G'Angelo Hancock

G'Angelo Hancock (born July 27, 1997) is an American Greco-Roman wrestler. At the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Ottawa, Canada, he won the gold medal in the 97 kg event.[1] A year earlier, he won the silver medal in this event.[2]

G'Angelo Hancock
Personal information
Born (1997-07-27) July 27, 1997
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportAmateur wrestling
Event(s)Greco-Roman
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
2019 Lima 97 kg
Pan American Wrestling Championships
2017 Lauro de Freitas 98 kg
2019 Buenos Aires 97 kg
2020 Ottawa 97 kg

Career

Hancock won one of the bronze medals in the men's Greco-Roman 98 kg event at the 2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Lauro de Freitas, Brazil. He also competed in the men's Greco-Roman 98 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France without winning a medal.[3] He won his first match against Fatih Başköy and lost his next match against Artur Aleksanyan. Aleksanyan went on to win the gold medal.

In 2019, he represented the United States at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru and he won the silver medal in the 97 kg event.[4] In the final, he lost against Gabriel Rosillo of Cuba.[4] In the same year, he also competed in the 97 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.[5]

Major results
Year Tournament Location Result Event
2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships Lauro de Freitas, Brazil 3rd Greco-Roman 98 kg
2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 2nd Greco-Roman 97 kg
Pan American Games Lima, Peru 2nd Greco-Roman 97 kg
2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships Ottawa, Canada 1st Greco-Roman 97 kg

References
  1. Rowbottom, Mike (March 6, 2020). "United States win three golds on day one of Pan American Wrestling Championships in Ottawa". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  2. Etchells, Daniel (April 18, 2019). "Cuba and US collect three Greco-Roman gold medals as action begins at Pan American Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  3. "2017 World Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  4. "2019 Pan American Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  5. "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 12, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2020.


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