Kyle Snyder

2025-26 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 97 kg/214 pounds

Years on Team USA: 10 (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26) 

Residence: Bellefonte, Pa.

Regional Training Center: Nittany Lion WC 

Club: Titan Mercury WC

Personal Coach: Cael Sanderson, Jake Varner

High School: Olney, Md. (Our Lady of Good Counsel High School), Colorado Springs, Colo. (Corando)

Born: November 20, 1995, in Silver Spring, Md.

Olympic Teams

2024 Olympic Games (Fifth at 97 kg), 2020 Olympic Games (Silver at 97 kg), 2016 Olympic Games (Gold at 97 kg)

Senior World Teams 

2025 Senior Worlds (Gold at 97 kg), 2023 Senior Worlds (Bronze at 97 kg), 2022 Senior Worlds (Gold at 97 kg), 2021 Senior Worlds (Silver at 97 kg), 2019 Senior Worlds (Bronze at 97 kg), 2018 Senior Worlds (Silver at 97 kg), 2017 Senior Worlds (Gold at 97 kg), 2015 Senior Worlds (Gold at 97 kg)

Age-Group World Teams

2013 U20 Worlds (Gold at 96 kg), 2014 U20 Worlds (Bronze at 96 kg)

Career Highlights 

• 2016 Rio Olympic gold medalist
• 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medalist 
• Fifth at 2024 Paris Olympic Games
• Four-time World champion (2015, 2017, 2022, 2025) 
• Two-time World silver medalist (2018, 2021) 
• Two-time World bronze medalist (2019, 2023)
• 2013 U20 World champion
• 2014 U20 World bronze medalist
• Seven-time Pan American Championships gold medalist (2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) 
• Three-time Pan American Games champion (2015, 2019, 2023) 
• Three-time NCAA champion for Ohio State (2016-18) and four-time finalist

Career Biography

2025: Gold medalist at World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia … Zagreb Open Ranking Series champion (Croatia) … Muhamet Malo Ranking Series bronze medalist (Albania) … Final X champion … CLAW U.S. Open champion

2024: Fifth at Paris Olympic Games … Pan American Championships gold medalist (Mexico) … U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion … Bill Farrell Memorial International champion … Zagreb Open Ranking Series silver medalist (Croatia)

2023: World bronze medalist in Belgrade, Serbia ... Imre Polyak & Janos Varga Memorial champion (Hungary) … Final X champion … Pan American Championships champion in Buenos Aires, Argentina … Pan American Games champion in Santiago de Chile, Chile … Dan Kolov International champion (Bulgaria) … Zagreb Open champion (Croatia)

2022: World champion in Belgrade, Serbia … Final X champion … Pan American Championships champion in Acapulco, Mexico … Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix champion (Russia) … World Cup team member … Gold medalist at Zouhaier Sghaier Tournament Ranking Series event in Tunis, Tunisia

2021: Olympic silver medalist in Tokyo, Japan … World silver medalist in Oslo, Norway … U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion … Pan American Championships champion in Guatemala City, Guatemala … Gold medalist at Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France

2020: Pan American Championships champion in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada … Bronze at Matteo Pellicone International in Rome, Italy

2019: World bronze medalist in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan … Final X champion … Pan American Championships gold medalist in Buenos Aires, Argentina … Pan American Games gold medalist in Lima, Peru … Dan Kolov International champion (Bulgaria) … Yasar Dogu champion (Turkey) … Bill Farrell International champion … Gold medalist at Alany Tournament in Vladikavkas, Russia

2018: World silver medalist in Budapest, Hungary … Third at Yasar Dogu International (Türkiye) … Final X champion … Freestyle World Cup Team member … Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix champion (Russia)  

2017: World champion in Paris, France … Grand Prix of Spain gold medalist … U.S. World Team Trials champion … Pan American gold medalist in Lauro de Freitas, Brazil … Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix (Russia) gold medalist … World Cup team member … Club World Championships team member

2016: Olympic gold medalist in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil … Grand Prix of Germany bronze medalist … Olympic Team Trials champion … Freestyle World Cup Team member (fourth) … Alexander Medved International (Belarus) bronze medalist … Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix (Russia) bronze medalist … Club World Championships team member

2015: World champion in Las Vegas, Nevada … Pan American Games gold medalist in Toronto, Ontario, Canada … Gold medalist at Brazil Cup … U.S. World Team Trials champion … U.S. Open champion

2014: U20 World Championships bronze medalist in Zagreb, Croatia … UWW Junior World Team Trials champion … UWW Junior Freestyle Nationals champion … Cerro Pelado International Junior champion (Cuba)

2013: U20 World champion in Sofia, Bulgaria … UWW Junior World Team Trials champion … UWW Junior Nationals champion … Third in Henri Deglane Challenge (France)

2012: Junior World Team Trials runner-up … Third at FILA Junior Nationals

College: Three-time NCAA champion for Ohio State (2016-18) … Second at 2015 NCAA Championships …Two-time Big Ten champion (2016-17) … Second in 2015 and 2018 Big Ten Championships … Member of 2015 NCAA championship team, the first in Ohio State history … Coached by Tom Ryan … Majored in Sport Industry with a minor in Human Development and Family Studies

High School: Compiled 179-0 record in three seasons for Our Lady of Good Counsel under Skylar Saar … Three-time Prep School National champion … Three-time MPSSAA State champion … Attended Coronado High School in Colorado Springs, Colo., as a senior … Graduated from Coronado in 2014 … Resident-athlete at U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center during 2013-14 school year

USA Wrestling Age-Group: 2012 Junior Nationals champion in Greco-Roman and third in freestyle … Greco-Roman Cadet Nationals runner-up (2011) … Freestyle Cadet Nationals champion (2011)

Personal: Son of Tricia and Steve Snyder … Has one sister, Megan, and two brothers, Steve and Kevin … Married to Maddie Pack … Started wrestling at the age of five

Awards: 2017 Team USA Male Olympic Athlete of the Year … 2017 AAU Sullivan Award winner as nation’s top amateur athlete … 2015 USA Wrestling Freestyle Wrestler of the Year … 2015 U.S. Open Outstanding Wrestler … 2013 ASICS High School Wrestler of the Year

Hobbies: Playing basketball … Reading the Bible … Studying Russian

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