Wrestling Key Dates
- Sept. 14-22, 2019: World Wrestling Championships (Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan)
- December 2019: U.S. Olympic Team Trials qualifier
- 06 March – 09 March : Pan-American Championships
- March 13-15, 2020: Pan American Olympic Games Qualifier (Ottawa, Ontario)
March 27-29 2020: Final U.S. Olympic Team Trials qualifier
April 4-5, 2020: U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Wrestling (State College, Pennsylvania)
April 30-May 3, 2020: World Olympic Qualification Tournament (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Can Olympic champions Burroughs, Snyder and Maroulis return to the podium in Tokyo? There are three past U.S. Olympic champions seeking another Olympic title in Tokyo:
2012 Olympic champion Jordan Burroughs at 74 kg. in men’s freestyle, 2016 Olympic champion Helen Maroulis at 57 kg. in women’s freestyle and 2016 Olympic champion Kyle Snyder at 97 kg. in men’s freestyle. Only three American wrestlers in history have won two Olympic gold medals – George Mehnert (1904, 1908), John Smith (1988, 1992) and Bruce Baumgartner (1984, 1992).
Burroughs, Maroulis and Snyder have all won multiple senior world championship titles, and they are aiming to make history in 2020.
How will top U.S. stars in non-Olympic weight classes fare after changing divisions for Tokyo? In international wrestling, there are 10 weight classes in each of the three Olympic disciplines. However, at the Olympic Games, these athletes
must fit into six Olympic weight classes in each discipline, forcing numerous athletes to change their weight class for the Olympic year. In 2018, two U.S. men’s freestyle wrestlers won world titles at non-Olympic weight classes: Kyle Dake at 79 kg. and J’den Cox at 92 kg. These athletes, among others on the U.S. team, will need to select a new weight class, moving either up in weight or down in weight.
The United States will have 14 athletes entered in the Pan American Olympic Qualifier (four in men’s freestyle, four in women’s freestyle and six in Greco-Roman). It will be a very strong U.S. team, including many past World medalists. Fans are encouraged to come up to Ottawa to support Team USA at the tournament.
2020 Pan-American Olympic Qualification Tournament Competition Days and Times
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Friday, March 13th (Greco-Roman)
10:30 am- 2:30 pm
5 pm- 7:30 pm
Saturday, March 14th (Women’s freestyle)
10:30 am- 2:00 pm
5 pm- 7:30 pm
Sunday, March 15th (Men’s freestyle)
10:00 am- 3:00 pm
5 pm- 7:30 pm
*The Pan-American Championships is NOT a qualifier for the 2020 Olympics.
Representing the U.S. are multiple World and Olympic medalists, including Olympic champions Jordan Burroughs (2012) and Kyle Snyder (2016) at 74 kg and 97 kg in men’s freestyle. Burroughs is also a four-time World champion, while Snyder owns two World gold medals.