Justin Lester named USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week
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by Richard Immel USA Wrestling
Justin Lester (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP) has been selected as TheMat.com Wrestler of the Week for Oct. 12, 2015.
Lester won a silver medal at 75 kg/165 lbs. in Greco-Roman at the 6th Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM) World Games held at the Mungyeong Indoor Gymnasium in Mungyeong, Korea.
Lester, a two-time World bronze medalist and 2012 Olympian, moved up from 71 kg/156 lbs., where he placed eighth at the recent World Championships in Las Vegas, Nev. He won the only medal for the USA in this four-day wrestling competition, which featured Greco-Roman and men’s freestyle.
Lester opened with three straight technical fall wins to reach the finals. He defeated 2014 Junior World bronze medalist Ibrahim Ghanem of Egypt, 8-0 in the second period. He then put away Geli Qing of China, who was fifth in the 2014 Asian Games, by a 10-0 margin in the quarterfinals. His semifinal victim was 2012 European Cadet bronze medalist Dawid Klimek of Poland, who he stopped 10-2 in the second period.
In the finals, he was defeated by Kim Jin-Hyeok of Korea, 2-6. Kim was a 2012 Olympian and placed fifth in the 2015 Asian Championships.
Each week TheMat.com will select an Athlete of the Week based upon performance within wrestling for that week. The selection committee will consider any level of wrestling, from youth programs through the Senior level.
To nominate a wrestler for TheMat.com Athlete of the Week please send the athlete’s name, wrestling program and weekly and career accomplishments to Richard Immel at rimmel@usawrestling.org.
Lester won a silver medal at 75 kg/165 lbs. in Greco-Roman at the 6th Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM) World Games held at the Mungyeong Indoor Gymnasium in Mungyeong, Korea.
Lester, a two-time World bronze medalist and 2012 Olympian, moved up from 71 kg/156 lbs., where he placed eighth at the recent World Championships in Las Vegas, Nev. He won the only medal for the USA in this four-day wrestling competition, which featured Greco-Roman and men’s freestyle.
Lester opened with three straight technical fall wins to reach the finals. He defeated 2014 Junior World bronze medalist Ibrahim Ghanem of Egypt, 8-0 in the second period. He then put away Geli Qing of China, who was fifth in the 2014 Asian Games, by a 10-0 margin in the quarterfinals. His semifinal victim was 2012 European Cadet bronze medalist Dawid Klimek of Poland, who he stopped 10-2 in the second period.
In the finals, he was defeated by Kim Jin-Hyeok of Korea, 2-6. Kim was a 2012 Olympian and placed fifth in the 2015 Asian Championships.
Each week TheMat.com will select an Athlete of the Week based upon performance within wrestling for that week. The selection committee will consider any level of wrestling, from youth programs through the Senior level.
To nominate a wrestler for TheMat.com Athlete of the Week please send the athlete’s name, wrestling program and weekly and career accomplishments to Richard Immel at rimmel@usawrestling.org.
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