Biography - Dremiel Byers
2007-08 Team USA Ranking No. 1 at 120KGYears on Team USA: 10 (1999-00, 2001-10)
Residence: Colorado Springs, CO
Club: Army
Coach: Shon Lewis
College: North Carolina A&T
HighSchool: Kings Mountain, N.C. (Kings Mountain)
Born: 09/11/1974 in Newark, N.J.
Height: 6-2
2008: Haparanda Cup champion… Seventh in Olympic Games… U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion… U.S. Nationals champion… Second in Hungary Grand Prix… Second in Dave Schultz Memorial International…
2007: Second in Haparanda Cup… Vantaa Cup champion… New York AC Holiday International champion… Sunkist Kids International Open champion… World bronze medalist… Member of World Team Champions… Pan American Games silver medalist… U.S. World Team Trials champion… Third in U.S. Nationals… World Cup silver medalist… Dave Schultz Memorial International champion…
2006: Sunkist Kids/ASU International Open champion… Ninth in World Championships… U.S. World Team Trials champion… U.S. Nationals champion… Armed Forces Wrestling Championship champion… Turneul International champion (Romania)… Third in Dave Schultz Memorial International… Second in Cristo Lutte Championships (France).
2005: NYAC Holiday Championships champion…Sunkist Kids/ASU International champion…DNP in World Championships… CISM World Military champion (Lithuania)… U.S. World Team Trials champion… U.S. Nationals champion… Armed Forces champion… Fifth in O.Karavaev Memorial International (Belarus)… Poland Open champion… Dave Schultz Memorial International champion…
2004: New York AC Christmas International champion… Second in U.S. Olympic Team Trials… U.S. Nationals champion… Armed Forces champion… Third in Ivan Poddoubny International (Russia)… Second in Dave Schultz Memorial International…
2003: Second in New York AC Christmas International… Sixth in World Cup… Second in U.S. World Team Trials… U.S. Nationals champion… Armed Forces champion… Third in Vantaa Cup (Finland)… Pan American Championships champion… Third in Granma Cup (Cuba)…
2002: World champion… 10th in CISM Military World Championships… U.S. World Team Trials champion… U.S. Nationals champion… Second in Pan American Championships… Dave Schultz Memorial International champion…
2001: New York AC Christmas International champion… World Cup champion… Second in U.S. World Team Trials… Second in U.S. Nationals…
2000: Fourth in U.S. Olympic Team Trials… Fourth in U.S. Nationals… Armed Forces champion… Seventh in Granma Cup (Cuba)… Copa de Campeones International champion (Venezuela)... Second in Dave Schultz Memorial International…
1999: Second in Winter Classic… Second in Sunkist Kids International Open… Sixth in World Championships… Second in Pan American Games… U.S. World Team Trials champion… U.S. Nationals champion… Armed Forces Champion… Second in Dave Schultz Memorial International…
1998: Second in Devataev Tournament (Russia)... Second in Sunkist Kids International Open... Second in Winter Classic… Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials… Fourth in U.S. Nationals… Fourth in Concord Cup…
1997: Fifth in U.S. World Team Trials… Fifth in U.S. Nationals… Armed Forces champion… Fifth in Concord Cup… Third in Colorado Open…
1996: Sixth in Sunkist Kids International Open…
USA Age-Group: Third in 1998 University Nationals... Second in 1996-97 University Nationals...
College: Attended North Carolina A&T, where he studied Animal Science...
High School: Attended Kings Mountain High School, where he was coached by Steve Moffitt... 1993 North Carolina state champion...
Personal: Son of Beverly Byers and grandson of the late Theodore Byers... Hobbies include reading, visiting his grandfather, traveling and riding his motorcycle... Holds a rank of Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army... Member of U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program...
Awards: 2004 U.S. Nationals Outstanding Wrestler... 2002 U.S. Olympic Committee Male Wrestler of the Year... 2002 U.S. Army Male Athlete of the Year... 1999 and 2002 USA Wrestling Greco-Roman Wrestler of the Year... Outstanding Wrestler at 1999 U.S. Greco-Roman Nationals... Outstanding Wrestler at 2007 Dave Schultz Memorial International…