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Athlete Bio#

2025-26 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 65 kg

Years on Team USA: 1 (2025-26) 

Residence: Ann Arbor, Mich.

Regional Training Center: Cliff Keen Wrestling Club

Club: Titan Mercury Wrestling Club

College: Stanford University, University of Iowa

High School: Montini Catholic (Ill.) 

Born: Dec. 9, 1999

Height: 5-7

 

Past Age-Group World Teams 

2016 Cadet World Championships (15th at 54 kg in Greco-Roman)

Career Highlights 

  • 2025 Final X Champion
  • 2025 Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion
  • 2016 Cadet World Team member in Greco-Roman

Career Biography

2025: Final X champion…Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion…Fourth at CLAW U.S. Open…Muhamet Malo Ranking Series bronze medalist in Tirana, Albania…

2019: Third at the U.S. Marine Corps U.S. Open in Junior freestyle…

College: Graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology…Attended the University of Iowa…2023 NCAA runner-up at 141 pounds…Four-time NCAA All-American…Five-time NCAA qualifier…Two-time Pac-12 champion…2023 Big Ten champion…Two-time NWCA Scholar All-American…

High School: 2018 graduate of Montini Catholic High School in Lombard, Ill….Four-year letterwinner in wrestling, captained his team as a junior and senior…Three-time state champion and runner-up as a sophomore…Four-time All-Conference and All-State…Team was two-time state champions (2015, 2018)…2016 Cliff Keen Preseason Nationals champion…2017 USAW Preseason Nationals runner-up…

Age-Group Achievements: 2016 UWW Cadet Greco-Roman Nationals champion…Fourth at 2016 UWW Cadet Freestyle Nationals…

Personal: Son of Jennifer and Raymond Woods…Has four siblings, Felicity, Aliyah, Blest and True…

 

Instagram: @realvvoods

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