Seven returning champions lead U.S. team at 2025 Veteran World Championships in Hungary
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by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling
Ben VomBaur at the 2025 CLAW U.S. Open Championships in Las Vegas.
The 2025 Veteran World Championships are set for October 7-12 in Tatabanya, Hungary, with the U.S. sending a powerful 55-man squad to compete. This event offers World-level competition for athletes ages 35 and older, with five distinct age divisions contested in both the men’s freestyle and Greco-Roman disciplines.
Seven athletes return to the event as reigning World champions. Ben VomBaur of Colorado is the lone double champion from 2024 to make a repeat appearance for Team USA. VomBaur won freestyle and Greco-Roman gold last year in Group B at 62 kg in Poreč, Croatia.
Additional champions from 2024 coming back for another run include Tyler Graff (Group A, 62 kg), Garret Johnson (Group A, 130 kg), Rudolph James (Group C, 78 kg), Patrick Flynn (Group D, 88 kg), Stephen Horton (Group E, 70 kg) and Kevin Pine (Group E, 88 kg). All six won titles in the freestyle portion of the event last year.
The U.S. has won the team title in men’s freestyle at the previous four Veteran World Championships. On the Greco-Roman side, the U.S. will attempt to reclaim the top spot on the team podium after winning the back-to-back team titles in 2022-23 before coming up short in 2024.
The U.S. totaled 30 individual medals at the 2024 Veteran Worlds with 22 coming in men’s freestyle and 8 in Greco-Roman.
The tournament is set to begin at 10:30 a.m. local time each day, with medal matches scheduled for 6 p.m. Men’s freestyle will run the first three days of the event while Greco-Roman will take up the back half. Tatabanya, Hungary, is six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time.
A live stream of the Veteran World Championships will be available to the U.S. marketing through FloWrestling.com. USA Wrestling will provide coverage of the event on TheMat.com.
10:30 a.m. – Prelims, Repechage (MFS, Div. B and E)
6 p.m. – Medal Matches (MFS, Div. B and E)
10:30 a.m. – Prelims, Repechage (MFS, Div. C and D)
6 p.m. – Medal Matches (MFS, Div. C and D)
10:30 a.m. – Prelims, Repechage (MFS, Div. A)
6 p.m. – Medal Matches (MFS, Div. A)
10:30 a.m. – Prelims, Repechage (GR, Div. B and E)
6 p.m. – Medal Matches (GR, Div. B and E)
10:30 a.m. – Prelims, Repechage (GR, Div. C and D)
6 p.m. – Medal Matches (GR, Div. C and D)
10:30 a.m. – Prelims, Repechage (GR, Div. A)
6 p.m. – Medal Matches (GR, Div. A)
*Times listed are local time in Tatabanya, Hungary, which is six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time.
62 kg – Tyler Graff
62 kg – Brandon Precin
62 kg – Jonathan Schiewe
70 kg – Marcus Priolo
78 kg – Michael Morgan
88 kg – Andy Lowy
88 kg – Luis Onofre Valencia
100 kg – DeAndre Nunn
130 kg – Vincent Domestico
130 kg – Mingo Grant
130 kg – Garret Johnson
130 kg – Ryan Pearl
70 kg – Marcus Priolo
78 kg – Michael Morgan
88 kg – Luis Onofre Valencia
100 kg – DeAndre Nunn
130 kg – Mingo Grant
130 kg – Garret Johnson
62 kg – Derek Henze
62 kg – Ben VomBaur
70 kg – Grant Hutaff-Nakamura
78 kg – Adam Wolf
88 kg – James Armstrong
88 kg – James Medeiros
88 kg – Mickey Stormer
100 kg – Eben Faler
130 kg – William McCrary
130 kg – Ronald Williams
62 kg – Ben VomBaur
70 kg – Grant Hutaff-Nakamura
78 kg – Adam Wolf
88 kg – James Armstrong
88 kg – James Medeiros
100 kg – Eben Faler
130 kg – William McCrary
130 kg – Ronald Williams
62 kg – Nicholas Hull
70 kg – Will Anderson
70 kg – James Ferguson
78 kg – Rudolph James
78 kg – Dennis Wymer
88 kg – Jeremy Black
88 kg – Ben McCrillis
130 kg – Christopher Pierce
62 kg – Eric Caballero Madrid
70 kg – James Ferguson
70 kg – Joe Uccellini
78 kg – Rudolph James
88 kg – Jeremy Black
88 kg – Ben McCrillis
130 kg – Christopher Pierce
62 kg – Rob Prebish
70 kg – Matthew Becker
70 kg – Marc Tadelman
78 kg – Tom Donahue
88 kg – Patrick Flynn
88 kg – Kennedy Gilbertson
88 kg – Alsandro Turner
100 kg – Alvin Riggs
130 kg – Gabriel Beauperthuy
130 kg – George Porter
62 kg – Rob Prebish
78 kg – Tom Donahue
88 kg – William Carr
88 kg – Kennedy Gilbertson
100 kg – Alvin Riggs
130 kg – Gabriel Beauperthuy
130 kg – George Porter
62 kg – Joseph Raia
70 kg – Ernesto Alarcon
70 kg – Marc Cecconi
70 kg – Stephen Horton
78 kg – Jon Banko
78 kg – Jon Daniels
78 kg – Richard Goodwin
78 kg – James Ivaldi
88 kg – Jeffrey Anderson
88 kg – Kevin Pine
100 kg – Mark Drake
100 kg – Erik Hinckley
62 kg – Joseph Raia
70 kg – Ernesto Alarcon
70 kg – Marc Cecconi
70 kg – Stephen Horton
78 kg – Jon Banko
88 kg – Jeffrey Anderson
88 kg – Kevin Pine
100 kg – Erik Hinckley
Team Leader and Coach – Chris Brown
Coach – Jerry Valencia
Coach – Craig VanDyke
Coach – Clayton Hatinger
Coach – William Newton
Official – Pete Kuisle
Medical – Harry Green Jr.
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