Weight Name
U.S. OLYMPIC WRESTLING ROSTER Residence
National Club
Greco-Roman (August 14-16) 59 kg 75 kg 85 kg
Jesse Thielke Andy Bisek Ben Provisor
130 kg Robby Smith Germantown, Wis. New York AC
Colorado Springs, Colo. Minnesota Storm Colorado Springs, Colo. New York AC Colorado Springs, Colo. New York AC
College Wisconsin
Northern Michigan Northern Michigan Northern Michigan
High School
Germantown HS, Wis. Chaska HS, Minn.
Stevens Point HS, Wis. San Ramon HS, Calif.
Team Leader - Kiki Kelley, Minneapolis, Minn. National Greco-Roman Coaches - Matt Lindland and Momir Petkovic, Colorado Springs, Colo. Olympic Greco-Roman Coaches - Chris Saba, Colorado Springs, Colo. and Mark Halvorson, Brentwood, Calif. Personal/Staff Coaches - Herb House, Colorado Springs, Colo. Medical - Rod Rodriguez, Colorado Springs, Colo. Training Partners - Ravaughn Perkins, Omaha, Neb.; Joe Rau, Minneapolis, Minn.; Mohammad Abdel Fatah, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Women’s freestyle (August 17-18) 48 kg 53 kg 63 kg 75 kg
Haley Augello Helen Maroulis
Lockport, Ill. New York AC
Elena Pirozhkova Colorado Springs, Colo. Titan Mercury WC Adeline Gray
Huntington Beach, Calif. Sunkist Kids Colorado Springs, Colo. New York AC/OTC
King Univ.
Simon Fraser** Pikes Peak CC Devry**
Lockport HS, Ill.
Magruder HS, Md.* Greenfield HS, Mass Chatfield HS, Colo.*
Team Leader - Kyra Barry, New York, N.Y. National Women’s Coaches - Terry Steiner, Erin Vandiver and Emma Randall, Colorado Springs, Colo. Olympic Women’s Coaches - Afsoon Johnston, San Diego, Calif. and Valentin Kalika, Aliso Viejo, Calif. Personal/Staff Coaches - Maxim Molonov, Colorado Springs, Colo. Medical - Carrie Moore, Wentzville, Mo. Training Partners - Clarissa Chun, Morgantown,
W.Va.; Becka Leathers, Choctaw, Okla.; Tamyra Mensah, Katy, Texas; Julia Salata, Canton, Mich.
Men’s freestyle (August 19-21) 57 kg 65 kg 74 kg 86 kg 97 kg
Daniel Dennis Frank Molinaro
Kyle Snyder 125 kg Tervel Dlagnev Iowa City, Iowa
Jordan Burroughs Lincoln, Neb. J’den Cox
State College, Pa. Columbia, Mo
Woodbine, Md. Columbus, Ohio
Titan Mercury WC Nittany Lion WC Sunkist Kids Missouri WF
Titan Mercury WC Sunkist Kids
Iowa
Penn State Nebraska Missouri
Ohio State Nebraska-Kearney Grant HS, Ill.
Southern Regional HS, N.J. WInslow Township HS, N.J. Hickman HS, Mo. Good Counsel, Md.* Arlington, Texas
Team Leader - Andy Barth, San Marino, Calif. National Freestyle Coaches - Bruce Burnett, Bill Zadick, Brandon Slay, Colorado Springs, Colo. Olympic Freestyle Coaches - Tom Brands, Iowa City, Iowa; Mark Manning, Lincoln, Neb.; Lou Rosselli, Columbus, Ohio Personal/Staff Coaches - Mike Duroe, Marion, Iowa; Mike Eierman, Fulton, Mo.; Cody Sanderson, State College, Pa.; Bryan Snyder, Lincoln, Neb. Medical - Darryl Miller, Centennial, Colo. Training Partners - Spencer Lee, Murraysville, Pa.; Logan Stieber, Columbus, Ohio; Robert Kokesh, Lincoln, Neb.; David Taylor, State College, Pa.; Richard Perry, Philadelphia, Pa.; Connor Medbery, Madison, Wis.
Olympic Referees - Zach Errett (instructor), Plainfield, Ind. and Sam Julian, Schuylkill Haven, Pa. USA Team Physician for wrestling - A.J. Monseau, Morgantown,
W.Va. Video Support - Del Hawkins, Nashville, Tenn. Massage Therapist - Javier Fernandez, Los Angeles, Calif. * - Attended more than one high school, see biography
Board of Directors Leadership USA Wrestling President - James Ravannack, Metarie, La. Second Vice President - Bruce Baumgartner, Edinboro, Pa. Treasurer - Duane Morgan, Hollister, Calif.
** - Attended more than one college, see biography
First Vice-President - Greg Strobel, Bethlehem, Pa. Secretary - Van Stokes, Clarksville, Tenn. Past President - Stan Dziedzic, Roswell, Ga.
Sports Committee Chairpersons - Strobel (men’s freestyle), Stokes (Greco-Roman), Bill Grant, Inverness, Fla. (women’s freestyle)
USA Wrestling Staff USA Wrestling Executive Director - Rich Bender Associate Executive Director of Finance and Administration - Dwaine Cooper Associate Executive Director for Programs and Strategy - Les Gutches National Teams Staff in Rio - Cody Bickley, Jaimie McNab Development Staff in Rio - Harris Kalofonos, Ryan Johnson, Alex Pernice, Steve Fraser Communications Staff in Rio - Gary Abbott, Richard Immel Additional USA Wrestling staff - Tony Black, Mike Clayton, Kevin Hansen, Pete Isais, Sonja Johnson, Mary Beth Powers, Chris Moen, Karen Robinson, Andrea Rodriguez, Haley Scherr, Derek Sikora, Shonna Vest, Meredith Wilson Front cover athlete portraits (left to right) Jordan Burroughs, Helen Maroulis, Adeline Gray and Kyle Snyder by Jennifer Gutches. Cover action shot of Andy Bisek by Tony Rotundo. Back cover team shot by Jennifer Gutches. Design by Richard Immel.
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