Zahid Valencia

2023-24 Team USA Ranking: No. 1 at 92 kg/202 lbs. 

Years on Team USA: 6 (2018-24) 

Residence: Tempe, Ariz. 

Club: Sunkist Kids 

Regional Training Center: Sunkist Kids

College: Arizona State 

High School: Bellflower, Calif. (St. John Bosco)  

Born: May 11, 1997, in Bellflower, Calif. 

Height: 6-1 

Past Age-Group World Teams 

2017 Junior Worlds (Silver at 84 kg), 2016 Junior Worlds (7th at 84 kg), 2015 Junior Worlds (10th at 84 kg) 

Career Notes 

• 2023 Final X champion
• 2022 Pan American Championship champion 
• 2019 U.S. Open champion
• 2022 and 2023 World Team Trials
• Third at 2021 Olympic Team Trials 
• 2017 Junior World Championships silver medalist 
• 2018 and 2022 Final X runner-up
• 2022 U.S. Open runner-up
• Two-time NCAA champion for Arizona State (2018 and 2019) 

Career Biography

2023: Imre Polyk & Jnos Varga Memorial champion (Hungary)… Final X champion… World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion…. Second in U.S. Open… Second in Ibrahim Moustafa International (Egypt)… Third in Zagreb Open (Croatia)…

2022: Runner-up at Final X… World Team Trials Challenge champion… Pan American Championships champion… Third at Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix (Russia) 

2021: Third at Olympic Team Trials… Matteo Pellicone International champion (Italy)… Poland Open champion… Third at Henri Deglane Challenge (France)… 

2019: U.S. Open champion… Second at World Team Trials Challenge Tournament… 

2018: Final X runner-up… World Team Trials Challenge Tournament champion… 

2017: UWW Junior World silver medalist… UWW Junior World Team Trials champion… UWW Junior Nationals champion…

2016: Seventh at UWW Junior World Championships… UWW Junior World Team Trials champion… UWW Junior Nationals champion…

2015: Tenth at UWW Junior Worlds… UWW Junior World Team Trials champion… Second at Grand Prix of Spain 

2014: Third in UWW Junior Nationals in Greco-Roman…

College: Two-time NCAA champion for Arizona State (2018, 2019)… Third in the 2017 NCAA Championships… Coached by Zeke Jones… Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in multi/interdisciplinary studies

High School: Three-time California state champion (2012, 2014 and 2015)… Coached by Omar Delgado at St. John Bosco High School… First-team ASICS All-American… 2015 ASICS High School Wrestler of the Year… 

Age-Group Achievements: 2014 Junior Folkstyle Nationals champion… 2013 Cadet Nationals champion in freestyle and Greco-Roman… 2012 Cadet Nationals champion…

Personal: Brother Anthony also competed for Arizona State… Wife is Kindra… 

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