Team USA claims three gold medals in men’s freestyle at Pan Am Olympic Qualifier
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by Mike Willis, USA Wrestling
Photo of David Taylor courtesy of Tony Rotundo/Wrestlers are Warriors.
Ottawa, Canada – After advancing three wrestlers to the Pan Am Olympic Qualifier finals, Team USA crowned three champions this afternoon. Thomas Gilman (57 kg), David Taylor (86 kg) and Nick Gwiazdowski (125 kg) all received victories via injury default in their finals matches.
Zain Retherford was the only American to actually wrestle in a medal match. Retherford took bronze, earning a fall over Albaro Rudesindo Camacho of the Dominican Republic. When Retherford picked up the pin, he was leading, 10-0, and had already secured at least a technical fall.
Overall, the U.S. went 14-1 in men’s freestyle and now has five out of six weight classes qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Women’s freestyle has qualified all six weight classes for the Olympic Games, and Greco-Roman has qualified four out of six weight classes. The U.S. will have the opportunity to qualify the remaining weight classes at the Last Chance Olympic Qualifier in Sofia, Bulgaria, at a yet to be determined date.
2020 Pan American Olympic Qualifier
at Ottawa, Canada (March 13-15)
Medal Match Results
57 Kg
GOLD – Thomas Gilman (USA) df. Oscar Eduardo Tigreros Urbano (Colombia), Injury default
BRONZE – Pedro Jesus Mejias Rodriguez (Venezuela) df. Bryan Lucas De Oliveira Pereira (Brazil), 10-0
BRONZE – Reineri Andreu Ortega (Cuba) df. Juan Rubelin Ramirez Beltre (Dominican Republic), FALL, 2:22
65 kg
GOLD – Alejandro Enrique Valdes Tobier (Cuba) df. Agustin Alejandro Destribats (Argentina), Injury Default
BRONZE – Dillon Emmanuel Williams (Canada) df. Brandon Disair Diaz Ramirez (Mexico), 9-2
BRONZE – Zain Retherford (USA) df. Albaro Rudesindo Camacho (Dominican Republic), FALL, 2:45
74 kg
GOLD – Jeandry Garzon Caballero (Cuba) df. Franklin Gomez Matos (Puerto Rico), Injury default
BRONZE – Jasmit Singh Phulka (Canada) df. Nestor Joaquin Tafur Barrios (Colombia), 5-3
BRONZE – Jorge Ivan Llano (Argentina) df. Anthony Jose Montero Chirinos (Venezuela), 2-2
86 kg
GOLD – David Taylor (USA) df. Pool Edinson Ambrocio Greifo (Peru), Injury Default
BRONZE – Yurieski Torreblanca Queralta (Cuba) df. Pedro Francisco Ceballos Fuentes (Venezuela), 2-1
BRONZE – Gino Tanislado Avila Dilbert (Honduras) df. Angus Patrick Arthur (Jamaica), Injury default
97 kg
GOLD – Reineris Salas Perez (Cuba) df. Jordan Steen (Canada), Injury default
BRONZE – Luis Miguel Perez Sosa (Dominican Republic) df. Evan Amadour Ramos (Puerto Rico), 10-0
125 kg
GOLD – Nick Gwiazdowski (USA) df. Amarveer Dhesi (Canada), Injury default
BRONZE – Charles Zachary Merrill (Puerto Rico) df. Luis Felipe Vivenes Urbaneja (Venezuela), 13-2
Men’s freestyle results
57 kg: Thomas Gilman (Iowa City, Iowa/Titan Mercury WC)
WIN Ligrit Sadiku (Canada), 10-0
WIN Reineri Andreu Ortega (Cuba), 4-3
WIN Juan Rubelin Ramirez Beltre (Dominican Republic), 10-0
WIN Oscar Eduardo Tigreros Urbano (Colombia), Injury Default
65 kg: Zain Retherford (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC)
WIN Jose Javier Rodriguez Colon (Puerto Rico), 10-0
WIN Wiber Euclides Cuero Munoz (Colombia), 10-0
LOSS Agustin Alejandro Destribats (Argentina), FALL, 1:01
WINAlbaro Rudesindo Camacho (Dominican Republic), Fall, 2:45
86 kg: David Taylor (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC)
WIN Pedro Francisco Ceballos Fuentes (Venezuela), 10-0
WIN Yurieski Torreblanca Queralta (Cuba), 8-0
WIN Pool Edinson Ambrocio Greifo (Peru), Injury default
125 kg: Nick Gwiazdowski (Raleigh, N.C./Titan Mercury WC/Wolfpack WC)
WIN Charles Merrill (Puerto Rico), 10-0
WIN Angel Ernesto Pacheco Romero (Cuba), Injury default
WIN Luis Felipe Vivenes Urbaenja (Venezuela), 10-0
WIN Amarveer Dhesi (Canada), Injury default
