in Sunkist Kids International Open.
USA Age-Group: Second in FILA Junior World
Team TrialsThird in 2002 Junior Nationals.
College:Attended Northern Michigan Univ.,where he was a member of the U.S. Olympic
Education Program...
High School:Attended Monte Vista High
School Third in 2003 state tournament
Personal: Son of Frank and Sarah Davis Has
six brothers, Joshua, Elijah, Isaac, Frank, Jason
and Jonny, and three sisters, Safra, Elona and
Cheyenne Hobbies include singing.
Residence: St. Louis,
Mo.
Club: New York AC
College: Northern
Michigan
High School: St. Louis,
Mo. (Christian Brothers
College)
Born: July 6, 1986
Height: 5-2
2010: U.S. World Team
Trials champion... U.S. Open champion...
2009: Ninth in World Championships... U.S. World
Team Trials champion... Second in Pan American
Championships Second in U.S. Nationals
Dave Schultz Memorial champ
2008: New York AC International champion
Eighth in Olympic Games U.S. Olympic Team
Trials champion U.S. Nationals champion
2007: New York AC International champion
Second in Sunkist Kids International Second in
U.S. World Team Trials
2006: World University champion Third in Junior
Worlds Second in U.S. Nationals
2005: DNP in Junior World Championships
USA Age-group: Second in 2004 Junior
Nationals Third in 2003 Junior NationalsCollege: Graduate of Northern Michigan Univ.,
where he was enrolled in the U.S. Olympic
Education Center program
High School:Attended Christian Brothers
College High School Two-time state champ
Personal: Son of Deborah and the late Thomas
MangoHas one brother, Ryan, and one sister,
Natasha Ryan wrestles for Stanford...
Spenser Mango55 kg/121 lbs.
Jeremiah Davis60 kg/132 lbs.
U.S. GRECO-ROMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROSTER55 kg/121 lbs. Spenser Mango, St. Louis, Mo. (New York AC)
60 kg/132 lbs. Jeremiah Davis, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
66 kg/145. lbs. Faruk Sahin, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
74 kg/163 lbs. Jake Fisher, Boise, Idaho (New York AC)
84 kg/185 lbs. Jake Clark, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force)
96 kg/211.5 lbs. Justin Ruiz, Boise, Idaho (New York AC)
120 kg/264.5 lbs. Dremiel Byers, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
Coaches Steve Fraser (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Momir Petkovic
(Colorado Springs, Colo.); Rob Hermann (Pensacola, Fla.); Dan Hicks
(Camp LeJeune, N.C.)
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Residence: Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Club: U.S. Army
College: Selcuk Univ.
(Turkey)
Born: Jan. 1, 1976
Height: 5-7
2010: U.S. World Team
Trials champion...
Second in U.S. Open...
Fourth in Dave SchultzMemorial International...
2009: U.S. World Team Trials champion Third
in Pan American Championships U.S Nationals
champion
2008: Second in U.S. Olympic Team Trials
Third in U.S. World Team Trials
2007: Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials Second
in U.S. Nationals Third in Haparanda Cup
Third in Vantaa Cup Fourth in New York AC
Holiday International
2004: Dave Schultz Memorial International cham-
pion
2003: Third in NYAC International... Sunkist Kids
International Open champion
2002: Second in NYAC Christmas International
Dave Schultz Memorial International champion
2001: Northern Plains Regional champion1999: Second in Dave Schultz Memorial
International
College:Attended Secluk Univ., where he was
coached by Halil Karacor and Huseyin Yavuz...
Earned a degree in Exercise Science... Also par-
ticipated in handball and judo...
High School:Attended Gazi High School in
Turkey, where he was coached by Mustafa
Sahin... Also played soccer, track & field and
taekwondo...
Personal: Son of Osman and Semiha Sahin...
Has two brothers, Ismail and M. Akif, and one sis-
ter, Ayse... He and his wife, Amanda, have a son,
Akif Nelson Sahin... Originally from Turkey...
Moved to the United States from Turkey in 2000...
Received U.S. citizenship in February, 2004...
Holds a rank of Specialist in the U.S. Army...Member of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete
Program... Previously held position as a volunteer
assistant coach at the U.S. Olympic Education
Center at Northern Michigan Univ... Also compet-
ed in taekwondo for six years... Was a professor
at Selcuk Univ. in Turkey, teaching Exercise
Science...
Faruk Sahin66 kg/145.5 lbs.
Residence: Boise,
Idaho
Club: New York AC
College: Northern
Michigan
High School: Platte
City, Mo. (Platte
County)
Born: Feb. 20, 1984
Height: 5-10
2010: U.S. World TeamTrials champion U.S. Open champion
Second in Pan American Championships Dave
Schultz Memorial International champion
2009: Sunkist Kids International Open champi-
on Third in U.S. World Team Trials Second in
U.S. Nationals Third in Dave Schultz Memorial
International
2008: Second in Henri Deglane Challenge New
York AC International champion Third in U.S.
Nationals
2007: New York AC Holiday International champi-
on Second in Sunkist Kids International
Open Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials Fifth
in 2007 U.S. Nationals
2006: Second in New York AC Holiday
International Open Third in Sunkist Kids/ASU
International Open 2006 University NationalschampionSeventh in 2006 U.S. Nationals
2005: Sixth in Sunkist Kids/ASU International
Open Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials
Northern Plains Regional champion Seventh in
University Nationals
2004: Fifth in NYAC Christmas International
Third in University Nationals FILA Junior
Nationals champion
2003: Second in 2003 FILA Junior Nationals
Third in 2003 Northern Plains Regional Fourth
in 2000 Cadet Nationals
College:Attended Northern Michigan Univ.,
where he was a member of the U.S. Olympic
Education Center program coached by Ivan
Ivanov... Studied Sports Science
High School:Attended Platte County High
School, where he was coached by Phil DormanTwo-time state champion (2001-02) Fourth in
2000 state tournament Second in 1999 state
tournament Also lettered in soccer
Personal: Son of Robert and Charlotte Fisher
Has two brothers, Bobby and Steve, and one sis-
ter, Stacy Bobby also used to be enrolled in the
USOEC program Engaged to Jennifer
Adams Hobbies include water sports
Jake Fisher74 kg/163 lbs.
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Residence: Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Club: U.S. Air Force
College: Minnesota
High School: South
Saint Paul (Minn.)
Born: Feb. 15, 1980
Height: 5-10
2010: Fifth in Pytlasinki
International U.S.
World Team Trialschampion Third in U.S. Open
2007: Second in U.S. World Team Trials World
Cup silver medalist
2006: Second in Haparanda Cup DNP in World
Championships U.S. World Team Trials champi-
onU.S. Nationals championSecond in Armed
Forces Wrestling Championship.
2005: Second in U.S. World Team Trials Armed
Forces champion Second in Dave Schultz
Memorial International.
2004: Sunkist Kids International Open champi-
on Second in U.S. Olympic Team Trials
Second in U.S. Nationals Second in Haparanda
Cup (Sweden) Third in Dave Schultz Memorial
International.
2003: Third in New York AC Christmas
International Sixth in World Cup Second inU.S. World Team Trials Second in U.S.
Nationals Second in Armed Forces
Championships Sixth in Dave Schultz Memorial
International.
2002: Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials Third in
Haparanda Cup (Sweden)
2001: Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials Second
in Armed Forces Championships Second in
Granma Cup (Cuba) Third in Haparanda Cup...
2000: CISM Military World Bronze Medalist
Fourth in U.S. Olympic Team Trials Armed
Forces champion Third in West Regional
Olympic Team Trials qualifier Third in
Haparanda Cup (Sweden) Fifth in Dave Schultz
Memorial International.
College:Attended the Univ. of Minnesota for one
year, where he was coached by J Robinson.High School:Attended South Saint Paul High
School... Two-time state champion (1997-98)...
Third in 1998 High School Senior Nationals
Personal: Son of Tamara Clark... Brother Joey is
a former wrestler and a former U.S. Marine who is
active in mixed martial arts... Hobbies include
playing blackjack and poker... Holds a rank of
Staff Sgt. in the U.S. Air Force Previously was a
Sgt. in the U.S. Marine Corps...
Jake Clark84 kg/185 lbs.
Residence: Boise,
Idaho
Club: New York AC
College: Nebraska
High School: Salt
Lake City, Utah
(Taylorsville)
Born:Aug. 9, 1979
Height: 5-11
2010: Third in
Pytlasinki
International U.S. World Team Trials champi-
on Pan American Championships gold medal-
ist U.S. Open champion Dave Schultz
Memorial International champion
2009: New York AC International Open champi-
on
2008: Second in U.S. Olympic Team Trials U.S.
Nationals champion Slovenia Grand Prix cham-
pion Pan American Championships gold medal-
ist Dave Schultz Memorial champion
2007: New York AC Holiday International champi-
on DNP in World Championships Member of
World team champions Pan American Games
gold medalist U.S. World Team Trials champi-
on Pan American Championships gold medal-
ist U.S. Nationals champion Third in Gedz
Tournament (Serbia) Dave Schultz MemorialInternational champion
2006: New York AC Holiday International Open
champion DNP in World Championships U.S.
World Team Trials championU.S. Nationals
champion
2005: World bronze medalist U.S. World Team
Trials champion U.S. Nationals champion
2004: New York AC Christmas International
champion Second in U.S. Olympic Team
Trials U.S. Nationals champion
2003: Second in World Cup DNP in World
Championships Second in Pan American
Games Second in U.S. World Team Trials
Fourth in U.S. Nationals.
2002: Second in U.S. World Team Trials
Second in U.S. Nationals.
1999: Fifth in 1999 U.S. Nationals.College:Attended the Univ. of Nebraska, where
he was coached by Mark Manning... Fifth in 2002
and 2003 NCAA Championships...
High School:Attended Taylorsville High School...
Three-time state champion...
Personal: Son of Joe and Carrie Ruiz... Has two
brothers, Brandon and Jared... He and his wife,
Sarah, were married on Oct. 15, 2005 They
have one daughter, Brinklee
Justin Ruiz96 kg/211.5 lbs.
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Residence: Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Club: U.S. Army
College: North Carolina
A&T
High School: Kings
Mountain (N.C.)
Born: Sept. 11, 1974
Height: 6-2
2010: Pytlasinki
International champi-
on U.S. World Team Trials champion GranmaCup champion Dave Schultz Memorial
International champion Second in Podubbny
Grand Prix
2009: World silver medalist... U.S. World Team
Trials champion Ion Corneanu Memorial cham-
pion Second in Pytlasinski International U.S.
Nationals champion Grand Prix of Slovenia
champion Second in Granma Cup (Cuba)
Dave Schultz Memorial International champion
Fifth in Vehbe Emri Grand Prix
2008: Seventh in Olympic Games U.S. Olympic
Team Trials champion U.S. Nationals champi-
on Haparanda Cup champion Second in
Hungary Grand Prix Second in Dave Schultz
Memorial International
2007: World bronze medalist Member of WorldTeam ChampionsPan American Games silver
medalist U.S. World Team Trials champion
Third in U.S. Nationals World Cup silver medal-
ist Dave Schultz Memorial International champi-
on
2006: Ninth in World Championships U.S.
World Team Trials champion U.S. Nationals
champion
2005: DNP in World Championships CISM
World Military champion (Lithuania)
2004: Second in U.S. Olympic Team Trials
2003: Second in U.S. World Team Trials
2002: World champion U.S. World Team Trials
champion U.S. Nationals champion
2001: World Cup champion Second in U.S.
World Team Trials Second in U.S. Nationals
2000: Fourth in U.S. Olympic Team Trials1999: Sixth in World Championships
1998: Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials
1997: Fifth in U.S. World Team Trials
College:Attended North Carolina A&T...
High School:Attended Kings Mountain High
School, where he was coached by Steve Moffitt...
1993 North Carolina state champion...
Personal: Son of Beverly Byers and grandson of
the late Theodore Byers...
Dremiel Byers120 kg/264.5 lbs.
U.S. WORLDU.S. WORLD
GRECO TITLESGRECO TITLESMike Houck (1985)
Dennis Hall (1995)
Rulon Gardner (2001)Dremiel Byers (2002)
Joe Warren (2006)
Team USA (2007)
U.S. OLYMPICU.S. OLYMPIC
GRECO TITLESGRECO TITLESSteve Fraser (1984)
Jeff Blatnick (1984)
Rulon Gardner (2000)
Contact informationAny journalists who desire interviews with
U.S. athletes or coaches should contact
USA Wrestlings Gary Abbott or Craig
Sesker. Abbott can be reached by e-mail at
[email protected] and Sesker can
be reached at [email protected].
They will be in Russia covering the event.
Dremiel Byers won a World title in
Greco-Roman wrestling in 2002.
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Jones was named the
National Freestyle
Coach for USA
Wrestling in September
2008.
Jones previously spent
three seasons as the
head coach at the
University of
Pennsylvania. Jones
coached Penns Matt
Valenti to back-to-backNCAA titles in 2006 and 2007.
Jones was an Olympic Freestyle Coach for the
2004 U.S. Olympic Team, which competed in
Athens, Greece. The U.S. won three medals in
Athens, with a gold by Cael Sanderson and sil-
vers by Stephen Abas and Jamill Kelly.
Jones served as head coach for the American
team at the 2001 World Championships. The U.S.
placed fifth in the team standings and featured a
pair of silver medalists. Jones was the head
coach for a pair of U.S. teams that won champi-
onships at the World Cup. He was named
National Freestyle Coach of the Year by USA
Wrestling.
Jones was head coach of the 2003 Pan American
Games team, which won the team title and cap-
tured four individual gold medals. He also was onthe U.S. coaching staff for the 1996 and 2000
Olympic Games. Among the athletes he coached
were 1996 Olympic gold medalist Kendall Cross
and 2000 Olympic silver medalist Sammie
Henson.
Jones had an outstanding career at the interna-
tional level. He won a gold medal at the 1991
World Championships. Jones also claimed a silver
medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona,
Spain. He added a bronze medal at the 1995
World Championships. He placed fourth in the
1990 and 1993 World Championships. He was a
member of the U.S. squads that won World team
titles in 1993 and 1995.
Jones, a four-time World Cup champion, is a
Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling
Hall of Fame. Jones was voted Worlds MostTechnical Wrestler by FILA.
Jones wrestled on the 1988 NCAA Championship
team at Arizona State, where he was a NCAA
finalist and was a three-time All-American for the
Sun Devils.
Jones and his wife, Renee, have four children,
Jessica, David, Rebecca and Jacob.
Zeke JonesNational Coach
Zadick was hired as
Assistant National
Coach for USA
Wrestling in January
2009.
Zadick joins the U.S.
coaching staff after a
memorable career as a
competitor.
Zadick won a World
title in 2006 in
Guangzhou, China.
Zadick retired from competition after placing sec-
ond at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials.
Zadick had a standout collegiate career for the
University of Iowa.
He was a two-time All-American for the
Hawkeyes, capturing an NCAA title in 1996 while
wrestling under Dan Gable.
A native of Great Falls, Montana, Zadick won four
state titles for Great Falls High School.
Zadicks younger brother, Mike, won a World sil-
ver medal in freestyle wrestling in 2006.
Zadick also competed in the 2001 World
Championships, placing seventh.
He was a runner-up at the U.S. Olympic Team
Trials in 2000 and 2008. He was a three-time
U.S. Nationals runner-up (2003, 2006, 2008) and
a two-time World Team Trials runner-up (1999,2002).
Zadick was a U.S. Olympic Training Center
Resident athlete from 2004-2008, where his
freestyle career flourished on the mat under
Coach Terry Brands.
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Slay was hired as USA
Wrestling Assistant
National Coach and
Freestyle Resident
Coach in January 2009.
Slay will guide the
Resident Program at
the U.S. Olympic
Training Center in
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Slay turned in a sur-
prise performance atthe 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. He
stunned many wrestling observers by winning an
Olympic gold medal in 2000. Slay knocked off
Russias Bouvaisa Saitiev en route to the gold
medal. Saitiev won Olympic titles in 1996, 2004
and 2008.
A native of Amarillo, Texas, Slay was a two-time
NCAA runner-up competing for the Univ. of
Pennsylvania, where he received a degree from
the Wharton School of Business.
Slay won three Texas state high school titles for
Tascosa High School, and was an all-district foot-
ball player.
Brandon SlayAssistant Coach
Smith served as a co-
head coach for the
2000 U.S. Olympic
Team, which competed
in Sydney, Australia.
The U.S. won four indi-
vidual medals, includ-
ing a gold medal from
Brandon Slay.
He also served as
coach for the 1999
U.S. World Team,which competed in Ankara, Turkey, placing sec-
ond in the team standings and winning three
medals, including a gold medal by Stephen Neal.
As coach of the 1998 U.S. World Team, the U.S.
placed third in the team standings in Tehran, Iran
with three medals, including a gold medal by
Sammie Henson.
He also was a coach on the 2009 U.S. World
Team.
He is currently the head coach at Oklahoma
State. He is the winningest coach in Oklahoma
State history, and has led the Cowboys to five
NCAA team titles (1995, 2003-2006). He has
coached 23 NCAA individual champions and five
Olympians, including 2004 silver medalist Jamill
Kelly. Oklahoma State has won 10 Big 12 team
titles under Smith. Seven times, Smith has beenBig 12 Coach of the Year.
As an athlete, Smith was considered by many the
best freestyle wrestler in U.S. history. He claimed
gold medals at the 1988 and 1992 Olympic
Games, and won four World gold medals (1987,
1989, 1990, 1991). His six straight World-level
titles is unprecedented. He also won titles at the
Pan American Games (twice), Goodwill Games
(twice) and the World Cup.
Smith won most of the major awards in amateur
athletics, including the James E. Sullivan Award,
the USOC SportsMan of the Year and the World
Trophy. He was FILA Wrestler of the Year in
1991, and won the 1990 FILA Master of
Technique Award. He is a member of the FILA
International Hall of Fame and the National
Wrestling Hall of Fame, along with many othermajor honors.
Smith was a two-time NCAA champion for
Oklahoma State (1987-88) and a three-time All-
American. He originally hails from Del City, Okla.,
where he won two state high school titles.
John SmithWorld Team Coach
Brands is an assistant
wrestling coach at the
University of Iowa. He
works with his twin
brother and head coach
Tom Brands to coach
the powerful Hawkeye
program.
Brands served as the
USA Wrestling National
Freestyle Resident
Coach and Assistant
National Freestyle Coach from 2005-2008.
He coached 2006 World Champion Bill Zadickand 2008 Olympic Champion Henry Cejudo.
Brands was one of the nation's greatest freestyle
wrestlers, winning World gold medals in 1993 in
Toronto, Canada and in 1995 in Atlanta, Ga. at 57
kg/125.5 pounds.
In 2000, he made a comeback and won the U.S.
Olympic Team Trials in Dallas, Texas at 58
kg/127.75 lbs. He earned a bronze medal at the
2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.
Terry BrandsWorld Team Coach
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Steiner was named USA
Wrestlings full-time
National Womens
Coach in April 2002, the
first in USA Wrestlings
history.
He is responsible for the
training of Americas
elite women freestyle
wrestlers, as well as
coaching women
wrestlers who areinvolved in the U.S. Olympic Training Center resi-
dent athlete program. He will also play an impor-
tant role in the development of womens wrestling
in the United States.
For the first time, womens wrestlers competed in
the Olympic Games in 2004. Sara McMann won a
silver medal and Patricia Miranda won a bronze
medal in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Since becoming USA Wrestlings National
Womens Coach, U.S. teams on international
tours have turned in outstanding performances.
At the 2003 World Championships in New York,
all seven U.S. women won medals. Kristie
Marano won a gold medal for the U.S. as it tied
Japan for the team title.
Steiner also led the U.S. to the title at the 2003
World Cup, where the Americans defeated hostJapan to capture the title.
Steiner also guided two other U.S. athletes to
World titles - Iris Smith in 2005 and Clarissa Chun
in 2008.
Steiner worked six years as an assistant wrestling
coach at Wisconsin. He helped develop a number
of top wrestlers, including two-time NCAA champi-
on Donny Pritzlaff.
He also spent two seasons as an assistant coach
at Oregon State.
Steiner placed second in the 1998 U.S. Nationals.
He finished fourth in the 1996 Olympic Trials and
fifth in the 2000 Olympic Trials. He won a gold
medal at the 1996 Pan American Championships.
Steiner was a 1993 NCAA champion for the
University of Iowa, where he wrestled for Dan
Gable. He was named Outstanding Wrestler ofthe 1993 NCAAs.
He finished his college career as a three-time All-
American for the Hawkeyes. He received his
bachelors degree in social work from the
University of Iowa in 1993.
Steiner, originally from Bismarck, N.D., won two
state high school titles for Century High School.
Steiner and his wife, Jodi, have one daughter,
Raven.
Terry SteinerNational Coach
Izboinikov was hired as
the Womens Resident
Coach by USA
Wrestling in June 2005.
Izboinikov, called
Coach Izzy by his
athletes, served 10
years as a teacher and
wrestling coach at
Yucca Valley High
School in California.
Izboinikov is a Silver
level certified coach with USA Wrestlings
National Coaches Education Program.
He has coached U.S. womens wrestling teams
on foreign tours, and has participated in training
camps with the womens program.
Since he joined the womens staff, the U.S. has
crowned individual World champions in Iris Smith
(2005) and Clarissa Chun (2008).
He competed as an athlete and earned his
coaching degrees in his native Russia. Among his
top achievements was a second-place finish in
the Russian Junior National/World Team Tryouts
in 1989.
Izboinikov received his bachelors degree in
physical education from Moscow State University
of Physical Education in 1993. He also received
his Wrestling Coach diploma in Russia in 1993.He came to the United States in 1993.
Izboinikov is married, and his wifes name is
Pam. They have one son, Dimitri, and one
daughter, Alyssa.
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Davis serves as assistant
wrestling coach for
Oklahoma City
University, where he has
helped build its womens
wrestling program into a
national power. He works
in all aspects of both
mens and womens pro-
grams.
With Davis guidance,
OCU has won two con-secutive WCWA Womens national team titles and
was second at the nationals the previous season.
In three seasons, OCU womens wrestlers have
won eight individual WCWA national titles. Four
OCU womens wrestlers qualified for the 2008
Olympic Trials.
Davis has helped coach the U.S. Senior team
which competed at the 2010 Canada Cup, as well
as the 2010 Junior World team which competed in
Hungary. He also helped coach a WCWA college
team which competed at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Davis has coached a number of other teams that
have competed in Canadian tournaments.
Previously, Davis was a high-school assistant in
El Reno, Okla., in 2005-06. Davis had been a
head coach at Broken Arrow, Okla., from 2002-05.
Davis coached four-time state champion BrandonTucker and three-time state champ Shane Vernon
at Broken Arrow. Before then, Davis was also a
head coach at Poteau, Okla.
Davis was named Oklahoma Coaches Association
assistant coach of the year in 2002 after helping
Broken Arrow win the dual state championship.
With Oklahoma USA Wrestling, Davis was also an
assistant for Oklahomas three-time Junior
National Dual champion and 2001 runner-up
teams.
As a college wrestler, Davis was a member of
Central Oklahomas 1996 NCAA Division II run-
ner-up squad.
He is married to Kristie Davis, a two-time World
champion and nine-time World medalist in
womens freestyle wrestling, and a member of the
2010 U.S. World Team.
Link DavisWorld Team Coach
Wilson was a World
Team coach with the
2008 U.S. Womens
World Team in Tokyo,
Japan, which placed
fourth in the World team
standings and featured
gold-medalist Clarissa
Chun and bronze-medal-
ist Tatiana Padilla.
He was also a coach
with the 2009 U.S.
World Cup Team, which competed in Taiyuan,
China. The U.S. was fifth in the standings with a
2-2 team record. He was a member of the 2008
U.S. Olympic team staff, and has also coached at
the Pan American Championships.
He also served as World Team coach in 2009.
Wilson is the personal coach for 2008 World
champion and 2008 Olympian Clarissa Chun,
and has worked directly on a regular basis with a
number of other national-caliber women
wrestlers.
He has been a club coach with the Sunkist Kids
since 2001. The Sunkist Kids placed second at
the 2009 U.S. Nationals, led by three individual
champions.
Wilson is the owner and a coach at Rough House
MMA and Fitness in Colorado Springs, Colo. Heopened the club this year, which specializes in
wrestling, No-Gi Grappling, Jiu-Jitsu, Muay-Thai,
kickboxing, boxing and personal fitness.
Wilson was a member of the Greco-Roman Team
USA four times during his competitive career,
placing second in the World Team Trials in 2001,
and third in 1994, 1995 and 1997. He was sec-
ond at the U.S. Nationals twice during his career.
Wilson also won a bronze medal at the 1998 Pan
American Championships and was fifth in the
1996 World Cup.
He competed for the U.S. Marines for nine years
and the U.S. Army for five years during his
career. He was third in the 1991 World Military
Championships in freestyle, and was a medalist
at the Armed Forces Championships a number of
times.Wilson has also competed in No-Gi Grappling
and Mixed Martial Arts during his competitive
career.
He attended the Univ of Oklahoma for two years
under coach Jack Spates, and was a starter on
the varsity team. Wilson is originally from
Manassas, Va., where he was third in the state
for Stonewall Jackson High School.
Keith WilsonWorld Team Coach
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Fraser joined USA
Wrestling as the
National Greco-Roman
Coach in October 1995.
Fraser led the U.S. to its
only team title in World
Championships history
when the Americans
captured the title in
2007 in Baku,
Azerbaijan. Brad Vering
(silver), Harry Lester
(bronze) and Dremiel Byers (bronze) each won
medals as the U.S. egded Russia by one point for
the team title.
Fraser also was in the corner when Rulon
Gardner shocked the World by knocking off three-
time Olympic champion Alexander Karelin in the
2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. Karelin
was unbeaten in international competition before
suffering a loss to Gardner in the Olympic finals.
Gardner also won an Olympic bronze medal in
2004 in Athens, Greece.
Fraser coached Gardner to a World title in 2001,
and also helped guide Dremiel Byers (2002) and
Joe Warren (2006) to World titles.
Fraser won a gold medal for the U.S. at the 1984
Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He became the
first U.S. wrestler to win an Olympic title in Greco-Roman wrestling. He beat three-time World cham-
pion Frank Andersson of Sweden en route to win-
ning his Olympic title.
He also was a member of the 1979 and 1982 U.S.
World Teams. He won a gold medal at the 1983
Pan American Games.
Fraser was inducted into the National Wrestling
Hall of Fame in 1994.
He was named USA Wrestling Athlete of the Year
in 1984, and was a finalist for the James E.
Sullivan Award that year.
He was a two-time All-American for the University
of Michigan. He earned a bachelors degree in
physical education in 1980.
He was a Michigan state high school champion
for Hazel Park High School.
Fraser was an assistant coach at the University ofMichigan from 1980-87, and at Eastern Michigan
from 1987-93. He also coached the Michigan
Wrestling Club for 10 years.
He has three children, Kellen, Kerrin and Hannah.
Steve FraserNational Coach
Petkovic joined USA
Wrestling as its
Assistant National
Greco-Roman Coach in
May 2002.
Petkovic assists in the
training and recruitment
of athletes for the U.S.
Olympic Training
Center resident athlete
program.
Petkovic helped guidethe U.S. to its first World Championships team
title in American history in 2007 in Baku,
Azerbaijan. Two of the U.S. wrestlers Petkovic
worked closely with - Brad Vering (second) and
Lindsey Durlacher (fifth) - turned in key perform-
ances that led to that historic team victory.
He also coached Joe Warren to a World title in
2006 in Guangzhou, China, and coached Adam
Wheeler to an Olympic bronze medal in 2008 in
Beijing, China.
Petkovic was a 1976 Olympic gold medalist in
Greco-Roman wrestling, competing for the former
Yugoslavia. He also claimed three World silver
medals in 1978, 1979 and 1981, and a World
bronze medal in 1977.
Petkovic placed fourth at the 1984 Olympic
Games in Los Angeles. He wrestled international-ly in Greco-Roman from 1970-84.
He came to the United States in 1986. He served
as a club coach for the New York Athletic Club for
six years.
He was a member of the 2000 U.S. Greco-
Roman Olympic Team coaching staff, as well as
the 2001 U.S. Greco-Roman World Team coach-
ing staff. The U.S. placed third at both competi-
tions.
Petkovic also assisted at the 1988 U.S. Olympic
Training Camp in Big Bear, Calif., and also
helped prepare the 1991 U.S. Greco-Roman
World Team.
Petkovic and his wife have one son, Sasha, and
one daughter, Irona.
Momir PetkovicAssistant Coach
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Hermann has recently
been named the head
coach for USA
Wrestling's Greco-
Roman program at the
U.S. Olympic Education
Center at Northern
Michigan University. He
will officially assume his
duties at Northern
Michigan on August 16.
Hermann served as thehead coach of the 1996 U.S. Olympic team, which
won three silver medals at the Atlanta Olympic
Games. Capturing silver medals were Brandon
Paulson (52 kg), Dennis Hall (57 kg) and Matt
Ghaffari (130 kg). He was also the assistant
coach of the 2000 U.S. Olympic team, which won
three medals in the Sydney Olympic Games,
including Olympic champion Rulon Gardner (130
kg), silver medalist Matt Lindland (76 kg) and
bronze medalist Garrett Lowney (97 kg).
He was also head coach of the 1993 U.S. World
Team, which was 14th at the World
Championships. Hermann also was an assistant
coach with the 1994 and 1997 U.S. World Teams.
He was the head coach of the 1995 Pan
American Games team which placed second.
Hermann also served as head coach of the 1990Pan American Championships team and the 1992
World Cup team. He was also coach of the 1991
and 1995 U.S. CISM World Military teams.
Since 1983, he has served the head coach of the
All-Navy team, where he has developed a number
of nationally ranked athletes. Among the athletes
he worked with was 2008 Olympic bronze medal-
ist Adam Wheeler.
He was named USA Wrestling Greco-Roman
Coach of the Year in both 1992 and 1996.
Hermann is a gold certified coach with USA
Wrestlings National Coaches Education Program,
the highest level of achievement.
As an athlete, Hermann competed on three U.S.
World teams and won a bronze medal at the 1983
Pan American Games. He won four U.S. Senior
national titles, and competed in five World Cups.During his career, Hermann was a CISM World
Military champion, and captured 11 Armed Forces
titles. He was named 1984 and 1992 Navy Athlete
of the Year. Hermann was a 12-time All-Navy
Wrestling champion. He hails from Crystal River,
Fla., where he was a 1976 Florida state high
school champion...
Rob HermannWorld Team Coach
Hicks serves as the
head coach of the U.S.
Marine Corps wrestling
team, which is sta-
tioned in Camp
LeJeune, N.C. He has
served as head coach
of the All-Marine
wrestling team since
2004.
Hicks has coached a
number of Greco-
Roman Team USA members during his years as
the coach of the U.S. Marine Corps. His teams
have placed second in the Armed Forces
Championships every year since 2004.
He also served as a coach for the 2007 Pan
American Games team, which competed in Rio
de Janiero, Brazil. The U.S. won six medals,
including gold medals from Harry Lester, Brad
Vering and Justin Ruiz. Hicks was also a member
of the 2006 U.S. Greco-Roman World Team
coaching staff.
Hicks has served as assistant coach for the U.S.
CISM World Military Championships team three
times. He coached the 2007 U.S. CISM team
which competed in the CISM Games in
Hyderabad, India. He also coached the 2008 U.S.
CISM team which competed in Split, Croatia. Heis also coaching the 2010 U.S. CISM team which
is competing in Lahti, Finland in mid-August.
He has coached numerous U.S. teams in interna-
tional competition, leading teams which have
competed in Sweden, Finland, France, Poland,
Serbia and Greece.
Hicks holds a rank of Major with the U.S. Marine
Corps. He has served overseas with the U.S.
Marine Corps fleet during his military career.
As an athlete, Hicks was a successful internation-
al wrestler competing for the U.S. Marine Corps.
He qualified for five Greco-Roman national
teams, and was second in the 1998 World Team
Trials. He was a placewinner in the U.S. Olympic
Team Trials three times (1996, 2000, 2004).
Hicks was second in the 1999 U.S. Senior
Nationals, and placed third in the national cham-pionships three times (1997, 2002, 2004). He
was a 1996 World Cup bronze medalist.
Hicks was a five-time Armed Forces Greco-
Roman champion during his career. In 2000, he
won a bronze medal at the CISM Military World
Championships, and in 1999, he placed fourth in
the CISM Military World Games...
Dan HicksWorld Team Coach
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10 STORY IDEAS FOR
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS:1. Herbert back for more - Jake Herbert
won a silver medal in his first trip to Worlds
in 2009. Hes the lone returning U.S. WorldTeam member in freestyle in 2010. He
recently won a silver medal at the Heydar
Aliyev Grand Prix event in Azerbaijan.
2. Byers seeking 2nd World title - 2002
World champion Dremiel Byers has won
bronze and silver medals in his last two
trips to Worlds. He was second in 2009,
and has looked strong this season. He
recently beat 2004 Olympic champion
Khasan Baroev from Russia.
3. New name, same goal for Davis -
Kristie Davis, formerly Kristie Marano, is
headed to her 10th World tournament.
Shes won a record nine medals, including
two World titles.
4. Zadick primed to win gold - 2006
World silver medalist Mike Zadick has put
together a superb season and is looking
like a contender for a World title.
5. Padilla looking for more hardware -
Tatiana Padilla is just 19, but she already
owns World finishes of third and fifth in
womens freestyle. She narrowly missed
making the finals of the 2009 Worlds.
6. Ruiz back on Greco World Team -
Justin Ruiz has returned after a year off
and landed a spot on his fifth World Team
in Greco-Roman wrestling. He won aWorld bronze medal in 2005 and has wres-
tled well this season.
7. Clark aiming high - Jake Clark has
made his second World Team. The former
U.S. Marines wrestler is now with the U.S.
Air Force. Clark has long been one of the
most talented Greco wrestlers in the World
and is focused on winning his first medal.
8. Warrior mentality pays off for Sigman
- Les Sigman beat out former college rival
Tervel Dlagnev, a 2009 World bronze
medalist, to make his first World Team.
Sigman has beaten two World medalists
and two Olympians this season.9. Elena ready to reach the podium -
Russian-born Elena Pirozhkova returns to
her roots for the Worlds. She is seeking
her first medal in her third trip to this event.
10. Metcalf set for the big stage - Two-
time NCAA champion Brent Metcalf shifts
his focus to the international level. Metcalf
placed third in the recent event in Baku.
Jake Herbert (top) won a World silver medal in freestyle in 2009.
STORY IDEASFOR WORLDS