Jacob Stephen "Jake" Varner ( born Jacob Stephen "Jake" Varner ); March 24, 1986 , Bakersfield , California , USA - American freestyle wrestler, Olympic champion, world championship medalist, Pan American Games champion [1] [2]
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| Full name | Jacob Stephen Warner |
| A country |  USA |
| Date of Birth | March 24, 1986 (33 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Bakersfield , California , USA |
| Trainers | Cal Sanderson (since 2005) |
| Height | 185 cm. |
| The weight | 96 kg |
Biography
He was born in the family of a wrestling coach and under his leadership began to train from an early age. In 2005, he entered the University of Iowa , where he began training under the supervision of Cal Sanderson , the 2004 Olympic champion. He began to fight in student competitions, played for the university until 2010, becoming a two-time champion in the version of the national university sports association. [3] In 2010, a day after graduating from the university (he graduated from the university with a specialization in criminal law ), he left for Pennsylvania , where Kal Sanderson had moved by then to train with this coach. [four]
In 2009, he performed at the World Cup and took ninth place there. In 2010, he was second at the New York Athletic Club International . In 2011, he remained fifth at the Golden Grand Prix, won the John Czerny Memorial and the Pan American Games and won the bronze medal at the World Championships. In 2012, he won the bronze medal at the Golden Grand Prix and the Yarygin Memorial, was the sixth at the World Cup and won the Canada Cup.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he fought in the category of up to 96 kilograms ( heavy weight ). The tournament was attended by 19 people. The tournament was held according to the system with elimination after the defeat with comforting fights. The wrestlers by lot were divided into two groups, in the first group there were eight athletes who started the fight from the 1/8 finals, in the second group there were eleven, of which five started the fight from the 1/8 finals, and six wrestlers held qualifying meetings for the right to get into 1 / 8 finals. Those athletes who did not lose a single fight went to the finals, where they played the first and second places. The wrestlers who lost to the finalists began to fight in the consolation tournament, according to the results of which two bronze medalists were determined, one in each group. In other words, the wrestler, having lost the fight in any round of the tournament, did not immediately drop out, but expected the results of the meeting of his winner in the next round. For example, the wrestler lost in 1/8, his winner reached the quarter-finals. If his winner in the quarter finals lost, then the wrestler dropped out immediately, and his winner went to a comforting tournament. If his winner in the quarter finals won again, then the wrestler met in a comforting meeting with the loser in the quarter finals and so on.
Jake Warner won all the fights and became the Olympic champion.
| A circle | Rival | A country | Result | Base | Scrum time |
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| 1/8 finals | Kurban Kurbanov | Victory | 1-0, 0-1, 1-0 | 6 a.m. | |
| 1/4 finals | Khetag Piliev | Victory | 1-0, 1-0 | 4:00 | |
| 1/2 finals | George Gogshelidze | Victory | 0-2, 1-0, 1-0 | 6 a.m. | |
| The final | Valery Andreytsev | Victory | 1-0, 1-0 | 4:00 |
In 2013, the athlete won second place in the tournament in memory of Dan Kolov and Nikola Petrov.
Notes
- ↑ Jake Varner Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com Archived February 7, 2013.
- ↑ International Wrestling Database (unreachable link) . Date of treatment February 12, 2014. Archived February 21, 2014.
- ↑ Bio | Jakevarner.com
- ↑ 2012 London Olympics - Jake Varner delivers second wrestling gold for US - ESPN
Links
- Jake Warner - Olympic Statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Jake Warner Profile at International Wrestling Database