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Kyle Frederick Snyder

97 kg (214 lb)

November 20, 1995 (age 26) Woodbine, Maryland, U.S.

Our Lady of Good Counsel High School

3 (Maryland)

Ohio State University

3

Division I 3 individual 1 team

United States of America

Team USA / Nittany Lion Wrestling Club

Men's freestyle wrestlingRepresenting the

 United StatesOlympic Games

World ChampionshipsPan American Games Pan American ChampionshipsYasar Dogu Tournament Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin World Juniors ChampionshipsCollegiate WrestlingRepresenting the Ohio State BuckeyesNCAA Division I Wrestling Championships

Big Ten Championships

	2016 Rio de Janeiro	97 kg
	2020 Tokyo	97 kg
	2015 Las Vegas	97 kg
	2017 Paris	97 kg
	2022 Belgrade	97 kg
	2018 Budapest	97 kg
	2021 Oslo	97 kg
	2019 Nur-Sultan	97 kg
	2015 Toronto	97 kg
	2019 Lima	97 kg
	2017 Salvador	97 kg
	2019 Buenos Aires	97 kg
	2020 Ottawa	97 kg
	2021 Guatemala City	97 kg
	2022 Acapulco	97 kg
	2019 Istanbul	97 kg
	2017 Istanbul	97 kg
	2022 Krasnoyarsk	97 kg
	2018 Krasnoyarsk	97 kg
	2017 Krasnoyarsk	97 kg
	2016 Krasnoyarsk	97 kg
	2013 Sofia	96 kg
	2014 Zagreb	96 kg
	2015 St. Louis	197 lb
	2016 New York City	285 lb
	2017 St. Louis	285 lb
	2018 Cleveland	285 lb
	2015 Columbus	197 lb
	2016 Iowa City	285 lb
	2017 Bloomington	285 lb
	2018 East Lansing	285 lb

Kyle Frederick Snyder (born November 20, 1995) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 97 kilograms. He holds the distinctions of being the youngest Olympic Gold medalist and the youngest World Champion in American wrestling history.[1]

Snyder is also the youngest wrestler ever to win the World, NCAA, and Olympic championships in the same year — a triple crown of American wrestling that had not been accomplished in a generation until he completed his sweep at the 2016 Rio Olympics.[2]

Snyder, nicknamed "Snyderman",[3] became the first Olympic Gold Medalist to return to college and win an NCAA title, clinching his second consecutive NCAA heavyweight title in 2017 despite tearing cartilage in his chest in the quarter-finals[4][5] and being out-weighed by upwards of 40 pounds throughout the tournament.[6] In 2018, Snyder won his third straight individual NCAA title as a heavyweight, this time being out-weighed by nearly 60 pounds "in one of the biggest size differences in an NCAA championship match in history",[7] and became the first three-time NCAA heavyweight champion in nearly 30 years.[8]

Along the way he became the youngest American, and only the eleventh ever, to win the Ivan Yarygin Memorial Grand Prix, which is widely considered to be the toughest open wrestling tournament in the world.[9] Snyder dominated it with three technical-falls and then a pin in the finals.[10] The following year Snyder would become the first American man not only to win back-to-back Yarygin titles, but the only one to win the prestigious tournament more than once at all,[11] earning him Best Foreign Wrestler honors from his Russian hosts.[12]

In 2017, Snyder defeated Abdulrashid Sadulaev at the 2017 World Championships, marking Sadulaev's first loss in his last 75 matches and the second one in his whole career.[13][14] This come-from-behind victory earned Team USA its first World Championship in over 20 years and Snyder his third consecutive individual World or Olympic championship,[15] and led to Snyder being ranked as the best pound for pound freestyle wrestler on the planet by Flowrestling in September 2017,[16] a title he would retain in their June 2018 rankings.[17] Snyder's accomplishments led him to being named the winner of the 2017 AAU Sullivan Award,[18] presented annually to top amateur athlete in the United States. He ended his collegiate career as the first wrestler to win the NCAA, World, and Olympic championships as a student athlete.[19]

Career[edit]

In his first three years of high school at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Olney, MD, Snyder amassed a 179–0 record, won three Prep National Championships, and only conceded a single takedown.[20] Named the national high school wrestler of the year by both Intermat[21] and ASICS,[22] Snyder was also ranked as the #1 pound-for-pound high school wrestler in America by Flowrestling after his junior season.[23] He then spent his senior year training at the United States Olympic Training Center,[24] competing internationally for Team USA and winning America's first Junior World Championship in over 20 years[25] while becoming the youngest two-time Junior World medalist in American history.[26]

To begin his collegiate wrestling career, Snyder accepted a scholarship from the Ohio State Buckeyes,[27] helping them to an NCAA team championship as a true freshman by finishing as runner-up to a fifth-year senior, Iowa State's Kyven Gadson, in the national finals.[28] A few weeks later he rebounded from this loss with remarkable resilience: Snyder defeated returning Olympic gold medalist Jake Varner for a chance to represent the U.S. on its 2015 World Team,[29] then became the youngest World Champion in American wrestling history by dethroning the reigning World Champion.[30] Snyder continued his extraordinary run by returning to Ohio State and rallying for an overtime victory over NC State University's Nick Gwiazdowski, the returning back-to-back heavyweight national champion. Even giving away more than 30 pounds Snyder was able to end Gwiazdowski's 88-match win streak[31] and earn his first individual NCAA title as a true sophomore.[32]

A few months later Snyder would win his historic gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics — capping-off his unprecedented streak of winning wrestling's three most prestigious championships in succession before his 21st birthday, defeating the man holding each title along the way.

After returning to Ohio State and winning his second consecutive NCAA heavyweight title at the end of an undefeated 2016–2017 wrestling season,[6] Snyder would avenge his loss to Gadson in the finals of America's 2017 World Team Trials, sweeping him with two straight tech-falls and a cumulative score of 23–2.[33] He would then face another historic bout in the finals of the 2017 Paris World Championships: with Russia and the U.S. tied for first place at 53 points each, Snyder stepped onto the mat for "The Match of the Century" – the team championship, an individual title at 97 kg, and two young legacies were on the line.[34] His opponent was Abdulrashid Sadulaev, a young Russian phenom on a three-year undefeated streak that included two World Championships as well as an Olympic gold, who was then considered the best pound-for-pound wrestler in the world.[35]

Sadulaev moved-up a weight class specifically to challenge Snyder, and quickly took a 2–0 lead early in their finals match. But Snyder battled back, and tied the match at 3–3 before the end of the first period, only to have Sadulaev score another takedown and regain the lead. A lead that lasted until the final 20 seconds of the match when Snyder's furious pace allowed him to score a late takedown at the edge of the mat[36] – sealing Team USA's first World Championship in over 20 years, Snyder's third consecutive individual World or Olympic championship, and wresting the title of best pound-for-pound wrestler on the planet away from Sadulaev.[37][16]

And in a story recounted to The Washington Post by his college coach, Tom Ryan,[38] after Snyder's thrilling come-from-behind overtime victory which clinched his first NCAA heavyweight title in front of a sold-out Madison Square Garden – a match chosen by fans to be the final one of the night[31] and broadcast live in primetime to millions on ESPN[39] – a maintenance worker approached Ryan to let him know what made Snyder, who'd already made wrestling history as America's youngest World Champion and was named Most Outstanding Wrestler of those NCAA Championships,[32] stand out from his competition the most that weekend: he'd been the only athlete in the entire tournament who continually thanked him for refilling the stadium's water jugs.[40]

High school and junior[edit]

Snyder amassed a 179–0 record in his first three years of high school[20] before becoming the youngest American in over 20 years to win a FILA Junior World Championship in August 2013.[25][26] Snyder was coached by two former World Champions during his gold medal match: Bill Zadick of the Iowa Hawkeyes, who was a college teammate of Jeff McGinness, the youngest ever American FILA Junior World Champion who won the tournament in 1992,[41] as well as Zeke Jones. Although Snyder was unable to repeat his gold medal run in 2014, he brought home a bronze medal, and in the process became the youngest two-time Junior World medalist in American history.[42]

Before bringing home his Junior World title in 2013, Snyder had already decided to forgo his senior year of high school competition and instead compete internationally as a resident athlete at the United States Olympic Training Center beginning in the fall of 2013.[24] In the spring of 2014, at 18 years of age, Snyder was selected to represent Team USA as the youngest-ever member of the Beat the Streets All-Star team that faced off against top-ranked wrestlers from across the world, where he wrestled alongside fellow Americans with multiple NCAA championships and Olympic gold medals such as David Taylor, Brent Metcalf and Jordan Burroughs.[43] Snyder, who competes internationally at 96 kg, lost a tightly contested exhibition match 6–3[44] against Khadzhimurat Gatsalov, the No. 1-ranked wrestler in the world at 120 kg who at 31 years old had won five World Championships and an Olympic gold medal.[45] A few weeks later, Snyder secured a place on his second consecutive United States Junior World Team, winning by technical fall in the national finals.[46]

Snyder hoped to repeat his championship run at the Junior World Championships in 2014, though fell short and lost to Georgy Gogaev of Russia from North Ossetia-Alania in the quarterfinals, and wrestled back for a bronze. Earlier in 2014, Gogaev had defeated two former Division I (NCAA) champions Dustin Kilgore and Cam Simaz,[47] both of whom had won their NCAA titles years earlier, in 2011 and 2012 respectively – while Snyder was still competing in high school.

Junior record[edit]

Junior matches Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location 2014 Junior World

at 96 kg 2013 Junior World

at 96 kg

Win	8–1	Hamidreza Jamshidi	7–1	August 8, 2014	Junior World Championship	Zagreb
Win	7–1	Angel Gochev	Tech Fall
Loss	6–1	Georgi Gogaev	1–8
Win	6–0	Said Gamidov	8–2
Win	5–0	Alxios Kaouslidis	Tech Fall
Win	4–0	Viktor Kazishvili	11–4	August 17, 2013	Junior World Championship	Sofia
Win	3–0	Robin Ferdinand	8–0
Win	2–0	Yasup Malachmagomedov	3–1
Win	1–0	Radu Balaur	4–1

Olympic, collegiate, and senior[edit]

Snyder, just 19 years old at the time, defeated the reigning World Champion at 97 kg, Russia's Abdusalam Gadisov, for his 2015 World Championship in Las Vegas. And then less than one year later, Snyder bested Azerbaijan's Khetag Gazyumov, a former World Champion and two-time Olympic medalist, for his Rio Olympic gold. Additionally, to earn the honor of representing the United States of America on each of those national teams, Snyder had to beat reigning London 2012 Olympic gold medalist Jake Varner in both America's 2015 World Team Trials[48] and the 2016 Olympic Team Trials.[49] Since USA Wrestling's National Team Trials use a best two-out-of-three format for their finals, Snyder had to beat the returning Olympic gold medalist a total of four times, which he did with a cumulative score of 21–6 over the course of their matches.

2016 Summer Olympics, Men's Freestyle Wrestling 97 kg awarding ceremony

Snyder, who wrestled collegiately for the Ohio State Buckeyes, is also a three-time NCAA Division I National Champion. His first was won with an overtime victory in a sold-out Madison Square Garden which snapped his opponent's 88-match winning streak, preventing North Carolina State University's Nick Gwiazdowski from winning his third consecutive NCAA heavyweight title.[50] Weighing in for the 285 lb. Heavyweight division at just 226 pounds, Snyder was the lightest heavyweight in the field[51] and was named Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament.[52]

For his two international championships Snyder was rewarded with over a quarter million dollars by the Living the Dream Medal Fund, which was founded by "two former collegiate wrestlers-turned Wall Street tycoons," billionaire investment banker Michael E. Novogratz and real estate developer David Barry.[53] Snyder was well endowed with $250,000 for his 2016 Summer Olympics gold and earlier received $50,000 for his 2015 World Championship, money he is allowed to keep since the NCAA made an exception to its rules against student-athlete financial compensation for the Fund.[54]

NCAA record[edit]

NCAA record Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event NCAA

at 285 lbs Big Ten

at 285 lbs NCAA

at 285 lbs Big Ten

at 285 lbs NCAA

at 285 lbs Big Ten

at 285 lbs

Win	75–5	Adam Coon	3–2	March 15, 2018	NCAA Championships
Win	74–5	Jacob Kasper	10–5
Win	73–5	Derek White	6–3
Win	72–5	Jere Heino	Tech Fall
Win	71–5	Ryan Solomon	15–5
Win	70–5	Adam Coon	4–2	Mar 3, 2018	Big Ten Championships
Win	69–5	Nick Nevills	14–5
Win	68–5	Shawn Streck	17–6
Win	67–5	Fletcher Miller	Tech Fall
Win	66–5	Michael Boykin	Tech Fall	Feb 18, 2018	Ohio State – North Carolina Dual
Loss	65–5	Adam Coon	1–3	Feb 11, 2018	Ohio State – Michigan Dual
Win	65–4	Nick Nevills	15–10	Feb 3, 2018	Ohio State – Penn State Dual
Win	64–4	Steven Holloway	Tech Fall	Jan 21, 2018	Iowa – Ohio State Dual
Win	63–4	Rylee Streifel	Tech Fall	Jan 12, 2018	Minnesota – Ohio State Dual
Win	62–4	Razohnn Gross	Fall	Jan 7, 2018	Ohio State – Rutgers Dual
Win	61–4	Stacey Ben	Fall	Dec 17, 2017	Ohio State – Chattanooga Dual
Win	60–4	Devin Nye	Fall	Nov 21, 2017	Kent State – Ohio State Dual
Win	59–4	Austin Harris	Fall	Nov 12, 2017	Arizona State – Ohio State Dual
Win	58–4	Conor Medbery	6–3	Mar 16, 2017	NCAA Championships
Win	57–4	Jacob Kasper	19–6
Win	56–4	Michael Kroells	13–7
Win	55–4	Ryan Garrett	Tech Fall
Win	54–4	Jake Gunning	Tech Fall
Win	53–4	Connor Medbery	8–5	Mar 4, 2017	Big Ten Championship
Win	52–4	Michael Kroells	14–7
Win	51–4	Razohnn Gross	Tech Fall
Win	50–4	Colin Jensen	16–6	Feb 10, 2017	Ohio State – Nebraska Dual
Win	49–4	Razohnn Gross	Tech Fall	Feb 6, 2017	Rutgers – Ohio State Dual
Win	48–4	Nick Nevills	19–9	Feb 3, 2017	Penn State – Ohio State Dual
Win	47–4	Hemida Youssef	Tech Fall	Jan 22, 2017	Maryland – Ohio State Dual
Win	46–4	Deuce Rachal	Fall	Jan 15, 2017	Illinois – Ohio State Dual
Win	45–4	Austin Myers	Fall	Dec 8, 2016	Missouri – Ohio State Dual
Win	44–4	Devin Nye	Fall	Nov 22, 2016	Ohio State – Kent State Dual
Win	43–4	Michael Furbee	Fall	Nov 22, 2016	Ohio State – Cleveland State Dual
Win	42–4	Tanner Hall	20–18	Nov 19, 2016	Ohio State – Arizona State Dual
Win	41–4	Nick Gwiazdowski	7–5	Mar 17, 2016	NCAA Championship
Win	40–4	Ty Walz	10–6
Win	39–4	Amarveer Dhesi	16–5
Win	38–4	Tanner Harms	Tech Fall
Win	37–4	Antonio Pelusi	Fall
Win	36–4	Adam Coon	7–4	Mar 5, 2016	Big Ten Championship
Win	35–4	Collin Jensen	Tech Fall
Win	34–4	Brooks Black	Tech Fall
Win	33–4	Brock Horwath	Tech Fall	Feb 12, 2016	Wisconsin – Ohio State Dual
Win	32–4	Jan Johnson	Tech Fall	Feb 5, 2016	Ohio State – Penn State Dual
Win	31–4	Collin Jensen	20–9	Jan 17, 2016	Nebraska – Ohio State Dual
Loss	30–4	Kyven Gadson	Fall	Mar 19, 2015	NCAA Championships
Win	30–3	J'den Cox	3–2
Win	29–3	Scott Schiller	3–2
Win	28–3	Shane Woods	14–5
Win	27–3	Braden Atwood	12–4
Loss	26–3	Morgan McIntosh	1–4	Mar 7, 2015	Big Ten Championships
Win	26–2	Nathan Burak	3–2
Win	25–2	Timmy McCall	6–2
Win	24–2	Elliot Riddick	9–1	Feb 21, 2015	Ohio State – Lehigh Dual
Win	23–2	Vince Pickett	Tech Fall	Feb 15, 2015	Ohio State – Edinboro Dual
Win	22–2	Scott Schiller	3–1	Feb 6, 2015	Minnesota – Ohio State Dual
Win	21–2	Hayden Hrymack	Tech Fall	Feb 1, 2015	Ohio State – Rutgers Dual
Win	20–2	Tanner Lynde	18–7	Jan 30, 2015	Purdue – Ohio State Dual
Win	19–2	Rob Fitzgerals	19–9	Jan 25, 2015	Ohio State – Maryland Dual
Win	18–2	Luke Sheridan	18–7	Jan 23, 2015	Indiana – Ohio State Dual
Win	17–2	Max Hunyley	5–2	Jan 18, 2015	Ohio State – Michigan Dual
Win	16–2	Nick McDiarmid	17–6	Jan 16, 2015	Ohio State – Michigan State Dual
Win	15–2	Morgan McIntosh	6–1	Jan 11, 2015	Penn State – Ohio State Dual
Loss	14–2	Nathan Burak	1–2	Jan 4, 2015	Iowa – Ohio State Dual
Win	14–1	Johnny Eblen	15–5	Dec 14, 2014	Missouri – Ohio State Dual
Win	13–1	Jace Bennett	18–7	Dec 5, 2014	Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational
Win	12–1	Trent Noon	16–6
Loss	11–1	Kyven Gadson	2–3
Win	11–0	Lucas Sheridan	14–4
Win	10–0	Micah Barnes	14–4
Win	9–0	Josh Popple	13–7
Win	8–0	Chance McClure	20–6	Nov 24, 2014	Ohio State – Virginia Dual
Win	7–0	Jared Haught	8–5	Nov 23, 2014	Ohio State – Virginia Tech Dual
Win	6–0	Josh DaSilveira	21–8	Nov 15, 2014	Arizona State – Ohio State Dual
Win	5–0	Cole Baxter	11–6	Nov 13, 2014	Kent State – Ohio State Dual
Win	4–0	Max Huntley	10–5	Nov 2, 2014	Michigan State Open
Win	3–0	Phil Wellington	11–4
Win	2–0	Nick McDiarmid	8–2
Win	1–0	Jake Smith	21–7

NCAA stats[edit]

Season Year School Rank Weigh class Record Win Bonus

2018	Senior	Ohio State	#1	285	17–1	94.44%	76.92%
2017	Junior	#1	285	17–0	100.00%	76.47%
2016	Sophomore	#1	285	11–0	100.00%	72.73%
2015	Freshman	#3	197	30–4	88.24%	50.00%
Career	75–5	93.75%	64.00%

Freestyle record[edit]

Senior Freestyle Matches Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location 2022 Zouhaier Sghaier Ranking Series

at 97 kg 2022 US World Team Trials

at 97 kg 2022 Pan American Championships

at 97 kg RUDIS+ Super Match

at 97 kg2022 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix

at 97 kg 2021 Russian International Tournament

at 97 kg 2021 World Championships

at 97 kg 2020 Summer Olympics

at 97 kg 2021 Pan American Championships

at 97 kg 2020 US Olympic Team Trials

at 97 kg2021 Henri Deglane Grand Prix

at 97 kg2020 US Nationals 6th at 97 kg 2020 Pan American Championships

at 97 kg 2020 Matteo Pellicone RS

at 97 kg 2019 World Championships

at 97 kg 2019 Pan American Games

at 97 kg 2019 Yaşar Doğu

at 97 kg 2019 Final X: Lincoln

at 97 kg 2019 Pan American Championships

at 97 kg 2019 Dan Kolov – Nikola Petrov

at 97 kg2019 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 10th at 97 kg 2018 World Championships

at 97 kg 2018 Yaşar Doğu

at 97 kg 2018 US World Team Trials

at 97 kg 2018 World Cup

at 97 kg 2018 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix

at 97 kg 2017 World Clubs Cup

for TMWC at 97 kg 2017 World Championships

at 97 kg 2017 Spain Grand Prix

at 97 kg 2017 US World Team Trials

at 97 kg 2017 Pan American Championships

at 97 kg 2017 World Cup

at 97 kg 2017 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix

at 97 kg 2016 World Clubs Cup

as TMWC at 97 kg 2016 Summer Olympics

at 97 kg 2016 Germany Grand Prix

at 97 kg 2016 World Cup

at 97 kg 2016 US Olympic Team Trials

at 97 kg 2016 Alexandr Medved Prizes

at 97 kg 2016 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix

at 97 kg 2015 Brazil Cup

at 97 kg 2015 World Championships

at 97 kg 2015 Pan American Games

at 97 kg 2015 US World Team Trials

at 97 kg 2015 US Senior Nationals

at 97 kg2013 Henri Deglane Grand Prix

at 96 kg

Win	153–16	Mamed Ibragimov	TF 11–0	July 18, 2022	2022 Zouhaier Sghaier Ranking Series	Tunis, Tunisia
Win	152–16	Polat Polatçı	TF 12–1
Win	151–16	Burak Bilal Şahin	Fall
Win	150–16	Kollin Moore	TF 12–2	June 3, 2022	2022 Final X: Stillwater	Stillwater, Oklahoma
Win	149–16	Kollin Moore	TF 11–0
Win	148–16	Arturo Silot	TF 12–1	May 8, 2022	2022 Pan American Continental Championships	Acapulco, Mexico
Win	147–16	Nishan Randhawa	TF 11–0
Win	146–16	Luis Perez	TF 10–0
Win	145–16	J'den Cox	7–2	March 16, 2022	RUDIS+ Super Match: Snyder vs. Cox	Detroit, Michigan
Win	144–16	J'den Cox	5–5
Win	143–16	Zbigniew Baranowski	TF 12–0	February 12, 2022	2022 Bout at the Ballpark	Arlington, Texas
Win	142–16	Shamil Musaev	8–3	January 27–30, 2022	Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2022	Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Win	141–16	Soslan Dzhagaev	TF 14–4
Win	140–16	Igor Ovsyannikov	TF 12–2
Win	139–16	Devid Dzugaev	TF 11–0
Win	138–16	Ali Aliyev	TF 18–8	December 10, 2021	2021 International in Memory of the XIX–XX Wrestlers	Khasavyurt, Dagestan
Win	137–16	Shamil Musaev	TF 13–3
Win	136–16	Aslanbek Sotiev	TF 11–0
Win	135–16	Khokh Khugaev	TF 10–0
Loss	134–16	Abdulrashid Sadulaev	0–6	October 5, 2021	2021 World Championships	Oslo, Norway
Win	134–15	Mojtaba Goleij	3–2	October 4, 2021
Win	133–15	Magomedgaji Nurov	TF 11–0
Win	132–15	Ölziisaikhany Batzul	TF 14–4
Loss	131–15	Abdulrashid Sadulaev	3–6	August 6–7, 2021	2020 Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan
Win	131–14	Süleyman Karadeniz	5–0
Win	130–14	Abraham Conyedo	6–0
Win	129–14	Jordan Steen	TF 12–2
Win	128–14	Luis Perez	TF 11–0	May 30, 2021	2021 Pan American Continental Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Win	127–14	Marcos Carrozzino	TF 10–0
Win	126–14	Maxwell Lacey	TF 10–0
Win	125–14	Kenett Andrey Martínez Viloria	TF 12–0
Win	124–14	Richard Deschatelets	TF 10–0
Win	123–14	Kollin Moore	5–1	April 3, 2021	2020 US Olympic Team Trials	Fort Worth, Texas
Win	122–14	Kollin Moore	TF 10–0
Win	121–14	Gabe Dean	TF 13–2	February 23, 2021	NLWC V	State College, Pennsylvania
Win	120–14	Scott Boykin	TF 11–0
Win	119–14	Nate Jackson	6–1
Win	118–14	Radu Lefter	TF 11–0	January 16, 2021	Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021	Nice, France
Win	117–14	Radosław Baran	9–2
Win	116–14	Erik Thiele	TF 11–1
Win	115–14	Ty Walz	TF 10–0	December 22, 2020	NLWC IV	State College, Pennsylvania
Win	114–14	Jakob Woodley	TF 10–0	October 10–11, 2020	2020 US Senior Nationals	Coralville, Iowa
Win	113–14	William Baldwin	TF 12–0
Win	112–14	Jeremiah Casto	Fall
Win	111–14	Michael Macchiavello	TF 12–1	September 19, 2020	NLWC I	State College, Pennsylvania
Win	110–14	Reineris Salas	TF 11–1	March 6–9, 2020	2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships	Ottawa, Canada
Win	109–14	José Daniel Díaz	9–1
Win	108–14	Evan Ramos	TF 12–2
Win	107–14	Luis Perez	TF 14–4
Win	106–14	Abraham Conyedo	TF 12–1	January 15–18, 2020	2020 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series	Rome, Italy
Loss	105–14	Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian	Fall
Win	105–13	İbrahim Bölükbaşı	12–4
Win	104–13	Iliskhan Chilayev	TF 10–0
Win	103–13	Elizbar Odikadze	5–0	September 21–22, 2019	2019 World Wrestling Championships	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Loss	102–13	Sharif Sharifov	2–5
Win	102–12	Magomed Ibragimov	TF 13–3
Win	101–12	Mausam Khatri	TF 10–0
Win	100–12	José Daniel Díaz	9–3	August 10, 2019	2019 Pan American Games	Lima, Perú
Win	99–12	Reineris Salas	3–1
Win	98–12	Evan Ramos	TF 10–0
Win	97–12	Ali Shabani	2–1	July 11–14, 2019	2019 Yaşar Doğu International	Istanbul, Turkey
Win	96–12	Pavlo Oliynyk	TF 10–0
Win	95–12	Baki Şahin	TF 13–2
Win	94–12	Kyven Gadson	4–0	June 14–15, 2019	2019 US World Team Trials	Lincoln, Nebraska
Win	93–12	Kyven Gadson	TF 10–0
Win	92–12	Nishan Randhawa	TF 15-1	May 6, 2019	2019 Beat the Streets	New York City, New York
Win	91–12	Jordan Steen	TF 10–0	April 21, 2019	2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	90–12	Evan Ramos	TF 11–1
Win	89–12	Valeriy Andriytsev	4–0	February 28 – March 3, 2019	2019 Dan Kolov – Nikola Petrov Memorial	Ruse, Bulgaria
Win	88–12	Baki Şahin	TF 11–0
Win	87–12	Murazi Mchedlidze	8–5
Win	86–12	Ty Walz	TF 12–1
Loss	85–12	Rasul Magomedov	5–6	January 24, 2019	2019 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix	Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Loss	85–11	Abdulrashid Sadulaev	Fall	October 22–23, 2017	2018 World Wrestling Championships	Budapest, Hungary
Win	85–10	Pavlo Oliynyk	3–0
Win	84–10	Abraham Conyedo	11–2
Win	83–10	Nathaniel Tuamoheloa	TF 10–0
Win	82–10	Ölziisaikhany Batzul	8–3
Win	81–10	Rıza Yıldırım	TF 11–0	July 27–29, 2018	2018 Yaşar Doğu International	Istanbul, Turkey
Loss	80–10	Aslanbek Alborov	3-3
Win	80–9	Alireza Goodarzi	TF 10–0
Win	79–9	Kyven Gadson	10–2	June 8–9, 2018	2018 Final X: Lincoln	Lincoln, Nebraska
Win	78–9	Kyven Gadson	9–0
Win	77–9	Reineris Salas	9–8	May 17, 2018	2018 Beat the Streets	New York City, New York
Win	76–9	Roman Bakirov	TF 14–3	April 7–8, 2018	2018 Wrestling World Cup - Men's freestyle	Iowa City, Iowa
Win	75–9	Givi Matcharashvili	TF 10–0
Win	74–9	Taira Sonoda	TF 10–0
Win	73–9	Viky Viky	TF 10–0
Win	72–9	Ruslan Magomedov	4–1	January 28, 2018	Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018	Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Win	71–9	Vladislav Baitcaev	5–1
Win	70–9	Yunus Dede	6–2
Win	69–9	Sohbet Belliyev	TF 10–0
Win	68–9	Vladislav Baitcaev	TF 11–0	December 7–8, 2017	2017 World Wrestling Clubs Cup - Men's freestyle	Tehran, Iran
Win	67–9	Batsukh Zorigtbaatar	TF 12–2
Win	66–9	Dimitar Karaivanov	TF 10–0
Win	65–9	Somveer Kadian	TF 10–0
Win	64–9	Khajeh Salehani	9–3
Win	61–9	Abdulrashid Sadulaev	6–5	August 26, 2017	2017 World Wrestling Championships	Paris, France
Win	60–9	Aslanbek Alborov	9–2
Win	59–9	Naoya Akaguma	TF 10–0
Win	58–9	Mamed Ibragimov	TF 10–0
Win	57–9	Martin Erasmus	TF 10–0	July 15–16, 2017	2017 Grand Prix of Spain	Madrid, Spain
Win	56–9	Hossein Shahbazigazvar	TF 10–0
Win	55–9	Adam Kariaev	TF 10–0
Win	54–9	Sven Engström	TF 10–0
Win	53–9	Kyven Gadson	TF 13–2	June 9–10, 2017	2017 US World Team Trials	Lincoln, Nebraska
Win	52-9	Kyven Gadson	TF 10–0
Win	51–9	Koki Yamamoto	TF 10–0	May 17, 2017	2017 Beat the Streets	New York City, New York
Win	50–9	Luis Perez	TF 10–0	May 5–7, 2017	2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships	Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
Win	49–9	Nishanpreet Randhawa	TF 10–0
Win	48–9	Felipe Cesar Camilo de Oliveira	TF 11–0
Win	47–9	Amir Mohammadi	6–0	February 16–17, 2017	2017 Wrestling World Cup – Men's freestyle	Los Angeles, California
Loss	46–9	Aslanbek Alborov	4–5
Win	46–8	Yuri Belonovski	11–2
Win	45–8	Zviadi Metreveli	TF 11–0
Win	44–8	Ruslan Magomedov	Fall	January 27–29, 2017	Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017	Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Win	43–8	Hossein Ramezanian	TF 11–1
Win	42–8	Munkhzhargal Belgutei	TF 11–1
Win	41–8	Chaganhzana	TF 11–0
Loss	40–8	Abbas Tahan	1-3	November 30 - December 1, 2016	2016 World Wrestling Clubs Cup	Kharkiv, Ukraine
Win	40–7	Murazi Mchedlidze	6–3
Loss	39–7	Elizbar Odikadze	2–2
Win	39–6	Andriy Vlasov	Fall
Win	38–6	Khetag Gazyumov	2–1	August 21, 2016	2016 Summer Olympics	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Win	37–6	Elizbar Odikadze	9–4
Win	36–6	Albert Saritov	7–0
Win	35–6	Javier Cortina	10–3
Win	34–6	Serdar Boeke	Fall	July 2–3, 2016	2016 Grand Prix of Germany	Dortmund, Germany
Loss	33–6	Khetag Gazyumov	1–2
Win	33–5	José Daniel Díaz	9–1
Win	32–5	Nicolai Ceban	9–4
Win	31–5	Elizbar Odikadze	3–3	June 11–12, 2016	2016 Wrestling World Cup – Men's freestyle	Los Angeles, California
Win	30–5	Aslanbek Alborov	2–1
Win	29–5	Abbas Tahan	8–1
Win	28–5	Saywart Kadian	TF 10–0
Win	27–5	Jake Varner	6–1	April 8–10, 2016	2016 US Olympic Team Trials	Iowa City, Iowa
Win	26–5	Jake Varner	4–0
Loss	25–5	Jake Varner	4–4
Win	25–4	Erik Thiele	3–0	February 18–19, 2016	2016 Alexandr Medved Prizes	Minsk, Belarus
Loss	24–4	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov	2–5
Win	24–3	Yury Belonovskiy	5–1
Win	23–3	Magomed Ibragimov	7–0
Win	22–3	Zaynula Kurbanov	8–2	January 27–29, 2016	Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016	Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Loss	21–3	Anzor Boltukaev	0–3
Win	21–2	Tornike Kvitatiani	INJ (4–0)
Win	20–2	Georgi Dzukaev	TF 10–0
Win	19–2	Paulo Victor	TF 10–0	December 11–12, 2015	2015 Brazil Cup	Contagem, Brazil
Win	18–2	Robson Kato	TF 10–0
Win	17–2	Abdusalam Gadisov	5–5	September 11, 2015	2015 World Wrestling Championships	Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	16–2	Abbas Tahan	6–3
Win	15–2	José Daniel Díaz	TF 11–1
Win	14–2	Radosław Baran	8–0
Win	13–2	Pavlo Oliynyk	2–1
Win	12–2	Arjun Gill	TF 12–2	July 18, 2015	2015 Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada
Win	11–2	José Daniel Díaz	TF 10–0
Win	10–2	Yuri Maier	TF 11–1
Win	9–2	Jake Varner	3–0	June 12–14, 2015	2015 US World Team Trials	Madison, Wisconsin
Win	8–2	Jake Varner	4–1
Win	7–2	Javier Cortina	4–0	May 21, 2015	2015 Beat the Streets	New York City, New York
Win	6–2	Jake Varner	2–1	May 7–9, 2015	2015 US Senior National Championships	Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	5–2	J'den Cox	4–3
Win	4–2	Dustin Kilgore	TF 13–3
Win	3–2	Romero Cotton	TF 10–0
Loss	2–2	Khadzhimurat Gatsalov	3–6	May 8, 2014	2014 Beat the Streets	New York City, New York
Win	2–1	Nodar Kurtanidze	7–0	November 29, 2013	2013 Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane	Nice, France
Win	1–1	Jeremy Latour	7–0
Loss	0–1	Leon Rattigan	3–3

Highlights[edit]

In the early minutes of his gold medal Junior World Championships match in 2013, Snyder was thrown to his back by his Armenian opponent, Viktor Kazishvili, and nearly pinned.[25] After fighting off his back and down 4–1, Snyder then ran off 10 unanswered points to secure the victory by technical fall in four minutes and four seconds, his third in his four matches at the tournament.[25][55]

During his 179–0 run during his first three years of high school, Snyder only gave up a single takedown.[1] Snyder, who stopped playing football for his nationally ranked high school team following his sophomore season,[56] is a two-time Washington Post All-Met Wrestler of the Year,[57] and was named the male 2013 ASICS Wrestler of the Year[22] as well as Intermat's 2013 Wrestler of the Year.[58] In November 2013, Snyder became the #1 ranked "Pound for Pound" (P4P) American high school wrestler according to Flowrestling.org.[23]

Undefeated in what are considered the top 3 toughest high school wrestling tournaments in America,[59] Snyder won the Walsh Ironman twice, Beast of the East three times, and the Powerade Wrestling Tournament once.[57] Snyder began wrestling for the Ohio State Buckeyes in 2014, placing second in the NCAA championships his freshman year at the 197-pound class individually, and winning a National Championship as part of the Buckeyes' 2014–15 team.

He initially planned to take an Olympic redshirt for the 2015–16 season, but instead chose to return for the Buckeyes and enroll in classes for the spring semester. At the NCAA championships, Snyder won at heavyweight, defeating two-time defending national champion Nick Gwiazdowski of North Carolina State University in overtime 7–5. Snyder was the lightest heavyweight in the field at 226 pounds and finished 11–0 on the season.

Snyder is a 2015 UWW world champion at age 19.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he won the Gold Medal bout 2–1 en route to becoming the youngest Olympic Wrestling Champion in USA history at the age of 20, beating Henry Cejudo's record.

Snyder has expressed an interest in Mixed martial arts, wanting to compete in the UFC. He planned to cross train Mixed martial arts with wrestling as he continued his historic world championship runs for Freestyle.[60] Snyder however backtracked on his MMA desires. Snyder said, "I don’t think it’s even down the road. I don’t think that I’m going to fight. I think I’m going to wrestle as long as I can as long as [God] wants me to. We’ll see what happens after that. I don’t foresee it being fighting."[61]

Awards and honors[edit]

Personal life[edit]

Snyder is married to Maddie Snyder.[63] Snyder is a Christian.[64]

In May 2018, President Donald Trump appointed Snyder to be a member of his Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition.[65]

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