Alejandro Sancho

2025-26 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 72 kg/158.7 pounds

Years on Team USA: 9 (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26) 

Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo.

Regional Training Center: Army WCAP

Club: Army WCAP

Personal Coach: 

High School: Miami, Fla. (South Miami High School)

Born: March 18, 1994

Olympic Teams

2020 Olympic Games (10th at 67 kg)

Senior World Teams 

2025 Senior Worlds (22nd at 72 kg), 2023 Senior Worlds (12th at 67 kg), 2022 Senior Worlds (11th at 67 kg)

Age-Group World Teams

2017 U23 Worlds (18th at 66 kg), 2014 U20 Worlds (12th at 66 kg)

Career Highlights 

• 2020 Olympian
• Three-time Senior World Team member
• Two-time age-group World Team member
• Two-time Pan American champion
• Two-time Final X champion
• Two-time U.S. Open champion

Career Biography

2026: Placed fifth at Zagreb Open Ranking Series event in Croatia

2025: Placed 22nd at World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia … Gold medalist at Pan American Championships in Monterrey, Mexico … U.S. Open champion

2024: Gold medalist at Pan American Championships in Acapulco, Mexico … Placed eighth at World Military Championships in Erevan, Armenia … U.S. Olympic Team Trial runner-up

2023: Placed 12th at World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia … Finished fifth at Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial in Budapest, Hungary … Senior Nationals champion … Final X champion … Senior World Team Trials Challenge champion

2022: Placed 11th at World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia … Gold medalist at Bill Farrell Memorial International … Final X champion … U.S. Open champion

2021: Placed 10th at Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan … U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion … Senior World Team Trials runner-up

2020: Silver medalist at Olympic Qualification Tournament in Ottawa, Canada … Bronze medalist at Pan American Championships in Ottawa, Canada

2019: Gold medalist at Bill Farrell Memorial International … Senior Nationals champion … Placed third at Senior World Team Trials challenge

2018: Gold medalist at Bill Farrell Memorial International … Placed fourth at Cerro Pelado International Ranking Series event in La Habana, Cuba … Placed third at U.S. Open … Senior World Team Trials runner-up

2017: Placed 18th at U23 World Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland … Gold medalist at Grand Prix of Zagreb in Croatia … Silver medalist at G. Kartozia & V Balavadze Price in Tbilisi, Georgia … Silver medalist at Dave Schultz Memorial International … Placed fourth at Thor Masters in Nybkoebing, Denmark … U23 World Team Trials champion … U.S. Open runner-up

2016: Silver medalist at Pan American Championships in Frisco, Texas … Silver medalist at Dave Schultz Memorial International … Placed third at U.S. Olympic Team Trials … Senior Nationals runner-up … University Nationals champion

2015: Bronze medalist at Bill Farrell Memorial International … Placed fifth at Pan American Championships in Santiago de Chile, Chile … Placed fifth at Senior Nationals & Trials Qualifier … Las Vegas Senior Nationals runner-up

2014: Placed 12th at U20 World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia … Gold medalist at Bill Farrell Memorial International … FILA Junior World Team Trials champion … FIL Junior Nationals champion

2013: FILA Junior World Team Trials runner-up

College: Attended Northern Michigan University

Instagram: @sancho_lancho

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