Ian Parker

2025-26 Team USA Ranking: No. 3 at 70 kg/154 pounds

Years on Team USA: 1 (2025-26) 

Residence: Cedar Falls, Iowa

Regional Training Center: Panther Wrestling Club RTC 

Club: Titan Mercury WC

High School: St. Johns, Mich. (St. Johns High School)

Born: February 26, 1998

Career Highlights 

• Pan American Championships silver medalist
• NWCA All-American
• Four-time NCAA National Championships qualifier

Career Biography

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

2025: Silver medalist at Pan American Championships in Monterrey, Mexico … Silver medalist at Bill Farrell Memorial International … Earned true third at Final X … Placed third at Senior World Team Trials … Finished third at U.S. Open

2024: Placed third at Last Chance Olympic Team Trials

2022: Gold medalist at the November Bill Farrell Memorial International … Placed fourth at World Team Trials Challenge … Finished third at U.S. Open

2020: Bronze medalist at UWW U23 Nationals

2017: Placed fourth at Dave Schultz Memorial International … Placed fifth at UWW University Nationals

2015: Placed fifth at UWW Cadet Nationals

College: Four-time NCAA National Championships qualifier … 2020 NWCA All-American … 2020 Big 12 champion … 2021 Big 12 runner-up

High School: Two-time Michigan state champion … Four top-three finishes at Michigan State Championships … Wrestled for Derek Phillips at St. Johns High School

USA Wrestling Age-Group: 2016 Junior Freestyle Nationals champion

Personal: Son of mother, Sheila Jones, father Joel Parker, stepfather Dave Jones and stepmother Jeana Parker