Kyle Snyder (wrestler)

Kyle Snyder

Snyder after winning the USA's 2013 Junior National Championships in Las Vegas
Born (1995-11-20) 20 November 1995
Maryland, United States
High school Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
State championships 3 (Maryland)
College Ohio State University
Olympic team United States of America
Status Resident Athlete at the United States Olympic Training Center
Medal record
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
World Championships
2015 Las Vegas 97 kg
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto 97 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
2016 Krasnoyarsk 97 kg
Alexander Medved International
2016 Minsk 97 kg
Junior World Championships
2013 Sofia 96 kg
2014 Zagreb 96 kg

Kyle Snyder (born November 20, 1995) is an American amateur wrestler who amassed a 179-0 record in his first three years of high school[1][2] before becoming the youngest American in over 20 years to win a FILA Junior World championship in August 2013.[3][4] Snyder was coached by two former World Champions during his gold medal match: Bill Zadick of the Iowa Hawkeyes, who was a college teammate of Jeff McGinness, the youngest ever American FILA Junior World Champion who won the tournament in 1992,[5] as well as Zeke Jones. Although Snyder was unable to repeat his gold medal run in 2014, he still managed to bring a bronze medal back home, and in the process became the youngest two-time Junior World medalist in American history.[6]

Even before bringing home his Junior World title in 2013, Snyder had already decided to forgo his senior year of high school competition and instead compete internationally as a resident athlete at the United States Olympic Training Center beginning in the fall of 2013.[7] And then in the spring of 2014, at just 18 years of age, Snyder was selected to represent Team USA as the youngest-ever member of the Beat the Streets All-Star team that faced off against top-ranked wrestlers from across the world, where he wrestled alongside fellow Americans with multiple NCAA championships and Olympic gold medals such as David Taylor, Brent Metcalf and Jordan Burroughs.[8] Snyder, who competes internationally at 96 kg, lost a tightly contested exhibition match 6-3[9] against Khadzhimurat Gatsalov, the #1 ranked wrestler in the world at 120 kg who at 31 years old has won five World Championships and an Olympic gold medal.[10] A few weeks later, Snyder secured a place on his second consecutive USA Junior World Team, winning by technical fall in the national finals.[11]

Snyder hoped to repeat his championship run at the Junior World Championships in 2014, however he fell short and lost to Georgy Gogaev of Russia from North Ossetia-Alania in the quarterfinals, and wrestled back for a bronze. Earlier in 2014 the precocious Gogaev had defeated two former Division I (NCAA) champions Dustin Kilgore and Cam Simaz,[12] both of whom had won their NCAA titles years earlier, in 2011 and 2012 respectively - while Snyder was still competing in high school.

Career

In the early minutes of his gold medal Junior World Championships match in 2013, Snyder was thrown to his back by his Armenian opponent, Viktor Kazishvili, and nearly pinned.[4] After fighting off his back and down 4-1, Snyder then ran off 10 unanswered points to secure the victory by technical fall in four minutes and four seconds, his third in his four matches at the tournament.[4][4][13]

During his 179-0 run during his first three years of high school, Snyder only gave up a single takedown.[1] Snyder, who stopped playing football for his nationally ranked high school team following his sophomore season,[14] is a two-time Washington Post All-Met Wrestler of the Year,[15] and was named the male 2013 ASICS Wrestler of the Year[16] as well as Intermat's 2013 Wrestler of the Year.[17] In November 2013, Snyder became the #1 ranked "Pound for Pound" (P4P) American high school wrestler according to Flowrestling.org.[18]

Undefeated in what are considered the top 3 toughest high school wrestling tournaments in America,[19] Snyder won the Walsh Ironman twice, Beast of the East three-times and the Powerade Wrestling Tournament once.[15] Snyder began wrestling for the Ohio State Buckeyes in 2014, and placed second in the NCAA championships his freshman year at the 197-pound class. He initially planned to take an Olympic redshirt for the 2015-16 season, but instead chose to return for the Buckeyes and enroll in classes for the spring semester. At the NCAA championships, Snyder won at heavyweight, defeating two-time defending national champion Nick Gwiazdowski of North Carolina State University in overtime 7-5. Snyder was the lightest heavyweight in the field at 226 pounds and finished 11-0 on the season.

Snyder is a 2015 UWW world champion at age 19.

At Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016 he lost to Anzor Boltukaev of Russia, but won the bronze medal match.

References

  1. 1 2 Schimmel, Greg (2013-02-24). "Good Counsel’s Kyle Snyder, McNamara’s Alfred Bannister win National Preps wrestling championships - Washington Post". Articles.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  2. ↑ Cammarota, Nick (March 20, 2013). "Snyder still perfect, Wrestler of the Year". Gazette.Net.
  3. ↑ InternationalFederationof AssociatedWrestling Styles. "Database". Fila-official.com. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Hiatt, Gabe (2013-08-21). "Former Good Counsel wrestler Kyle Snyder wins Junior World Championship - Washington Post". Articles.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  5. ↑ "Jeff McGinness Profile - Iowa Official Athletic Site". Hawkeyesports.com. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
  6. ↑ http://www.fila-official.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=768&Itemid=100236&lang=en
  7. ↑ Hiatt, Gabe. "Kyle Snyder to leave Good Counsel for Olympic Training Center". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  8. ↑ http://www.teamusa.org/usa-wrestling/features/2014/april/29/us-team-finalized-for-beat-the-streets-gala-on-may-7
  9. ↑ http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2014/May/07/USA-beats-World-All-Stars-8-3-in-Beat-the-Streets-in-Times-Square
  10. ↑ http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2014/February/12/Fila-freestyle-rankings
  11. ↑ http://www.13abc.com/story/25686638/buckeye-kyle-snyder-qualifies-for-second-fila-junior-world-championships
  12. ↑ http://www.newyorkwrestlingnews.com/news_article/show/316249-usa-and-russia-split-pair-of-duals-in-ny-cornell-wrestle-offs-hofstra-on-the-road-and-more
  13. ↑ Abbott, Gary (2013-08-17). "UPDATED: Snyder wins gold, Dieringer takes silver in freestyle at Junior Worlds in Bulgaria | TheMat.com - USA Wrestling". TheMat.com. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  14. ↑ Krider, Dave (July 15, 2012). "Kyle Snyder gives up football for wrestling career". MaxWire National Blog.
  15. 1 2 "Wrestling Wrestler of the Year - 2012-13 Winter All-Met". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  16. ↑ Abbott, Gary (2013-07-14). "Augello, Snyder named ASICS High School Wrestlers of the Year | TheMat.com - USA Wrestling". TheMat.com. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  17. ↑ ReplyCancel (2013-04-24). "InterMat Wrestling - InterMat unveils 2012-13 High School All-Americans". Intermatwrestle.com. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
  18. ↑ http://www.flowrestling.org/asics-florankings/#P4P
  19. ↑ "WrestlingReport.com". WrestlingReport.com. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
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