Ellis Coleman

2025-26 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 63 kg/139 pounds

Years on Team USA: 9 (2010-11, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-21, 2021-22, 2024-25, 2025-26) 

Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo.

Regional Training Center: Army WCAP

Club: Army WCAP

Personal Coach: Shon Lewis, Bryan Medlin

High School: Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park and River Forest High School)

Born: August 16, 1991

Olympic Teams

2012 Olympic Games (14th at 60 kg)

Senior World Teams 

2025 Senior Worlds (11th at 63 kg), 2019 Senior Worlds (16th at 67 kg), 2018 Senior Worlds (11th at 67 kg), 2017 Worlds (12th at 66 kg), 2013 Senior Worlds (25th at 66 kg)

Age-Group World Teams

2011 U20 Worlds (Bronze at 66 kg), 2010 U20 Worlds (Bronze at 66 kg)

Career Highlights 

• 2012 Olympian
• Five-time Senior World Team member
• Two-time age-group World medalist
• Five-time Pan American medalist
• Final X champion
• Five-time U.S. Open champion

Career Biography

2025: Placed 11th at World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia … Silver medalist at Pan American Championships in Monterrey, Mexico … Bronze medalist at Zagreb Open Ranking Series event in Croatia … U.S. Open champion

2024: U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion

2021: U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up

2019: Placed 16th at World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan … Bronze medalist at Pan American Games in Lima, Peru … Silver medalist at Pan American Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina … Final X champion … U.S. Open champion

2018: Placed 11th at World Championships in Budapest, Hungary … Senior World Team Trials champion

2017: Placed 12th at World Championships in Paris, France … Placed fifth at Thor Masters in Nybkoebing, Denmark … U.S. Open champion

2016: U.S. Nationals champion … Placed fourth at U.S. Olympic Team Trials

2015: Placed second at Bill Farrell Memorial International … Senior Nationals & Trials Qualifier champion

2014: Silver medalist at Pan American Championships in Mexico City, Mexico … Placed third at World Team Trials … U.S. Open runner-up

2013: Placed 25th at World Championships in Budapest, Hungary … Gold medalist at International Olympia Tournament in Olympia, Greece, fifth in freestyle … Placed fourth at Jacob Curby Cup … World Team Trials runner-up … U.S. Open champion

2012: Placed 14th at Olympic Games in London, England … Silver medalist at Olympic Qualification Tournament … Olympic Trials champion

2011: Bronze medalist at U20 World Championships in Bucharest, Romania … Gold medalist at Sunkist Kids International Open … Gold medalist at New York Athletic Club International … Non-Olympic Weights Team Trials champion

2010: Bronze medalist at U20 World Championships in Bucharest, Romania … Bronze medalist at Pan American Championships in Monterrey, Mexico … Placed third at World Team Trials … FILA Junior World Team Trials champion … FILA Junior Nationals champion … Placed third at University Nationals … Finished fourth at U.S. Open

2009: Bronze medalist at Sunkist Kids International Open … Finished fourth at New York Athletic Club International Open

2007: FILA Cadet Nationals runner-up

2006: Placed third at FILA Cadet Nationals, fifth in freestyle

College: Attended Northern Michigan University

High School: Wrestled for Oak Park and River Forest … Placed third in the 2008 and 2009 state tournaments … Fifth in the 2007 state tournament

USA Wrestling Age-Group: 2009 Junior Greco-Roman Nationals champion … 2008 Junior Greco-Roman Nationals runner-up … 2008 Northern Plains Regional freestyle champion … 2007 Cadet Nationals champion … 2007 Central Regional freestyle champion … Placed fourth at 2006 Cadet Nationals … 2006 Northern Plains Regional freestyle champion, third in Greco-Roman

Personal: Son of Yolanda Barral

Awards: 2013 Greco-Roman U.S. Open Outstanding Wrestler … 2010 FILA Junior Nationals Outstanding Wrestler

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