Kyle Snyder (wrestler)

Kyle Frederick Snyder (born November 20, 1995) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 97 kilograms. He holds the distinctions of being the youngest Olympic Gold medalist and the youngest World Champion in American wrestling history.[1]

Kyle Snyder
Kyle Snyder for the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition
Full nameKyle Frederick Snyder
Weight97 kg (214 lb)
Born (1995-11-20) November 20, 1995
Woodbine, Maryland, U.S.
High schoolOur Lady of Good Counsel High School
State championships3 (Maryland)
CollegeOhio State University
Prep National Championships3
NCAA championshipsDivision I
3 individual
1 team
Olympic teamUnited States of America
StatusTeam USA / Nittany Lion Wrestling Club
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro97 kg
World Championships
2015 Las Vegas97 kg
2017 Paris97 kg
2018 Budapest97 kg
2019 Nur-Sultan97 kg
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto97 kg
2019 Lima97 kg
Pan American Championships
2017 Salvador97 kg
2019 Buenos Aires97 kg
2020 Ottawa97 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
2016 Krasnoyarsk97 kg
2017 Krasnoyarsk97 kg
2018 Krasnoyarsk97 kg
Junior World Championships
2013 Sofia96 kg
2014 Zagreb96 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Ohio State Buckeyes
NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
2015 St. Louis197 lb
2016 New York City285 lb
2017 St. Louis285 lb
2018 Cleveland 285 lb
Big Ten Championships
2015 Columbus197 lb
2016 Iowa City285 lb
2017 Bloomington285 lb
2018 East Lansing285 lb

Snyder is also the youngest wrestler ever to win the World, NCAA, and Olympic championships in the same year — a Triple Crown of American wrestling that had not been accomplished in a generation until he completed his sweep at the 2016 Rio Olympics.[2]

Snyder, nicknamed "Captain America",[3] then made more history by becoming the first Olympic Gold Medalist to return to college and win an NCAA title, clinching his second consecutive NCAA heavyweight title in 2017 despite tearing cartilage in his chest in the quarter-finals[4][5] and being out-weighed by upwards of 40 pounds throughout the tournament.[6] In 2018, Snyder won his third straight individual NCAA title as a heavyweight, this time being out-weighed by nearly 60 pounds "in one of the biggest size differences in an NCAA championship match in history",[7] and became the first three-time NCAA heavyweight champion in nearly 30 years.[8]

Along the way he became the youngest American, and only the eleventh ever, to win the Ivan Yarygin Memorial Grand Prix, which is widely considered to be the toughest open wrestling tournament in the world.[9] Snyder dominated it with three technical-falls and then a pin in the finals.[10] The following year Snyder would become the first American man not only to win back-to-back Yarygin titles, but the only one to win the prestigious tournament more than once at all,[11] earning him Best Foreign Wrestler honors from his Russian hosts.[12]

In 2017, Snyder defeated Abdulrashid Sadulaev at the 2017 World Championships, marking Sadulaev's first loss in his last 75 matches and the second one in his whole career.[13][14] This come-from-behind victory earned Team USA its first World Championship in over 20 years and Snyder his third consecutive individual World or Olympic championship,[15] and led to Snyder being ranked as the best pound for pound freestyle wrestler on the planet by Flowrestling in September 2017,[16] a title he would retain in their June 2018 rankings.[17] He ended his collegiate career as the first wrestler to win the NCAA, World, and Olympic championships as a student athlete.[18]

Career

In his first three years of high school, Snyder amassed a 179–0 record, won three Prep National Championships, and only conceded a single takedown.[19] Named the national high school wrestler of the year by both Intermat[20] and ASICS,[21] Snyder was also ranked as the #1 pound-for-pound high school wrestler in America by Flowrestling after his junior season.[22] He then spent his senior year training at the United States Olympic Training Center,[23] competing internationally for Team USA and winning America's first Junior World Championship in over 20 years[24] while becoming the youngest two-time Junior World medalist in American history.[25]

To begin his collegiate wrestling career, Snyder accepted a scholarship from the Ohio State Buckeyes,[26] helping them to an NCAA team championship as a true freshman by finishing as runner-up to a fifth-year senior, Iowa State's Kyven Gadson, in the national finals.[27] A few weeks later he rebounded from this loss with remarkable resilience: Snyder defeated returning Olympic gold medalist Jake Varner for a chance to represent the U.S. on its 2015 World Team,[28] then became the youngest World Champion in American wrestling history by dethroning the reigning World Champion.[29] Snyder continued his extraordinary run by returning to Ohio State and rallying for an overtime victory over NC State University's Nick Gwiazdowski, the returning back-to-back heavyweight national champion. Even giving away more than 30 pounds Snyder was able to end Gwiazdowski's 88-match win streak[30] and earn his first individual NCAA title as a true sophomore.[31]

A few months later Snyder would win his historic gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics — capping-off his unprecedented streak of winning wrestling's three most prestigious championships in succession before his 21st birthday, defeating the man holding each title along the way.

After returning to Ohio State and winning his second consecutive NCAA heavyweight title at the end of an undefeated 2016–2017 wrestling season,[6] Snyder would avenge his loss to Gadson in the finals of America's 2017 World Team Trials, sweeping him with two straight tech-falls and a cumulative score of 23–2.[32] He would then face another historic bout in the finals of the 2017 Paris World Championships: with Russia and the U.S. tied for first place at 53 points each, Snyder stepped onto the mat for "The Match of the Century" – the team championship, an individual title at 97 kg, and two young legacies were on the line.[33] His opponent was Abdulrashid Sadulaev, a young Russian phenom on a three-year undefeated streak that included two World Championships as well as an Olympic gold, who was then considered the best pound-for-pound wrestler in the world.[34]

Sadulaev moved-up a weight class specifically to challenge Snyder, and quickly took a 2–0 lead early in their finals match. But Snyder battled back, and tied the match at 3–3 before the end of the first period, only to have Sadulaev score another takedown and regain the lead. A lead that lasted until the final 20 seconds of the match when Snyder's furious pace allowed him to score a late takedown at the edge of the mat[35] – sealing Team USA's first World Championship in over 20 years, Snyder's third consecutive individual World or Olympic championship, and wresting the title of best pound-for-pound wrestler on the planet away from Sadulaev.[36][16]

And in a story recounted to The Washington Post by his college coach, Tom Ryan,[37] after Snyder's thrilling come-from-behind overtime victory which clinched his first NCAA heavyweight title in front of a sold-out Madison Square Garden – a match chosen by fans to be the final one of the night[30] and broadcast live in primetime to millions on ESPN[38] – a maintenance worker approached Ryan to let him know what made Snyder, who'd already made wrestling history as America's youngest World Champion and was named Most Outstanding Wrestler of those NCAA Championships,[31] stand out from his competition the most that weekend: he'd been the only athlete in the entire tournament who continually thanked him for refilling the stadium's water jugs.[39]

High school and junior

Snyder amassed a 179–0 record in his first three years of high school [19] before becoming the youngest American in over 20 years to win a FILA Junior World Championship in August 2013.[24][25] 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,[40] as well as Zeke Jones. Although Snyder was unable to repeat his gold medal run in 2014, he brought home a bronze medal, and in the process became the youngest two-time Junior World medalist in American history.[41]

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.[23] In the spring of 2014, at 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.[42] Snyder, who competes internationally at 96 kg, lost a tightly contested exhibition match 6–3[43] against Khadzhimurat Gatsalov, the No. 1-ranked wrestler in the world at 120 kg who at 31 years old had won five World Championships and an Olympic gold medal.[44] A few weeks later, Snyder secured a place on his second consecutive United States Junior World Team, winning by technical fall in the national finals.[45]

Snyder hoped to repeat his championship run at the Junior World Championships in 2014, though 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, Gogaev had defeated two former Division I (NCAA) champions Dustin Kilgore and Cam Simaz,[46] both of whom had won their NCAA titles years earlier, in 2011 and 2012 respectively – while Snyder was still competing in high school.

Junior record
Junior matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
2014 Junior World at 96 kg
Win 8–1 Hamidreza Jamshidi 7–1 August 8, 2014 Junior World Championship Zagreb
Win 7–1 Angel Gochev Tech Fall
Loss 6–1 Georgi Gogaev 1–8
Win 6–0 Said Gamidov 8–2
Win 5–0 Alxios Kaouslidis Tech Fall
2013 Junior World at 96 kg
Win 4–0 Viktor Kazishvili 11–4 August 17, 2013 Junior World Championship Sofia
Win 3–0 Robin Ferdinand 8–0
Win 2–0 Yasup Malachmagomedov 3–1
Win 1–0 Radu Balaur 4–1

Olympic, collegiate, and senior

Snyder, just 19 years old at the time, defeated the reigning World Champion at 97 kg, Russia's Abdusalam Gadisov, for his 2015 World Championship in Las Vegas. And then less than one year later, Snyder bested Azerbaijan's Khetag Gazyumov, a former World Champion and two-time Olympic medalist, for his Rio Olympic gold. Additionally, to earn the honor of representing the United States of America on each of those national teams, Snyder had to beat reigning London 2012 Olympic gold medalist Jake Varner in both America's 2015 World Team Trials[47] and the 2016 Olympic Team Trials.[48] Since USA Wrestling's National Team Trials use a best two-out-of-three format for their finals, Snyder had to beat the returning Olympic gold medalist a total of four times, which he did with a cumulative score of 21–6 over the course of their matches.

2016 Summer Olympics, Men's Freestyle Wrestling 97 kg awarding ceremony

Snyder, who wrestled collegiately for the Ohio State Buckeyes, is also a three-time NCAA Division I National Champion. His first was won with an overtime victory in a sold-out Madison Square Garden which snapped his opponent's 88-match winning streak, preventing North Carolina State University's Nick Gwiazdowski from winning his third consecutive NCAA heavyweight title.[49] Weighing in for the 285 lb. Heavyweight division at just 226 pounds, Snyder was the lightest heavyweight in the field[50] and was named Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament.[51]

For his two international championships Snyder was rewarded with over a quarter million dollars by the Living the Dream Medal Fund, which was founded by "two former collegiate wrestlers-turned Wall Street tycoons," billionaire investment banker Michael E. Novogratz and real estate developer David Barry.[52] Snyder was well endowed with $250,000 for his 2016 Summer Olympics gold and earlier received $50,000 for his 2015 World Championship, monies he is allowed to keep since the NCAA made an exception to its rules against student-athlete financial compensation for the Fund.[53]

NCAA record
NCAA record
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event
NCAA at 285 lbs
Win 75–5 Adam Coon 3–2 March 15, 2018 NCAA Championships
Win 74–5 Jacob Kasper 10–5
Win 73–5 Derek White 6–3
Win 72–5 Jere Heino Tech Fall
Win 71–5 Ryan Solomon 15–5
Big Ten at 285 lbs
Win 70–5 Adam Coon 4–2 Mar 3, 2018 Big Ten Championships
Win 69–5 Nick Nevills 14–5
Win 68–5 Shawn Streck 17–6
Win 67–5 Fletcher Miller Tech Fall
Win 66–5 Michael Boykin Tech Fall Feb 18, 2018 Ohio State – North Carolina Dual
Loss 65–5 Adam Coon 1–3 Feb 11, 2018 Ohio State – Michigan Dual
Win 65–4 Nick Nevills 15–10 Feb 3, 2018 Ohio State – Penn State Dual
Win 64–4 Steven Holloway Tech Fall Jan 21, 2018 Iowa – Ohio State Dual
Win 63–4 Rylee Streifel Tech Fall Jan 12, 2018 Minnesota – Ohio State Dual
Win 62–4 Razohnn Gross Fall Jan 7, 2018 Ohio State – Rutgers Dual
Win 61–4 Stacey Ben Fall Dec 17, 2017 Ohio State – Chattanooga Dual
Win 60–4 Devin Nye Fall Nov 21, 2017 Kent State – Ohio State Dual
Win 59–4 Austin Harris Fall Nov 12, 2017 Arizona State – Ohio State Dual
NCAA at 285 lbs
Win 58–4 Conor Medbery 6–3 Mar 16, 2017 NCAA Championships
Win 57–4 Jacob Kasper 19–6
Win 56–4 Michael Kroells 13–7
Win 55–4 Ryan Garrett Tech Fall
Win 54–4 Jake Gunning Tech Fall
Big Ten at 285 lbs
Win 53–4 Connor Medbery 8–5 Mar 4, 2017 Big Ten Championship
Win 52–4 Michael Kroells 14–7
Win 51–4 Razohnn Gross Tech Fall
Win 50–4 Colin Jensen 16–6 Feb 10, 2017 Ohio State – Nebraska Dual
Win 49–4 Razohnn Gross Tech Fall Feb 6, 2017 Rutgers – Ohio State Dual
Win 48–4 Nick Nevills 19–9 Feb 3, 2017 Penn State – Ohio State Dual
Win 47–4 Hemida Youssef Tech Fall Jan 22, 2017 Maryland – Ohio State Dual
Win 46–4 Deuce Rachal Fall Jan 15, 2017 Illinois – Ohio State Dual
Win 45–4 Austin Myers Fall Dec 8, 2016 Missouri – Ohio State Dual
Win 44–4 Devin Nye Fall Nov 22, 2016 Ohio State – Kent State Dual
Win 43–4 Michael Furbee Fall Nov 22, 2016 Ohio State – Cleveland State Dual
Win 42–4 Tanner Hall 20–18 Nov 19, 2016 Ohio State – Arizona State Dual
NCAA at 285 lbs
Win 41–4 Nick Gwiazdowski 7–5 Mar 17, 2016 NCAA Championship
Win 40–4 Ty Walz 10–6
Win 39–4 Amarveer Dhesi 16–5
Win 38–4 Tanner Harms Tech Fall
Win 37–4 Antonio Pelusi Fall
Big Ten at 285 lbs
Win 36–4 Adam Coon 7–4 Mar 5, 2016 Big Ten Championship
Win 35–4 Collin Jensen Tech Fall
Win 34–4 Brooks Black Tech Fall
Win 33–4 Brock Horwath Tech Fall Feb 12, 2016 Wisconsin – Ohio State Dual
Win 32–4 Jan Johnson Tech Fall Feb 5, 2016 Ohio State – Penn State Dual
Win 31–4 Collin Jensen 20–9 Jan 17, 2016 Nebraska – Ohio State Dual
Loss 30–4 Kyven Gadson Fall Mar 19, 2015 NCAA Championships
Win 30–3 J'den Cox 3–2
Win 29–3 Scott Schiller 3–2
Win 28–3 Shane Woods 14–5
Win 27–3 Braden Atwood 12–4
Loss 26–3 Morgan McIntosh 1–4 Mar 7, 2015 Big Ten Championships
Win 26–2 Nathan Burak 3–2
Win 25–2 Timmy McCall 6–2
Win 24–2 Elliot Riddick 9–1 Feb 21, 2015 Ohio State – Lehigh Dual
Win 23–2 Vince Pickett Tech Fall Feb 15, 2015 Ohio State – Edinboro Dual
Win 22–2 Scott Schiller 3–1 Feb 6, 2015 Minnesota – Ohio State Dual
Win 21–2 Hayden Hrymack Tech Fall Feb 1, 2015 Ohio State – Rutgers Dual
Win 20–2 Tanner Lynde 18–7 Jan 30, 2015 Purdue – Ohio State Dual
Win 19–2 Rob Fitzgerals 19–9 Jan 25, 2015 Ohio State – Maryland Dual
Win 18–2 Luke Sheridan 18–7 Jan 23, 2015 Indiana – Ohio State Dual
Win 17–2 Max Hunyley 5–2 Jan 18, 2015 Ohio State – Michigan Dual
Win 16–2 Nick McDiarmid 17–6 Jan 16, 2015 Ohio State – Michigan State Dual
Win 15–2 Morgan McIntosh 6–1 Jan 11, 2015 Penn State – Ohio State Dual
Loss 14–2 Nathan Burak 1–2 Jan 4, 2015 Iowa – Ohio State Dual
Win 14–1 Johnny Eblen 15–5 Dec 14, 2014 Missouri – Ohio State Dual
Win 13–1 Jace Bennett 18–7 Dec 5, 2014 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational
Win 12–1 Trent Noon 16–6
Loss 11–1 Kyven Gadson 2–3
Win 11–0 Lucas Sheridan 14–4
Win 10–0 Micah Barnes 14–4
Win 9–0 Josh Popple 13–7
Win 8–0 Chance McClure 20–6 Nov 24, 2014 Ohio State – Virginia Dual
Win 7–0 Jared Haught 8–5 Nov 23, 2014 Ohio State – Virginia Tech Dual
Win 6–0 Josh DaSilveira 21–8 Nov 15, 2014 Arizona State – Ohio State Dual
Win 5–0 Cole Baxter 11–6 Nov 13, 2014 Kent State – Ohio State Dual
Win 4–0 Max Huntley 10–5 Nov 2, 2014 Michigan State Open
Win 3–0 Phil Wellington 11–4
Win 2–0 Nick McDiarmid 8–2
Win 1–0 Jake Smith 21–7

NCAA stats
Season Year School Rank Weigh class Record Win Bonus
2018 Senior Ohio State #1 285 17–1 94.44% 76.92%
2017 Junior #1 285 17–0 100.00% 76.47%
2016 Sophomore #1 285 11–0 100.00% 72.73%
2015 Freshman #3 197 30–4 88.24% 50.00%
Career 75–5 93.75% 64.00%

Freestyle record
Senior Freestyle Matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
2021 Henri Deglane Grand Prix at 97 kg
Win 118–14 Radu Lefter TF 11–0 January 16, 2021 Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021

Nice, France

Win 117–14 Radosław Baran 9–2
Win 116–14 Erik Thiele TF 11–1
Win 115–14 Ty Walz TF 10–0 December 22, 2020 NLWC IV

State College, Pennsylvania

2020 US Nationals 6th at 97 kg
Win 114–14 Jakob Woodley TF 10–0 October 10–11, 2020 2020 US Senior Nationals

Coralville, Iowa

Win 113–14 William Baldwin TF 12–0
Win 112–14 Jeremiah Casto Fall
Win 111–14 Michael Macchiavello TF 12–1 September 19, 2020 NLWC I

State College, Pennsylvania

2020 Pan American Championships at 97 kg
Win 110–14 Reineris Salas TF 11–1 March 6–9, 2020 2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships

Ottawa, Canada

Win 109–14 José Daniel Díaz 9–1
Win 108–14 Evan Ramos TF 12–2
Win 107–14 Luis Miguel Sosa Perez TF 14–4
2020 Matteo Pellicone RS at 97 kg
Win 106–14 Abraham Conyedo TF 12–1 January 15–18, 2020 2020 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series Rome, Italy
Loss 105–14 Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian Fall
Win 105–13 İbrahim Bölükbaşı 12–4
Win 104–13 Iliskhan Chilayev TF 10–0
2019 World Championships at 97 kg
Win 103–13 Elizbar Odikadze 5–0 September 21–22, 2019 2019 World Wrestling Championships Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Loss 102–13 Sharif Sharifov 2–5
Win 102–12 Magomed Ibragimov TF 13–3
Win 101–12 Mausam Khatri TF 10–0
2019 Pan American Games at 97 kg
Win 100–12 José Daniel Díaz 9–3 August 10, 2019 2019 Pan American Games Lima, Perú
Win 99–12 Reineris Salas 3–1
Win 98–12 Evan Ramos TF 10–0
2019 Yaşar Doğu at 97 kg
Win 97–12 Ali Khalil Shabanibengar 2–1 July 11–14, 2019 2019 Yaşar Doğu Istanbul, Turkey
Win 96–12 Pavlo Oliynyk TF 10–0
Win 95–12 Baki Şahin TF 13–2
2019 Final X: Lincoln at 97 kg
Win 94–12 Kyven Gadson 4–0 June 14–15, 2019 2019 US World Team Trials Lincoln, Nebraska
Win 93–12 Kyven Gadson TF 10–0
Win 92–12 Nishan Randhawa TF 15-1 May 6, 2019 2019 Beat the Streets

New York City, New York

2019 Pan American Championships at 97 kg
Win 91–12 Jordan Steen TF 10–0 April 21, 2019 2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win 90–12 Evan Ramos TF 11–1
2019 Dan Kolov – Nikola Petrov at 97 kg
Win 89–12 Valeriy Andriytsev 4–0 February 28 – March 3, 2019 2019 Dan Kolov – Nikola Petrov Memorial Ruse, Bulgaria
Win 88–12 Baki Şahin TF 11–0
Win 87–12 Murazi Mchedlidze 8–5
Win 86–12 Ty Walz TF 12–1
2019 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 10th at 97 kg
Loss 85–12 Rasul Magomedov 5–6 January 24, 2019 2019 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix

Krasnoyarsk, Russia

2018 World Championships at 97 kg
Loss 85–11 Abdulrashid Sadulaev Fall October 22–23, 2017 2018 World Wrestling Championships Budapest, Hungary
Win 85–10 Pavlo Oliynyk 3–0
Win 84–10 Abraham Conyedo 11–2
Win 83–10 Nathaniel Tuamoheloa TF 10–0
Win 82–10 Ölziisaikhany Batzul 8–3
2018 Yaşar Doğu at 97 kg
Win 81–10 Rıza Yıldırım TF 11–0 July 27–29, 2018 2018 Yaşar Doğu Istanbul, Turkey
Loss 80–10 Aslanbek Alborov 3-3
Win 80–9 Alireza Goodarzi TF 10–0
2018 US World Team Trials at 97 kg
Win 79–9 Kyven Gadson 10–2 June 8–9, 2018 2018 Final X: Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska
Win 78–9 Kyven Gadson 9–0
Win 77–9 Reineris Salas 9–8 May 17, 2018 2018 Beat the Streets

New York City, New York

2018 World Cup at 97 kg
Win 76–9 Roman Bakirov TF 14–3 April 7-8, 2018 2018 Wrestling World Cup - Men's freestyle Iowa City, Iowa
Win 75–9 Givi Matcharashvili TF 10–0
Win 74–9 Taira Sonoda TF 10–0
Win 73–9 Viky Viky TF 10–0
2018 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix at 97 kg
Win 72–9 Ruslan Magomedov 4–1 January 28, 2018 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Win 71–9 Vladislav Baitcaev 5–1
Win 70–9 Yunus Dede 6–2
Win 69–9 Sohbet Belliyev TF 10–0
2017 World Clubs Cup as TMWC at 97 kg
Win 68–9 Vladislav Baitcaev TF 11–0 December 7-8, 2017 2017 World Wrestling Clubs Cup - Men's freestyle

Tehran, Iran

Win 67–9 Batsukh Zorigtbaatar TF 12–2
Win 66–9 Dimitar Karaivanov TF 10–0
Win 65–9 Somveer Kadian TF 10–0
Win 64–9 Khajeh Salehani 9–3
2017 World Championships at 97 kg
Win 61–9 Abdulrashid Sadulaev 6–5 August 26, 2017 2017 World Wrestling Championships Paris, France
Win 60–9 Aslanbek Alborov 9–2
Win 59–9 Naoya Akaguma TF 10–0
Win 58–9 Mamed Ibragimov TF 10–0
2017 Spain Grand Prix at 97 kg
Win 57–9 Martin Erasmus TF 10–0 July 15–16, 2017 2017 Grand Prix of Spain Madrid, Spain
Win 56–9 Hossein Shahbazigazvar TF 10–0
Win 55–9 Adam Kariaev TF 10–0
Win 54–9 Sven Engström TF 10–0
2017 US World Team Trials at 97 kg
Win 53–9 Kyven Gadson TF 13–2 June 9–10, 2017 2017 US World Team Trials Lincoln, Nebraska
Win 52-9 Kyven Gadson TF 10–0
Win 51–9 Koki Yamamoto TF 10–0 May 17, 2017 2017 Beat the Streets

New York City, New York

2017 Pan American Championships at 97 kg
Win 50–9 Luis Miguel Sosa Perez TF 10–0 May 5-7, 2017 2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
Win 49–9 Nishanpreet Randhawa TF 10–0
Win 48–9 Felipe Cesar Camilo de Oliveira TF 11–0
2017 World Cup at 97 kg
Win 47–9 Amir Mohammadi 6–0 February 16-17, 2017 2017 Wrestling World Cup – Men's freestyle Los Angeles, California
Loss 46–9 Aslanbek Alborov 4–5
Win 46–8 Yuri Belonovski 11–2
Win 45–8 Zviadi Metreveli TF 11–0
2017 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix at 97 kg
Win 44–8 Ruslan Magomedov Fall January 27-29, 2017 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Win 43–8 Hossein Ghorbanali Ramezanianjelodar TF 11–1
Win 42–8 Munkhzhargal Belgutei TF 11–1
Win 41–8 Chaganhzana TF 11–0
2016 World Clubs Cup as TMWC at 97 kg
Loss 40–8 Abbas Tahan 1-3 November 30 - December 1, 2016 2016 World Wrestling Clubs Cup

Kharkiv, Ukraine

Win 40–7 Murazi Mchedlidze 6–3
Loss 39–7 Elizbar Odikadze 2–2
Win 39–6 Andriy Vlasov Fall
2016 Summer Olympics at 97 kg
Win 38–6 Khetag Gazyumov 2–1 August 21, 2016 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Win 37–6 Elizbar Odikadze 9–4
Win 36–6 Albert Saritov 7–0
Win 35–6 Javier Cortina 10–3
2016 Germany Grand Prix at 97 kg
Win 34–6 Serdar Boeke Fall July 2-3, 2016 2016 Grand Prix of Germany Dortmund, Germany
Loss 33–6 Khetag Gazyumov 1–2
Win 33–5 José Daniel Díaz 9–1
Win 32–5 Nicolai Ceban 9–4
2016 World Cup at 97 kg
Win 31–5 Elizbar Odikadze 3–3 June 11-12, 2016 2016 Wrestling World Cup – Men's freestyle Los Angeles, California
Win 30–5 Aslanbek Alborov 2–1
Win 29–5 Abbas Tahan 8–1
Win 28–5 Saywart Kadian TF 10–0
2016 US Olympic Team Trials at 97 kg
Win 27–5 Jake Varner 6–1 April 9-10, 2016 2016 US Olympic Team Trials Iowa City, Iowa
Win 26–5 Jake Varner 4–0
Loss 25–5 Jake Varner 4–4
2016 Alexandr Medved Prizes at 97 kg
Win 25–4 Erik Thiele 3–0 February 18-19, 2016 2016 Alexandr Medved Prizes Minsk, Belarus
Loss 24–4 Khadzhimurat Gatsalov 2–5
Win 24–3 Yury Belonovskiy 5–1
Win 23–3 Magomed Ibragimov 7–0
2016 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix at 97 kg
Win 22–3 Zaynula Kurbanov 8–2 January 27-29, 2016 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2016 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Loss 21–3 Anzor Boltukaev 0–3
Win 21–2 Tornike Kvitatiani INJ (4–0)
Win 20–2 Georgi Dzukaev TF 10–0
2015 Brazil Cup at 97 kg
Win 19–2 Paulo Victor TF 10–0 December 11-12, 2015 2015 Brazil Cup Contagem, Brazil
Win 18–2 Robson Kato TF 10–0
2015 World Championships at 97 kg
Win 17–2 Abdusalam Gadisov 5–5 September 11, 2015 2015 World Wrestling Championships Las Vegas, Nevada
Win 16–2 Abbas Tahan 6–3
Win 15–2 José Daniel Díaz TF 11–1
Win 14–2 Radosław Baran 8–0
Win 13–2 Pavlo Oliynyk 2–1
2015 Pan American Games at 97 kg
Win 12–2 Arjun Gill TF 12–2 July 18, 2015 2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada
Win 11–2 José Daniel Díaz TF 10–0
Win 10–2 Yuri Maier TF 11–1
2015 US World Team Trials at 97 kg
Win 9–2 Jake Varner 3–0 June 12-14, 2015 2015 US World Team Trials Madison, Wisconsin
Win 8–2 Jake Varner 4–1
Win 7–2 Javier Cortina 4–0 May 21, 2015 2015 Beat the Streets

New York City, New York

2015 US Senior Nationals at 97 kg
Win 6–2 Jake Varner 2–1 May 7-9, 2015 2015 US Senior National Championships Las Vegas, Nevada
Win 5–2 J'den Cox 4–3
Win 4–2 Dustin Kilgore TF 13–3
Win 3–2 Romero Cotton TF 10–0
Loss 2–2 Khadzhimurat Gatsalov 3–6 May 8, 2014 2014 Beat the Streets

New York City, New York

2013 Henri Deglane Grand Prix at 96 kg
Win 2–1 Nodar Kurtanidze 7–0 November 29, 2013 2013 Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane

Nice, France

Win 1–1 Jeremy Latour 7–0
Loss 0–1 Leon Rattigan 3–3

Highlights

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.[24] 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.[24][54]

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,[55] is a two-time Washington Post All-Met Wrestler of the Year,[56] and was named the male 2013 ASICS Wrestler of the Year[21] as well as Intermat's 2013 Wrestler of the Year.[57] In November 2013, Snyder became the #1 ranked "Pound for Pound" (P4P) American high school wrestler according to Flowrestling.org.[22]

Undefeated in what are considered the top 3 toughest high school wrestling tournaments in America,[58] Snyder won the Walsh Ironman twice, Beast of the East three times, and the Powerade Wrestling Tournament once.[56] Snyder began wrestling for the Ohio State Buckeyes in 2014, placing second in the NCAA championships his freshman year at the 197-pound class individually, and winning a National Championship as part of the Buckeyes' 2014–15 team.

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 the 2016 Summer Olympics, he won the Gold Medal bout 2–1 en route to becoming the youngest Olympic Wrestling Champion in USA history at the age of 20, beating Henry Cejudo's record.

Snyder has expressed an interest in Mixed martial arts, wanting to compete in the UFC. He plans to cross train Mixed martial arts with wrestling as he continues his historic world championship runs for Freestyle.[59] Snyder however backtracked on his MMA desires. Snyder said, "“I don’t think it’s even down the road. I don’t think that I’m going to fight. I think I’m going to wrestle as long as I can as long as [God] wants me to. We’ll see what happens after that. I don’t foresee it being fighting."[60]

Awards and honors
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
  • UWW junior world 96 kg
2013
  • ASICS High School Wrestler of the Year
  • UWW junior world 96 kg
  • Maryland State Division I 220 lbs
2012
  • Junior Nationals 96 kg
  • Junior Nationals (Greco Roman) 96 kg
  • Maryland State Division I 220 lbs
2011
  • Cadet 96 kg
  • Cadet (Greco Roman) 96 kg
  • Maryland State Division I 215 lbs

Personal life

Snyder is married to Maddie Snyder.[62][63] Snyder is a Christian.[64]

In May 2018, President Donald Trump appointed Snyder to be a member of his Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition.[65]

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