Joel Adams
Joel Adams

Joel Adams

Athlete Bio 

Joel Adams

Height

5-8

Age

21

Hometown

Omaha, NE

Education

Oregon State University

2026-27 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 77 kg/169.7 pounds

Years on Team USA: 1 (2026-27)

Residence: Omaha, Neb.

Regional Training Center: Beaver Dam Wrestling RTC

Personal Coach: Ivan Delchev, Georgi Ivanov

High School: Omaha, Neb. (Millard South High School)

Born: February 16, 2005

 

 

Age-Group World Teams

2025 U20 Worlds (10th at 72 kg), 2024 U20 Worlds (15th at 67 kg), 2023 U20 Worlds (21st at 67 kg), 2022 U17 Worlds (Gold at 65 kg)

 

Career Highlights 

  • 2026 Pan American champion
  • 2022 U17 World champion
  • Four-time age-group World Team member
  • Two-time age-group Pan American champion
  • U.S. Open champion

 

Career Biography

2026: Gold medalist at Pan American Championships in Coralville, Iowa … U.S. Open champion

2025: Placed 10th at U20 World Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria … U20 World Team Trials champion

2024: Placed 15th at U20 World Championships in Pontevedra, Spain … U20 World Team Trials champion … U.S. Open U20 champion … Last Chance Olympic Team Trials Qualifier runner-up

2023: Placed 21st at U20 World Championships in Amman, Jordan … U20 World Team Trials champion … Placed fourth at Senior World Team Trials … Placed fifth at U.S. Open

2022: Gold medalist at U17 World Championships in Rome, Italy … Gold medalist in Greco-Roman and freestyle at U17 Pan American Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina … U.S. Open U17 champion, runner-up in freestyle

2021: UWW Cadet Nationals runner-up

2019: Bronze medalist at U15 World School Combat Games in Budapest, Hungary … UWW U15 Nationals champion

College: Currently wrestling for Oregon State University

High School: Nebraska high school state champion

USA Wrestling Age-Group: 2024 Junior Nationals champion … 2021 16U Nationals champion in  Greco-Roman and freestyle … 2019 Kids Nationals runner-up in freestyle … 2019 Northern Plains Regional champion, third place in freestyle … 2017 Kids Nationals champion, runner-up in freestyle … 2017 Northern Plains Regional champion in Greco-Roman and freestyle … 2016 King of the Mountain runner-up … Placed fourth at 2016 Preseason Nationals … 2016 Northern Plains Regional champion in freestyle, third in Greco-Roman … 2025 Kids Nationals runner-up, fourth in freestyle … 2014 Northern Plains Regional bronze medalist, fifth in freestyle

 

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