Get to know the U.S. Greco-Roman team
By Brandon Penny
TeamUSA.org
HOUSTON – It’s no secret that the 2016 U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Team is one impressive group of fellas. With eight world championship appearances and six U.S. Open wins between them, Andy Bisek, Ben Provisor, Robby Smith (pictured) and Jesse Thielke, who was the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award winner from Wisconsin in 2011, are primed and ready to put on a show against the world’s best in Rio.
With their accomplishments on the mat already well-known, TeamUSA.org spoke to the four wrestlers prior to their departure for Rio to find out more about them off the mat.
Read on to find out which wrestler has a green thumb, who’s surprisingly kind and who would compete in archery if they weren’t a wrestler.
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TeamUSA.org
HOUSTON – It’s no secret that the 2016 U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Team is one impressive group of fellas. With eight world championship appearances and six U.S. Open wins between them, Andy Bisek, Ben Provisor, Robby Smith (pictured) and Jesse Thielke, who was the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award winner from Wisconsin in 2011, are primed and ready to put on a show against the world’s best in Rio.
With their accomplishments on the mat already well-known, TeamUSA.org spoke to the four wrestlers prior to their departure for Rio to find out more about them off the mat.
Read on to find out which wrestler has a green thumb, who’s surprisingly kind and who would compete in archery if they weren’t a wrestler.
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