Penn State University's Carter Starocci and Aaron Brooks became the first African Americans, and the sixth and seventh wrestlers overall, to win four NCAA Division I wrestling championships.

Jordan Burroughs wins sixth World Championship and seventh World and Olympic gold medal, more than any other U.S. wrestler in history.

Tamyra Mensah Stock wins second World Championship and fourth World Championship medal.

Record five Black wrestlers are NCAA champions: Iowa State’s David Carr, Minnesota’s Gable Steveson and Penn State’s Roman Bravo-Young, Aaron Brooks and Carter Starocci.

Gable Steveson wins gold medal at 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

Tamyra Mensah Stock wins gold medal at 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, becoming the first Black woman to win Olympic gold in wrestling.

Jordan Burroughs wins eighth world medal with bronze at world championships.

J’den Cox wins second consecutive world championship.

Tamyra Mensah-Stock wins gold medal at world championships.

Kenny Monday is inducted into the United World Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Jordan Burroughs wins bronze medal at 2018 World Championships, giving him an Olympic gold medal, four world championships and two world bronze medals.

Tamyra Mensah-Stock becomes the first American, male or female, to win back-to-back gold medals at the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix.

J’den Cox wins gold medal at 2018 World Championships.

Tamyra Mensah-Stock wins first world championship medal with bronze.

Tamyra Mensah-Stock wins gold medal at Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix.

Jordan Burroughs wins his fourth world championship and helps United States win first World Championship team title since 1995. Burroughs five gold medals (2016 Olympics and 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 World Championships) tie him with Bruce Baumgartner and Adeline Gray for second-most gold medals in USA Wrestling history behind John Smith’s six gold medals.

Kamal Bey wins gold medal in Greco-Roman at Junior World Championships, first Greco-Roman Junior World title for the United States in 18 years.

Joey Davis of NCAA Division II Notre Dame College wins his fourth national championship and becomes the third undefeated four-time champion with a 131-0 career record.

J’den Cox wins a bronze medal in the Olympics.

Jordan Burroughs named United States Olympic Committee Athlete of the Year, becoming only third wrestler to win the award.

Ed Ruth becomes first three-time national wrestling champion in Penn State history and helps the Nittany Lions win their fourth national team title in his career.

Jordan Burroughs becomes second American to win three consecutive World/Olympic gold medals.

Jordan Burroughs wins gold medal at 2012 Olympics in London.

Dremiel Byers becomes first African American, and only the second American, to win three medals at Greco-Roman World Championships.

Lee Kemp, who won three world championships, is inducted into the United World Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Randi Miller wins a bronze medal in the Olympics, becoming the first African-American female to win an Olympic medal.

Marcus LeVesseur of NCAA Division III Augsburg University wins his fourth national championship and becomes only the second undefeated four-time champion with a 155-0 career record.

Iris Smith wins a gold medal at the world championships, becoming first African-American female to win a world gold medal.

Kevin Jackson becomes first African American inducted into the United World Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Toccara Montgomery becomes first African-American woman to wrestle for the United States in the Olympics.

Dremiel Byers becomes first African American to win Greco-Roman world championship, capturing title in the heavyweight division.

Toccara Montgomery becomes the first African-American woman to win a medal at the World Championships with a silver medal.

Kevin Jackson named USA Wrestling National Freestyle Coach.

T.J. and Joe Williams become the first African-American brothers to win NCAA championships.

Townsend Saunders wins a silver medal at the 1996 Olympics after finishing seventh in 1992.

Bobby Douglas named U.S. Olympic Freestyle head coach.

Rodney Smith wins a bronze medal in Greco-Roman at the 1992 Olympics.

Chris Campbell wins a bronze medal at 37 years old at the 1992 Olympics.

Shawn Sheldon wins silver medal at Greco-Roman World Championships.

Leia Kawaii became the first African-American female wrestler to win a World Championship medal when she earned a silver medal at 70kg at the World Championships in Martigny, Switzerland.

Leia returned to the World Championships in 1991 and finished in sixth place.

Michial Foy wins silver medal at Greco-Roman World Championships

Carlton Haselrig of Pitt-Johnstown wins record sixth NCAA Championship, three Division II titles and three Division I titles.

Bobby Douglas coaches Arizona State to an NCAA team championship.

Kenny Monday becomes first Black wrestler in history to win an Olympic gold medal.

Tim Wright of NCAA Division II Southern Illinois University Edwardsville becomes first four-time champion in NCAA wrestling history.

Greg Gibson becomes the first African American to win an Olympic medal in Greco-Roman, capturing a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics.

Howard Harris of Oregon State becomes the first African American to be selected Outstanding Wrestler of the NCAA tournament.

Darryl Burley of Lehigh becomes first African-American wrestler to win an NCAA title as a true freshman.

Leroy Kemp of Wisconsin and Jimmy Jackson of Oklahoma State become first African-American wrestlers to win three NCAA championships.

Record four African Americans are NCAA Wrestling Champions: Andy Daniels of Ohio University, Ken Mallory of Montclair State, Lee Kemp of Wisconsin and Jimmy Jackson of Oklahoma State.

Lloyd Keaser becomes first African-American wrestler to win an Olympic medal, capturing silver in Montreal, Canada.

Fletcher Carr of Kentucky becomes the first African-American coach to have an African-American wrestler earn Division I All-America honors when his brother, Joe, finished third.

Rae McDonald of University of Mount Union, Charles Beck of John Carroll University and Elijah Whitten of Ashland University become first African-American wrestlers to earn NCAA Division III All-American honors. McDonald and Beck finished second at 134 pounds and 150 pounds, respectively, while Whitten finished third at 177 pounds. A year later, McDonald became first African American to become a two-time DIII All-American.

Lloyd Keaser becomes first African American to win a world championship gold medal.

Jimmy Carr, who is 17 years old and a high school junior, becomes youngest American wrestler to compete in Olympics.

Don Benning leads Nebraska-Omaha to NAIA national team title and is believed to be the first African-American coach in any sport to win a national collegiate title. The title was also the first national collegiate team title won by a team from Nebraska in any sport.

Carl Adams of Iowa State becomes the first freshman in history to earn NCAA All-American honors.

Clarence Seal of Portland State and Willie Williams (pictured) of Illinois State win NCAA Division II titles.

Bobby Douglas wins a world championship silver medal, becoming first African-American to win a world medal.

Jim Nance of Syracuse becomes first African-American to win two NCAA wrestling championships.

Charles Tribble of Arizona State becomes first African American to win the Gorrarian award (most falls) at the NCAA tournament.

Don Benning named head coach at Nebraska-Omaha, becoming first African American to lead a collegiate wrestling team.

Bobby Douglas, Charles Tribble and Robert Pickens become the first Black wrestlers to compete for the United States in the Olympics.

Joe James becomes first African-American to win a gold medal in the Pan American games.

Rudy Williams and Hallow Wilson become first African Americans to wrestle for the United States at the world championships.

Joe James, the first African American to wrestle for Oklahoma State, becomes first African-American to win a Big Eight championship.

Eddie McQuarters of Tulsa Washington High School becomes first African-American to win an Oklahoma state high school championship.

Ken Moore and Houston Antwine of SIU-Carbondale become first African Americans to win NAIA championships.

Hallow Wilson becomes first African American to win an AAU championship, capturing heavyweight title in Greco-Roman.

Art Baker of Syracuse wins EIWA championship.

Bobby Douglas of Bridgeport becomes second African-American to win an Ohio state high school championship.

Ludie Graddy of John Adams High School becomes first African-American to win an Ohio state high school championship.

Simon Roberts of Iowa becomes first African-American to win a Big Ten championship.

Art Baker of Erie Academy becomes first African-American to win a Pennsylvania state high school championship.

Simon Roberts of Iowa becomes first African-American to win an NCAA championship.

Simon Roberts of Davenport becomes first African-American to win an Iowa state high school championship.

Harold Henson of San Diego State becomes first African-American to wrestle in the NCAA tournament.