2024-25 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 67 kg
Years on Team USA: 8 (2010-11, 2012-15, 2017-21, 2024-25)
Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo.
Club: U.S. Army WCAP
Personal Coaches: Shon Lewis, Bryan Medlin
College: Northern Michigan University
Regional Training Center: Illinois RTC
High School: Oak Park. Ill. (Oak Park-River Forest)
Born: August 16, 1991
Height: 5-9

Olympic Teams

2012 London Olympic Games (14th at 60 kg)

Past Senior World Teams

2019 Senior Worlds (16th at 67 kg) 2018 Senior Worlds (11th at 67 kg), 2017 Senior Worlds (12th at 66 kg), 2013 Senior Worlds (25th at 66 kg), 2012 Olympic Games (14th at 60 kg)

Past Age-Group World Teams

2011 Junior Worlds (Bronze at 66 kg), 2010 Junior Worlds (Bronze at 66 kg)

Career Highlights

2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion
Four-time World Team member (2013, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Five-time U.S. Open champion
2012 Olympian
Five-time U.S. Senior Nationals champion (2013,16,17,18,19)
2010 and 2011 Junior World bronze medalist
Two-time World Team Trials runner-up (2013, 14)
2017 Armed Forces champion in freestyle and Greco-Roman

Career Biography

2024: Sixteenth at World Olympic Games Qualifier…U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion…

2021: Olympic Team Trials runner-up.
2019: 16th at World Championships... Final X champion... U.S. Open Champion... Pan American Championships silver medalist... Pan American Games bronze medalist...Eighth at World Military Games...
2018: Greco-Roman World Team Trials champion… Greco-Roman U.S. Open champion… Armed Forces champion in Greco-Roman and freestyle
2017: World Team Trials champion… U.S. Open champion… Armed Forces champion in Greco-Roman and freestyle… Ninth at Tbilisi Grand Prix…
2016: U.S. Open champion… Fourth at Olympic Team Trials… Fourth at Non-Olympic Weight World Team Trials…
2015: Second in Bill Farrell International…
2014: Second in Pan American Championships… Second in U.S. World Team Trials… Second in U.S. Open…
2013: DNP at World Championships… Second in U.S. World Team Trials… U.S. Open champion…
2012: DNP at Olympic Games… U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion… Second in Pan American Olympic Qualifier…
2011: New York AC International Open champion… Sunkist Kids International Open champion… Third in Junior World Championships…
2010: Third in Junior World Championships… Third in U.S. World Team Trials… Third in Pan American Championships… Fourth in U.S. Open… 2010 FILA Junior Nationals champion… Third in 2010 University Nationals… Eighth in 2010 University Nationals in freestyle
2009: Fourth in 2009 New York AC International… Third in 2009 Sunkist Kids International…

USAW Age-group: 2009 Junior Nationals champion… 2007 Cadet Nationals champion

High School: Wrestled for Oak Park-River Forest… Placed third in the 2008 and 2009 state tournament… Fifth in the 2007 state tournament…

Personal: Son of Yolanda Barral…

Awards: Greco-Roman U.S. Open Outstanding Wrestler (2013) … FILA Junior Nationals Outstanding Wrestler (2010) …

Twitter: @DaFlyinSquirrel

Instagram: daflyinsquirrel

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