How the US has performed at the Cadet World Championships over the past five years

2018 Cadet World champion and 2017 Cadet World silver medalist Greg Kerkvliet Jr. get his hand raised at the 2017 Cadet World Championships in Athens, Greece. Photo by Richard Immel, RimmelPics.com.

With the Cadet World Championships beginning next week, let’s take a look back at how the USA has performed at this event over the past five years.

Over the past five years and across all three styles, the USA has won 19 gold medals, 46 total medals, and finished in the top-three seven times.

U.S. Cadets have been especially good the past three years, picking up 11 gold medals and 21 silver/bronze medals.

The men's freestyle team has also finished in second place the past three years. In 2016, the USA lost to Russia by just two team points. America once again lost to Russia in 2017, and then to Iran in 2018.

The women’s freestyle team has not placed outside of the top five in since 2013 and have brought home at least one medal in every Cadet World Championships since the tournament was reinstated in 2011.

This year's Cadet World Championships will begin July 29 at 10:30 a.m. Sofia time and can be streamed live on TrackWrestling.com.

You can check out this year’s Cadet World Championship rosters and get a preview of each style here:
Women’s Freestyle
Men’s Freestyle
Greco-Roman

2018 - Zagreb, Croatia

Women’s Freestyle
• Fifth place with two golds and two bronzes
o Emily Shilson, gold at 43 kg
o Macey Kilty, gold at 69 kg
o Sterling Dias, bronze at 40 kg
o Tiare Ikei, bronze at 49 kg
Men’s Freestyle
• Second place with one gold, two silvers, and three bronze
o Matthew Ramos, gold at 51 kg
o Richard Figueroa Jr., silver at 48 kg
o Greg Kerkvliet Jr., silver at 110 kg
o Alex Facundo, bronze at 71 kg
o Abe Assad, bronze at 80 kg
o AJ Ferrari, bronze at 92 kg
Greco-Roman
• 16th place with one bronze medal
o Jake Kaminski, bronze at 92 kg

2017 - Athens, Greece

Women’s Freestyle
• Fifth place with two silvers
o Emily Shilson, silver at 43 kg
o Alara Boyd, silver at 65 kg
Men’s Freestyle
• Second place with four golds and two bronzes
o Kurt McHenry, gold at 46 kg
o Will Lewan, gold at 69 kg
o Aaron Brooks gold at 76 kg
o Greg Kerkvliet Jr., gold at 100 kg
o Jacori Teemer, bronze at 63 kg
o Gavin Hoffman, bronze at 85 kg
Greco-Roman
• 11th place with one gold
o Cohlton Schultz, gold at 100 kg

2016 - Tbilisi, Georgia

Women’s Freestyle
• Third place with one silver and four bronzes
o Ronna Heaton, silver a t52 kg
o Alleida Martinez, bronze at 46 kg
o Macey Kilty, bronze at 49 kg
o Gracie Figueroa, bronze at 56 kg
o Alara Boyd, bronze at 60 kg
Men’s Freestyle
• Second place with three golds, one silver, and three bronzes
o Kurt McHenry, gold at 42 kg
o Yianni Diakomihalis, gold at 63 kg
o Gable Steveson, gold at 100 kg
o Vitali Arujau, silver at 58 kg
o David Carr, bronze at 69 kg
o Travis Wittlake, bronze at 76 kg
o Jacob Warner, bronze at 85 kg
Greco-Roman
• 19th place with zero medals

2015 - Sarajevo, Bosnia

Women’s Freestyle
• Third place with one gold, one silver, and two bronzes
o Ronna Heaton, gold at 49 kg
o Alleida Martinez, silver at 46 kg
o Kayla Marano, bronze at 65 kg
o Alexis Bleau, bronze at 70 kg
Men’s Freestyle
• Third place with three golds and two bronzes
o Yianni Diakohihalis, gold at 58 kg
o Jarod Verkleen, gold at 63 kg
o Gable Steveson, gold at 100 kg
o Daton Fix, bronze at 54 kg
o Owen Webster, bronze at 85 kg
Greco-Roman
• 16th place with zero medals

2014 - Snina, Slovakia

Women’s Freestyle
• Fifth place with one gold
o Teshya Alo, gold at 56 kg
Men’s Freestyle
• Third place with three golds and one silver
o Spencer Lee, gold at 50 kg
o Mason Manville, gold at 69 kg
o Mark Hall, gold at 76 kg
o Jordan Wood, silver at 100 kg
Greco-Roman
• 16th place with zero medals