Zahid Valencia
Zahid Valencia
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Zahid Valencia

2017 Junior World Championships (Silver)

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2023 Pan American Games

November 1-4, 2023 | Santiago, Chile

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Upcoming Event

2023 Pan American Games

November 1-4, 2023 | Santiago, Chile

Previous Event

2023 World Championships

Sept. 16-24, 2023 | Belgrade, Serbia

Athlete Bio

Zahid Valencia

Height

6'1"

Hometown

Bosco, CA

Education

Arizona State

2023-24 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 92 kg/202 lbs. 

Years on Team USA: 6 (2018-24) 

Residence: Tempe, Ariz. 

Club: Sunkist Kids 

Regional Training Center: Sunkist Kids

College: Arizona State 

High School: Bellflower, Calif. (St. John Bosco)  

Born: May 11, 1997, in Bellflower, Calif. 

Height: 6-1 

 

Past Age-Group World Teams 

2017 Junior Worlds (Silver at 84 kg), 2016 Junior Worlds (7th at 84 kg), 2015 Junior Worlds (10th at 84 kg) 

 

Career Notes 

  • 2023 Final X champion
  • 2022 Pan American Championship champion 
  • 2019 U.S. Open champion
  • 2022 and 2023 World Team Trials
  • Third at 2021 Olympic Team Trials 
  • 2017 Junior World Championships silver medalist 
  • 2018 and 2022 Final X runner-up
  • 2022 U.S. Open runner-up
  • Two-time NCAA champion for Arizona State (2018 and 2019) 

Career Biography

2023: Imre Polyk & Jnos Varga Memorial champion (Hungary)… Final X champion… World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion…. Second in U.S. Open… Second in Ibrahim Moustafa International (Egypt)… Third in Zagreb Open (Croatia)…

2022: Runner-up at Final X… World Team Trials Challenge champion… Pan American Championships champion… Third at Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix (Russia) 

2021: Third at Olympic Team Trials… Matteo Pellicone International champion (Italy)… Poland Open champion… Third at Henri Deglane Challenge (France)… 

2019: U.S. Open champion… Second at World Team Trials Challenge Tournament… 

2018: Final X runner-up… World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion… 

2017: UWW Junior World silver medalist… UWW Junior World Team Trials champion… UWW Junior Nationals champion…

2016: Seventh at UWW Junior World Championships… UWW Junior World Team Trials champion… UWW Junior Nationals champion…

2015: Tenth at UWW Junior Worlds… UWW Junior World Team Trials champion… Second at Grand Prix of Spain 

2014: Third in UWW Junior Nationals in Greco-Roman…

 

College: Two-time NCAA champion for Arizona State (2018, 2019)… Third in the 2017 NCAA Championships… Coached by Zeke Jones… Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in multi/interdisciplinary studies

 

High School: Three-time California state champion (2012, 2014 and 2015)… Coached by Omar Delgado at St. John Bosco High School… First-team ASICS All-American… 2015 ASICS High School Wrestler of the Year… 

Age-Group Achievements: 2014 Junior Folkstyle Nationals champion… 2013 Cadet Nationals champion in freestyle and Greco-Roman… 2012 Cadet Nationals champion…

Personal: Brother Anthony also competed for Arizona State… Wife is Kindra… 

Twitter: @z_money_97 

Instagram: z_money_97 

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