USA Wrestling Sets Record With 36 World Medals

By Taylor Miller
USA Wrestling
BUCHAREST, Romania – On November 15, when U.S. women Alex Glaude and Kori Bullock won bronze medals at the U23 World Championships, USA Wrestling set a record with 33 World medals across all age groups in a single year.

Since then, Sean Fausz, Kollin Moore and Youssif Hemida won silver medals to bring the record to 36 World medals. extending the record to 36 World medals.

The previous best was 32 medals, which was set by the U.S. World Teams in 2017.

At the U23 World Championships, five athletes won medals with silvers from Fausz, Moore and Hemida in men’s freestyle and bronzes in women's freestyle from Glaude and Bullock .

This year, the USA claimed eight World gold medals, including Senior champions Adeline Gray at 76 kg in women’s freestyle, Kyle Dake at 79 kg, David Taylor at 86 kg and J’den Cox at 92 kg in men’s freestyle, Junior champion Mekhi Lewis at 74 kg in men’s freestyle, Cadet champions Emily Shilson at 43 kg and Macey Kilty at 69 kg in women’s freestyle and Matthew Ramos at 51 kg in men’s freestyle.

Across all age groups, the USA also boasts 12 silver medals (eight MFS, two GR, two WFS) and 16 bronze medals (eight MFS, two GR, six WFS).

Senior - 12 medals
Men's Freestyle - Kyle Dake (gold, 79 kg), David Taylor (gold, 86 kg), J’den Cox (gold, 92 kg), Kyle Snyder (silver, 97 kg), Joe Colon (bronze, 61 kg), Jordan Burroughs (bronze, 74 kg), Nick Gwiazdowski (bronze, 125 kg)
Greco-Roman - Adam Coon (silver, 130 kg)
Women's Freestyle - Adeline Gray (gold, 76 kg), Sarah Hildebrandt (silver, 53 kg), Tamyra Mensah-Stock (bronze, 68 kg), Mallory Velte (bronze, 62 kg)

U23 – 5 medals
Men's Freestyle - Sean Fausz (silver, 61 kg), Kollin Moore (silver, 97 kg), Youssif Hemida (silver, 125 kg)
Women's Freestyle - Alex Glaude (bronze, 68 kg), Korinahe Bullock (bronze, 76 kg)

Junior – 8 medals
Men's Freestyle - Mekhi Lewis (gold, 74 kg), Aaron Brooks (silver, 79 kg), Zach Elam (silver, 97 kg), Daton Fix (bronze, 57 kg), Brady Berge (bronze, 70 kg)
Greco-Roman - Andrew Berreyesa (silver, 82 kg), Cohlton Schultz (bronze, 130 kg)
Women's Freestyle - Macey Kilty (silver, 68 kg)

Cadet – 11 medals
Men's Freestyle - Matthew Ramos (gold, 51 kg) , Richard Figueroa (silver, 48 kg), Daniel “Greg” Kerkvliet (silver, 110 kg) , Alex Facundo (bronze, 71 kg), Abe Assad (bronze, 80 kg), Albert “AJ” Ferrari (bronze, 92 kg)
Greco-Roman - Jacob Kaminski (bronze, 92 kg)
Women's Freestyle - Macey Kilty (gold, 69 kg), Emily Shilson (gold, 43 kg), Sterling Dias (bronze, 40 kg), Tiare Ikei (bronze, 49 kg)

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