Otto Black

2025-26 Team USA Ranking: No. 2 at 67 kg/147.7 pounds

Years on Team USA: 1 (2025-26) 

Residence: Marquette, Mich.

Regional Training Center: NMU-National Training Center

Club: New York AC

Personal Coach: Joe Warren, Leister Bowling

High School: Longmont, Colo. (Mead High School)

Born: August 8, 2005

Age-Group World Teams

2025 U23 Worlds (Bronze at 67 kg), 2025 U20 Worlds (17th at 67 kg), 2024 U20 Worlds (Silver at 63 kg), 2021 U17 Worlds (Fifth at 48 kg)

Career Highlights 

• Two-time age-group World medalist
• 2024 U20 Pan American Champion
• U.S. Open runner-up

Career Biography

2025: Bronze medalist at U23 World Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia … Placed 17th at U20 World Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria … U20 World Team Trials champion … U.S. Open runner-up

2024: Silver medalist at U20 World Championships in Pontevedra, Spain … Gold medalist at U20 Pan American Championships in Lima, Peru … Gold medalist at Arvo Haavisto Cup in Ilmajoki, Finland … Silver medalist at Haparanda Cup in Sweden … U20 World Team Trials champion … U.S. Open U20 champion

2023: Placed third at U20 World Team Trials

2022: Placed fourth at U20 World Team Trials … Finished fourth at U.S. Open in U17

2021: Placed fifth at U17 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary … UWW Cadet Nationals runner-up

College: Attended Northern Michigan University

High School: 2024 Colorado state champion at Mead High School … 2021 state runner-up … 

USA Wrestling Age-Group: 2021 and 2024 Western Regional champion … 2022 and 2023 Junior Nationals champion … 2022 Northwest Regional champion in Greco-Roman and freestyle … Placed fourth at Brian Keck Memorial Preseason Nationals … 2020 Salt Lake Slam bronze medalist … 2019 Southern Plains Regional champion, third in freestyle … 2019 Western Regional champion … 2018 Western Regional champion in freestyle … 2018 Southern Plains Regional runner-up in freestyle, third in Greco-Roman … 2018 Northwest Regional runner-up in freestyle … 2017 King of the Mountain champion … 2016 Kids Nationals runner-up, fifth in freestyle … 2016 Southern Plains Regional runner-up in Greco-Roman and freestyle … 2015 Kids Nationals runner-up in Greco-Roman and freestyle … 2015 Southern Plains Regional champion in Greco-Roman and freestyle … 2015 Las Vegas Open champion, runner-up in freestyle and folkstyle … Placed fourth at 2013 Kids Folkstyle Nationals … 2014 King of the Mountain runner-up … Placed fourth at 2014 Southern Plains Regional in Greco-Roman and freestyle

Personal: Son of John and Amy Black