USA Men's Freestyle Results At The 2023 U20 World Wrestling Championships
USA Men's Freestyle Results At The 2023 U20 World Wrestling Championships
Follow Team USA's complete results at the 2023 U20 World Championships.
Team USA brings loaded squads to Amman, Jordan in search of medals at the 2023 U20 World Championships. Follow all of the men's freestyle results by saving this article and refreshing often. We'll keep a list of how every American wrestler performs each day along with links to all archived matches.
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57 kg - Luke Lilledahl 4-1 (silver medalist)
After reaching the U17 World finals for the past two years, Luke Lilledahl has repeated the accomplishment up at the U20 division. His semifinal victory was a dramatic come-from-behind win over a tough Abdullayev of Azerbaijan. In the finals, Lilledahl fell 5-0 against Japan's Yuto Nishiuchi, a wrestler with a victory over 2023 World teamer Zane Richards.
Qual - Luke Lilledahl (United States) VPO1 Lev Pavlov (Individual Neutral Athletes), 9-2
R16 - Luke Lilledahl (United States) VPO1 Tolga Ozbek (Turkiye), 6-1
Quarterfinal - Luke Lilledahl (United States) VPO1 Edik Harutyunyan (Armenia), 8-3
Semifinal - Luke Lilledahl (United States) VFA Ruslan Abdullayev (Azerbaijan), 9-7 5:54
Gold - Yuto Nishiuchi (Japan) VPO Luke Lilledahl (United States), 5-0
61 kg - Nic Bouzakis 4-1 (bronze medalist)
After two decisions in the opening rounds, Ohio State Buckeye Nic Bouzakis dropped a wild 12-11 bout to Mohit of India. Bouzakis was pulled back into repechage when Mohit earned a come-from-behind fall in the semifinals. Bouzakis beat Carastoianov of Moldova to advance to the bronze medal match against Besir Alili of North Macedonia where he dominated by tech.
Qual - Nicholas Bouzakis (United States) VPO1 Shehabeldin Mohamed (Egypt), 4-2
R16 - Nicholas Bouzakis (United States) VPO1 Yahor Rudauski (Individual Neutral Athlete) 9-6
Quarterfinal - Kumar Mohit (India) VPO1 Nicholas Bouzakis (United States) 12-11
Repechage - Nicholas Bouzakis (United States) VSU Dmitri Carastoianov (Moldova), 10-0 0:50
Bronze - Nicholas Bouzakis (United States) VSU1 Besir Alili (North Macedonia), 11-1 2:44
65 kg - Jesse Mendez 4-1 (silver medalist)
Ohio State All-American Jesse Mendez has battled through four tough bouts to reach the U20 World finals at 65 kg. He was unable to medal at 60 kg two years ago, but now he's guaranteed one of the top two spots in Jordan.
Qual - Jesse Mendez (United States) VPO1 Mykyta Zubal (Ukraine), 2-1
R16 - Jesse Mendez (United States) VPO1 Aden Sakybaev (Kyrgyzstan), 7-2
Quarterfinal - Jesse Mendez (United States) VPO1 Ion Berghi (Moldova), 13-4
Semifinal -Jesse Mendez (United States) VPO1 Abdullah Toprak (Turkiye), 3-1
Gold - Mohammad Shakeri (Iran) VPO1 Jesse Mendez (United States), 5-2
70 kg - Meyer Shapiro 5-0 (gold medalist)
Incoming Cornell freshman Meyer Shapiro has looked incredible through four matches at the U20 World Championships. The 2021 U17 World champ won a U20 World title with a dramatic vicotory over Rezaeiaghouzgeleh of Iran in the finals.
Qual - Meyer Shapiro (United States) VSU Yuma Tomiyama (Japan), 11-0 3:37
R16 - Meyer Shapiro (United States) VPO1 Mirjavad Nabiyev (Azerbaijan), 6-4
Semifinal - Meyer Shapiro (United States) VSU Julian George (Puerto Rico), 11-0 2:27
Gold - Meyer Shapiro (United States) VPO1 Ali Rezaeiaghouzgeleh (Iran), 11-6
74 kg - Mitchell Mesenbrink 5-0 (gold medalist)
Penn State transfer Mitchell Mesenbrink looks to improve on last year's U20 silver medal performance, and so far he's on track. He has four techs and has outscored his competition 43-1 in four matches.
Qual - Mitchell Mesenbrink (United States) VSU Ion Marcu (Moldova), 10-0 2:10
R16 - Mitchell Mesenbrink (United States) VSU1 Elkhan Garayev (Azerbaijan), 12-1 2:53
Quarterfinal - Mitchell Mesenbrink (United States) VSU Jaideep Jaideep (India), 11-0 1:10
Semifinal - Mitchell Mesenbrink (United States) VSU Zhakshylyk Baitashov (Kyrgyzstan), 10-0 0:57
Gold - Mitchell Mesenbrink (United States) VSU1 Hossein Mohammad aghaei (Iran), 16-5 4:28
79 kg - Matthew Singleton 4-1 (bronze medalist)
After three straight victories at the U20 World Championships, NC State's Matt Singleton dropped a tough bout in the semis to Senior World 5th place finisher Sagar Jaglan of India. On his second day of competition, Singleton brought home a bronze medal with a victory over Ahmet Yagan of Turkey in one of the more dramatic matches of the tournament.
Qual - Matthew Singleton (United States) VSU1 Denizbek Ulan uulu (Kyrgyzstan), 12-2 2:46
R16 - Matthew Singleton (United States) VSU Nandor Hajduch (Hungary), 10-0 1:04
Quarterfinal - Matthew Singleton (United States) VPO1 Narek Grigoryan (Armenia), 10-6
Semifinal - Sagar Jaglan (India) VSU1 Matthew Singleton (United States), 16-6 4:45
Bronze - Matthew Singleton (United States) VPO1 Ahmet Yagan (Turkiye), 9-7
86 kg - Bennett Berge 2-1 (bronze medalist)
Bennett Berge returned to the U20 World semis for the second straight year but fell to a former champ, Rakhim Magamadov of France. He'll compete for bronze tomorrow.
R16 - Bennett Berge (United States) VPO1 Ivan Chornohuz (Ukraine), 9-5
Quarterfinal - Bennett Berge (United States) VSU Slavi Rumenov Stamenov (Bulgaria) 11-0
Semifinal - Rakhim Magamadov (France) VPO1 Bennett Berge (United States), 9-2
Bronze - Bennett Berge (United States) VSU Shakjir Bislimi (North Macedonia), 11-0 2:09
92 kg - Jack Darrah 0-1 (eliminated)
Stanford freshman Jack Darrah lost a one-point bout to Giorgi in his opening match. He was eliminated when Romelashvili fell in his semifinal.
R16 - Giorgi Romelashvili (Georgia) VPO1 Jack Darrah (United States) 4-3
97 kg - Camden McDanel 2-1 (bronze medalist)
Nebraska commit Camden McDanel was 2-1 in his opening day of competition on day 1 of the World Championships. On day 2, he secured bronze with a convincing victory over his Turkish opponent.
R16 - Camden Neal McDanel (United States) VSU1 Toyoki Hamada (Japan), 12-1 2:43
Quarterfinal - Camden Neal McDanel (United States) VSU1 Taron Shahinyan (Poland), 12-2 4:04
Semifinal - Abolfazl Babaloo (Iran) VPO1 Camden Neal mc danel (United States), 5-1
Bronze - Camden Neal mc danel (United States) VPO1 Kamil Kurugliyev (Kazakhstan), 8-2
125 kg - Christian Carroll 1-2 (eliminated)
After an early tech against his Polish opponent, Christian Carroll lost to returning champ Amirreza Masoumi of Iran. He was pulled into repechage after Masoumi returned to the finals. He wrestled Buyukcingil of Turkey in repechage and was eliminated after a loss by tech.
R16 - Christian Carroll (United States) VSU 1 Ksawery Kaminski (Poland) 14-2
Quarterfinal - Amirreza Fardin Masoumi Valadi (Iran) VSU Christian Carroll (United States) 10-0
Repechage - Hakan Buyukcingil (Turkiye) VSU Christian Carroll (United States), 13-0 3:37