William Rosado

William Rosado is a respected leader in the community who generously gives his time, talent, and resources to his profession, the Las Vegas community and the sport of wrestling.

Rosado started his outstanding athletic career by winning the National AAU Age Group Judo Championship at age 13 and became a two-time state wrestling champion while attending Santa Rita High School in Tucson, Arizona.

He has the honor of being the first wrestler in the U.S. to win a National Junior Olympic title (1976) while representing the Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club. He was captain of the Sunkist Kids in 1984.

Rosado is one of Arizona State University's all-time wrestling greats. He competed at ASU from 1976-78, and was a member of the 1976 Olympic Wrestling Team. He was an NCAA All-American in 1976, finishing fifth at the NCAA championships. Rosado was inducted into Arizona State University Sun Devil Sports Hall of Fame in 1987.

Rosado was the first Arizonan to make the U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestling team, competing in the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

He was a two-time United States freestyle champion, wrestling primarily in the 118-pound class, and won the 1976 AAU national championship wrestling at 105 pounds. He was a member of seven U.S. National Wrestling Teams and won four National Senior Freestyle Championships.

Rosado became the first Arizona wrestler to win a gold medal in freestyle in the Pan-Am Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1979.

A major highlight of Bill’s career was winning the bronze medal in the 105-pound class in the 1981 World Freestyle Championships in Skopjke, Yugoslavia. He became the first and only Arizona wrestler ever to win a medal in a World Freestyle Wrestling Championship.

Awards:

Year
2023
Award
Lifetime Service to Wrestling
Chapter/Region
Nevada

All American Awards:

Season
1977
School
Arizona State
Tournament
Division I
Weight
118
Place
5

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