Payton Jacobson

2025-26 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 87 kg

Years on Team USA: 3 (2022-23, 2024-26) 

Residence:  Elkhorn, Wis.

Regional Training Center: Northern Michigan

Club: NMU-National Training Center

College: Northern Michigan

High School: Elkhorn, Wis. (Elkhorn Area)

Born: September 12, 2002

Olympic Teams

2024 Paris Games (15th at 87 kg)

Past Age-Group World Teams 

2023 U23 World Championships (13th at 77 kg), 2022 U20 World Championships (8th at 77 kg)

Career Notes 

• 2024 U.S. Olympic Team member
• 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion
• 2025 U.S. Open champion
• Two-time U23 World Team member (2023, 2025)
• 2022 U20 World Team member
• Third at 2023 U.S. Open
• 2021 U20 Pan American Championships silver medalist

Career Biography

2025: Senior Pan American Championships gold medalist in Monterrey, Mexico…CLAW U.S. Open champion…

2024: Fifteenth at 2024 Paris Olympic Games…U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion…Ninth at Thor Masters…Fifth at U23 World Championships…

2023: Ninth at Grand Prix of Germany…Twenty-third at Zagreb Open…Final X True-Thirds runner-up…U23 Nationals Greco-Roman champion…Senior World Team Trials Challenge runner-up…Third at US Open…

2022: Eighth at U20 World Championships…U20 World Team Trials champion…Third at World Team Trials Challenge…Third at Senior USMC US Open…Third at U20 USMC US Open…

2021: Junior Pan American Championships silver medalist…UWW Junior Nationals runner-up…

2020: UWW Junior Nationals champion…

2019: Sixth at WIAA Individual State Championships…

2018: Seventh at USMC/USAW Cadet Greco-Roman Nationals…Third at UWW Cadet Nationals…Fourth at USMC/USAW Cadet GR Nationals…Third at Northern Plains Regional Freestyle…Third at Northern Plains Regional Greco-Roman…

College: Wrestles at Northern Michigan…

High School: Wrestled at Elkhorn Area High School in Elkhorn, Wisconsin…

Personal: Born September 12, 2002…22 years old…

Twitter/X: @PaytonJacobson

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