Adam Coon
Adam Coon - 2024 Olympian

Adam Coon

Paris 2024

2019 Senior Worlds (21st at 130 kg), 2018 Senior Worlds (Silver at 130 kg) 2014 Junior World Championships (Bronze in Greco-Roman and men's freestyle at 130 kg), 2011 Cadet World Championships (Gold in men's freestyle and 11th in Greco-Roman at 100 kg)

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Athlete Bio#

Height

6'5"

Age

30

Hometown

Fowlerville, MI

Education

University of Michigan

2024-25 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 130 kg
Years on Team USA: 7 (2015-17, 2018-21, 2023-25)
Residence: Fowlerville, Mich.
Club: New York AC
Personal Coach: Sean Bormet
College: Michigan
Regional Training Center: Cliff Keen WC
High School: Fowlerville, Mich.
Born: Nov. 14, 1994 
Height: 6-5

Olympic Teams

2024 Paris Games (12th at 130 kg)

Past Senior World Teams

2019 Senior World Championships (21st at 130 kg) 2018 Senior World Championships (Silver at 130 kg)

Past Age-Group World Teams

2014 Junior World Championships (Bronze in Greco-Roman and men's freestyle at 130 kg), 2011 Cadet World Championships (Gold in men's freestyle and 11th in Greco-Roman at 100 kg)

Career Highlights

  • Two-time Olympic Team Trials champion (2020, 2024)
  • 2020 Pan American Championships silver medalist
  • 2019 Pan American Championships gold medalist
  • 2018 Senior World silver-medalist 
  • 2018 Greco-Roman World Team Trials champion
  • 2018 U.S. Open champion in freestyle 
  • 2016 U.S. Open champion in Greco-Roman
  • 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up
  • 2014 Junior World Bronze medalist (Freestyle & Greco-Roman)
  • 2011 Cadet World champion
  • 2015 and 2018 NCAA Championships runner-up
  • Three-time NCAA All-American

Career Biography

2024: Twelfth at 2024 Paris Olympic Games…U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion…11th at Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial…16th at Zagreb Open Ranking Series…

2023: U.S. Open runner-up…Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion…Final X runner-up…Senior Nationals runner-up…Bill Farrell Memorial International champion…

2021: Olympic Team Trials champion... Seventh at World Olympic Games Qualifier... Seventh at Matteo Pellicone (Italy)
2020: Third at Pan Am Olympic Qualifier... Second at Pan Am Championships... Fifth at Matteo Pellicone (Italy)
2019: 21st at World Championships...Pan American Championships gold-medalist... Final X champion... Bill Farrell International champion... Eighth at Pan American Games...
2018: Greco-Roman World Team Trials champion… U.S. Open champion in freestyle… Second at U.S. Open in Greco-Roman…
2016: Second in U.S. Olympic Team Trials… U.S. Open champion…
2015: Bill Farrell International champion… University Nationals champion… Third in U.S. Open…
2014: Third in Junior Freestyle World Championships… Third in Junior Greco-Roman World Championships… University Nationals champion… Junior World Team Freestyle Trials champion… Junior World Team Greco-Roman Trials champion…
2011: FILA Cadet Freestyle World champion… FILA Cadet Greco-Roman Nationals champion…FILA Cadet Freestyle Nationals champion…
College: Competed collegiately for the University of Michigan under head coach Joe McFarland… Runner-up in 2015 and 2018 NCAA Championships… Third in 2016 NCAA Championships… 
Age-group: 2011 Cadet freestyle world champion… 2014 Junior World bronze medalist in freestyle and Greco… Two-time USA Wrestling Junior Triple Crown winner (2012, 2013)
High School: Four-time Michigan state champion, competing for Fowlerville HS… Coached by Dan Coon…

Personal: Son of Dan and Dana Coon… Has two sisters, Rachel and Madeline…

Instagram: @adam_coooon

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