Kyle Dake

2024-25 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 74 kg

Years on Team USA: 10 (2013-14, 2015-25) 

Residence: State College, Pa.

Regional Training Center: Nittany Lion Wrestling Club

Club: Titan Mercury Wrestling Club

College: Cornell University

High School: Lansing, N.Y.

Born: Feb. 25, 1991, in Ithaca, N.Y.

Height: 5’9”

Olympic Games 

2024 Paris Games (Bronze at 74 kg), 2020 Tokyo Games (Bronze at 74 kg)

Senior World Teams 

2023 Senior Worlds (Silver at 74 kg), 2022 Senior Worlds (Gold at 74 kg), 2021 Senior Worlds (Gold at 74 kg), 2019 Senior Worlds (Gold at 79 kg), 2018 Senior Worlds (Gold at 79 kg)

Age-Group World Teams 

2008 Junior Worlds (14th at 60 kg in Greco-Roman) 

Career Highlights 

• Two-time Olympic bronze medalist
• Four-time Senior World champion
• 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion
• Four-time Final X champion (2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)
• 2018 World Cup champion
• 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up
• Three-time U.S. World Team Trials runner-up (2013-14, 2017)
• Two-time U.S Open champion (2016, 2018)
• Four-time NCAA champion for Cornell (2010-13)
• First to win four NCAA Div. I titles in four different weight classes
• 2013 Dan Hodge Trophy recipient, as nation's top college wrestler

Career Biography

2024: Paris Olympic bronze medalist…U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion…Pan American Championships champion in Acapulco, Mexico…

2023: Silver at 2023 Senior World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia…Final X champion… Pan American Championships champion…

2022: World Champion… Final X champion… Pan American Championships champion….  

2021: World champion… Olympic bronze medalists… U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion… Pan American Championships champion... Henri Deglane Grand Prix champion (France)… 

2020: Matteo Pellicone International champion (France)… 

2019: World champion… Final X champion… Grand Prix of Spain champion… 

2018: World champion… Yasar Dogu International champion (Turkey)… Final X champion… U.S. Open champion… Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix silver medalist (Russia)… Freestyle World Cup champion… 

2017: U.S. World Team Trials runner-up…U.S. Open runner-up…Paris International champion…  

2016: U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up… U.S. Open champion… 

2015: U.S. World Team Trials runner-up… Northeast Regional champion… 

2014: Cerro Pelado International champion (Cuba)… 

2013: Fifth in Heydar Aliyev Golden Grand Prix (Azerbaijan)… U.S. World Team Trials runner-up… 

2012: Third in U.S. Olympic Team Trials… 

College: 2013 NCAA champion at 165 pounds…2012 NCAA champion at 157…2011 NCAA champion at 149…2010 NCAA champion at 141…Earned an overall record of 137-4 under Head Coach Rob Koll…Earned his degree in Developmental Sociology and minored in Business…

High School: Two-time NYSPHSAA State champion (2007, 2009)…Coached by Head Coach Doug Dake…Six-time letter winner for Lansing HS…Team captain for four seasons…Two-time letter winner in baseball where he played second base and catcher…Lettered in track for sprinting…

Age-Group Achievements: Third at 2011 University Freestyle Nationals… 2009 FILA Junior Greco-Roman Nationals runner-up…Fifth at 2009 FILA Junior Freestyle Nationals…Fourteenth at 2008 Junior Greco-Roman Worlds…2008 FILA Junior Greco-Roman World Team Trials champion…FILA Junior Greco-Roman Nationals champion…2008 Junior Freestyle Western Regionals champion…Third at 2007 FILA Cadet Freestyle Nationals…2007 FILA Cadet Greco-Roman nationals runner-up…Third in 2006 Cadet Greco-Roman and freestyle Fargo Nationals…

Personal: Son of Jodi and Doug Dake…Has two siblings, Corey and Kristin…Married to Megan Dake since December 2016…Has two daughters, EllaJo and Emilia and one son, Leo…Started wrestling at the age of 4…Hobbies include hanging with his wife, kids and dogs outside on the hammock, and tracking deer with EllaJo…

Awards: 2013 Dan Hodge Trophy winner…Three-time EIWA Wrestler of the Year (2011, 2012, 2013)…2010 Ivy League Rookie of the Year…First wrestler to win NCAA titles in four different weight classes – 141 lbs., 149., 157 lbs., 165 lbs. (2009-2013)… 

Twitter: @kyledake444 

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Website: www.kyledake.com