American freestyle wrestler
Nick Gwiazdowski
Full name Nicholas Edward Gwiazdowski Nationality American Born (1992-12-30 ) December 30, 1992 (age 31) Duanesburg, New York , U.S.Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight 276 lb (125 kg) Country United States Sport Wrestling Event(s) Freestyle and Folkstyle Club Titan Mercury WC Coached by Obenson Blanc
Nickolos Edward Gwiazdowski (born December 30, 1992)[1] is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler . A two-time NCAA Division I National Champion for the North Carolina State Wolfpack , Gwiazdowski has won two bronze medals at the World Championships , a Pan American Games title , and two Pan American championships for Team USA.[2]
High school career [ edit ] He was a 2 time NYSPHSAA (New York) Division II state champion for Duanesburg High School,[3] where he went 50-0 as a senior, and managed to not have a single opponent go the entire match with him. He received the Dave Schultz and Junior Schalles Awards at the end of the season.[4]
College career [ edit ] Nick earned All-American honors as a true freshman at Binghamton University in 2012 (8th at 285). He then transferred to North Carolina State University and redshirted the 2012-13 season to preserve his NCAA eligibility. While there he was then a three-time All-American for the Wolfpack, twice a national champion (2014 & 2015) and once a runner-up (2016), while competing at the 285 lb. heavyweight division. He lost his last match to eventual Olympic gold medalist Kyle Snyder .[5] [6] [7]
International career [ edit ] Gwiazdowski competed at the 2017 Wrestling World Cup - Men's freestyle , losing in the take-all final match.[8]
Gwiazdowski qualified for the 2017 World Wrestling Championships at 125 kg by winning the U.S. Team Trials where he was an automatic finalist by being U.S. Open champion.[9] At the 2017 Worlds, he won a bronze medal.[10]
At the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 he lost to Muradin Kushkhov of Russia in the quarterfinals, but went on to wrestle back and win a bronze medal against Lkhagvagerel Munkhtur of Mongolia .[11]
In 2022, he competed at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.
Freestyle record [ edit ] Senior Freestyle Matches Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location — — Zach Merrill — February 13, 2022 2022 Bout at the Ballpark Arlington, Texas
2021 World Championships 5th at 125 kg Loss 116–37 Taha Akgül 4–6 October 3, 2021 2021 World Championships Oslo, Norway Win 116–36 Dzianis Khramiankou 6–1 Loss 115–36 Amir Hossein Zare TF 0–10 October 2, 2021 Win 115–35 Amar Dhesi 8–3 2021 US World Team Trials at 125 kg Win 114–35 Mason Parris 10–3 September 12, 2021 2021 US World Team Trials Lincoln, Nebraska Win 113–35 Mason Parris 6–0 Win 112–35 Jordan Wood 9–0 September 11, 2021 Win 111–35 Demetrius Thomas TF 10–0 2021 Poland Open at 125 kg Loss 110–35 Amir Hossein Zare DQ (1–6) June 9, 2021 2021 Poland Open Warsaw, Poland
Win 110–34 Youssif Hemida TF 10–0 Win 109–34 Yusup Batirmurzaev 9–2 2021 US Open at 125 kg Win 108–34 Tony Cassioppi TF 12–0 May 1–2, 2021 2021 US Open National Championships Coralville, Iowa Win 107–34 Christian Lance 9–0 Win 106–34 Matt Stencel TF 10–0 Win 105–34 Aydin Guttridge TF 10–0 2020 US Olympic Team Trials at 125 kg Loss 104–34 Gable Steveson 4–10 April 2–3, 2021 2020 US Olympic Team Trials Fort Worth, Texas Loss 104–33 Gable Steveson TF 0–10 Win 104–32 Dom Bradley TF 11–0 Win 103–32 Garrett Ryan TF 11–0 2021 Henri Deglane Grand Prix at 125 kg Win 102–32 Asghar Laghari TF 10–0 January 16–17, 2021 Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021 Nice, France
Loss 101–32 Robert Baran 5–5 Win 101–31 Jere Heino TF 11–0 FloWrestling RTC Cup 4th as WRTC at 125 kg Loss 100–31 Mason Parris 7–10 December 4–5, 2020 FloWrestling RTC Cup Austin, Texas
Win 100–30 Amar Dhesi TF 11–0 Loss 99–30 Gable Steveson 1–4 Win 99–29 Mason Parris TF 18–8 Win 98–29 Kyven Gadson TF 10–0 August 30, 2020 Chael Sonnen's Wrestling Underground I United States
2020 Pan American Olympic Qualification at 125 kg Win 97–29 Amar Dhesi FF March 15, 2020 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament Ottawa, Canada
Win 96–29 Luis Vivenes TF 10–0 2019–20 Deutsche Ringerliga season for Team Ispringen at 130 kg Win 95–29 Etienne Wyrich TF 16–0 January 18, 2020 2019–2020 Deutsche Ringerliga season Germany
2019 Alans International 5th at 125 kg Loss 94–29 Amir Hossein Zare TF 0–10 December 7–8, 2019 2019 Alans International Vladikavkaz , Russia
Win 94–28 Khasan Khubaev 8–6 Loss 93–28 Batradz Gazzaev 2–9 Loss 93–27 Zelimkhan Khizriev 7–7 November 24, 2019 2019–2020 Deutsche Ringerliga season Germany
Win 93–26 Marco Becker TF 16–0 November 23, 2019 2019 World Championships 17th at 125 kg Loss 92–26 Yadollah Mohebbi 2–5 September 20, 2019 2019 World Championships Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
2019 Pan American Games at 125 kg Win 92–25 Óscar Pino TF 10–0 August 10, 2019 2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru
Win 91–25 Korey Jarvis TF 10–0 Win 90–25 Andrew Gunning TF 10–0 2019 Yasar Dogu at 125 kg Loss 89–25 Taha Akgül 1–5 July 11–14, 2019 2019 Yasar Dogu Istanbul, Turkey
Win 89–24 Sumit Sumit 6–2 Win 88–24 Fatih Çakıroğlu FF 2019 US World Team Trials at 125 kg Win 87–24 Gable Steveson 3 –3 June 7–8, 2019 2019 Final X: Rutgers New Brunswick, New Jersey
Win 86–24 Gable Steveson 4 –4 Win 85–24 Derek White 9–0 May 6, 2019 2019 Beat the Streets: Grapple at the Garden New York City, New York
2019 Pan American Championships at 125 kg Win 84–24 Korey Jarvis TF 10–0 April 1, 2019 2019 Pan American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win 83–24 Óscar Pino TF 11–1 Win 82–24 Eduardo García TF 10–0 Win 81–24 Marcos Santos TF 10–0 2019 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Memorial 7th at 125 kg Loss 80–24 Deng Zhiwei 5–7 February 28 – March 3, 2019 2019 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Memorial Ruse, Bulgaria
Loss 80–23 Parviz Hadi 2–5 Win 80–22 Fatih Çakıroğlu 6–0 Win 79–22 Robert Baran 5–1 2018–19 Deutsche Ringerliga season 4th for Team Ispringen at 130 kg Win 78–22 Magomedgadzhi Nurasulov 5–4 January 12, 2019 2018–2019 Deutsche Ringerliga season Germany
Win 77–22 Giorgi Sakandelidze 3–2 December 8, 2018 Win 76–22 Dániel Ligeti TF 16–0 December 1, 2018 Win 75–22 Anzor Khizriev 4–2 November 10, 2018 2018 World Championships at 125 kg Win 74–22 Sumit Malik 7–2 October 20–21, 2018 2018 World Championships Budapest, Hungary
Win 73–22 Amar Dhesi 7–0 Loss 72–22 Deng Zhiwei 4–5 Win 72–21 Natsagsürengiin Zolboo 9–4 2018 Yasar Dogu at 125 kg Win 71–21 Nick Matuhin 6–4 July 27–29, 2018 2018 Yasar Dogu Istanbul, Turkey
Loss 70–21 Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi 3–4 Win 70–20 Duman Bultrikov TF 10–0 Win 69–20 Sumit Sumit TF 10–0 2018 US World Team Trials at 125 kg Win 68–20 Adam Coon 6–1 June 22–23, 2018 2018 Final X: Lehigh Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Win 67–20 Adam Coon 6–1 Win 66–20 Yudenny Alpajón 9–1 May 17, 2018 2018 Beat the Streets: Team USA vs Cuba New York City, New York
2018 Pan American Championships at 125 kg Win 65–20 Yudenny Alpajón 9–0 May 3–6, 2018 2018 Pan American Championships Lima, Peru
Win 64–20 Carlos Félix TF 11–0 Win 63–20 Catriel Muriel TF 10–0 2018 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix at 125 kg Win 62–20 Lkhagvagerel Munkhtur 5–1 January 27, 2018 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Win 61–20 Zhanxiang Hu 7–0 Loss 60–20 Muradin Kushkhov 1–3 Win 60–19 Alan Khugaev 6–1 2017 World Clubs Cup as TMWC at 125 kg Loss 59–19 Geno Petriashvili 5–6 December 7–8, 2017 2017 World Clubs Cup Tehran, Iran
Win 59–18 Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel TF 10–0 Win 58–18 Mert Emin TF 10–0 Win 57–18 Pushpender Singh TF 10–0 Win 56–18 Korey Jarvis TF 10–0 2017 World Championships at 125 kg Win 55–18 Natsagsürengiin Zolboo 5–1 August 25, 2017 2017 World Championships Paris, France
Loss 54–18 Taha Akgül TF 0–10 Win 54–17 Yadollah Mohebbi 5–4 Win 53–17 Dániel Ligeti 10–1 Win 52–17 Andrei Romanov TF 10–0 2017 Spain Grand Prix at 125 kg Win 51–17 Amin Taheri Jafar 5–2 July 15–16, 2017 2017 Grand Prix of Spain Madrid, Spain
Win 50–17 Edgardo Lopez TF 10–0 Win 49–17 Sean Molle TF 14–4 2017 US World Team Trials at 125 kg Win 48–17 Dom Bradley 3–2 June 10, 2017 2017 US World Team Trials Lincoln, Nebraska
Win 47–17 Dom Bradley 5–1 Win 46–17 Katsutoshi Kanazawa TF 11–0 May 17, 2017 2017 Beat The Streets: Times Square New York City, New York
2017 US Open at 125 kg Win 45–17 Zach Rey 3–2 April 26–29, 2017 2017 US Open National Championships Las Vegas, Nevada
Win 44–17 Dom Bradley 6–4 Win 43–17 Bobby Telford 4–1 Win 42–17 Daniel Stibral TF 11–0 Win 41–17 Michael Gregory TF 10–0 2017 World Cup as Team USA at 125 kg Loss 40–17 Komeil Ghasemi 0–5 February 16–17, 2017 2017 World Cup Kermanshah, Iran
Loss 40–16 Jamaladdin Magomedov 1–3 2017 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix 14th at 125 kg Loss 40–15 Adlan Ibragimov 4–6 January 28, 2017 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2016 World Clubs Cup as TMWC at 125 kg Win 40–14 Parviz Hadi 3–2 November 30 – December 1, 2016 2016 World Clubs Cup Kharkov, Ukraine
Loss 39–14 Alen Zasyeyev 2–4 Loss 39–13 Giorgi Meshvildishvili 2–5 Win 39–12 Oleksandr Khotsianivskiy 2–1 2016 Intercontinental Cup at 125 kg Loss 38–12 Batraz Gazzaev 1–2 October 14–16, 2016 2016 Intercontinental Cup Khasavyurt, Russia
Win 38–11 Anzor Khizriev 5–1 Win 37–11 Umar Israilov 9–1 Win 36–11 Dmitry Popov 3–2 2016 Ziolkowski International at 125 kg Win 35–11 Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi 5–0 June 17–19, 2016 2016 Ziolkowski International Spala, Poland
Win 34–11 Diaaeldin Kamal 5–0 Loss 33–11 Mukhamagazi Magomedov 7–8 2016 US University Nationals at 125 kg Win 33–10 Tanner Hall 4–1 June 2–6, 2016 2016 US University National Championships Akron, Ohio
Win 32–10 Tanner Hall 3–1 Win 31–10 Garrett Ryan TF 10–0 Win 30–10 Nolan Terrance TF 12–2 Win 29–10 Ben Tynan TF 10–0 Win 28–10 Billy Miller TF 10–0 Win 27–10 Louie Maser TF 10–0 2016 US Olympic Team Trials 4th at 125 kg Loss 26–10 Dom Bradley 2–2 April 9, 2016 2016 US Olympic Team Trials Iowa City, Iowa
Win 26–9 Bobby Telford 5–0 Loss 25–9 Zach Rey 2–4 Win 25–8 Justin Grant 4–1 2015 Bill Farrell M. International at 125 kg Win 24–8 Dom Bradley 1–0 November 5–7, 2015 2015 Bill Farrell Memorial International New York, New York
Win 23–8 Anthony Nelson TF 11–0 Win 22–8 Pavel Krivtsov 11–6 Win 21–8 Justin Grant 4–2 2015 Spain Grand Prix at 125 kg Win 20–8 Deng Zhiwei Fall July 11, 2015 2015 Grand Prix of Spain Madrid, Spain
Win 19–8 Mehdi Gonbadani TF 14–4 Win 18–8 Kamil Kosciolek TF 10–0 Win 17–8 Jose Cuba TF 10–0 2015 US World Team Trials 4th at 125 kg Loss 16–8 Dom Bradley 1–2 June 12–14, 2015 2015 US World Team Trials Madison, Wisconsin
Win 16–7 Tyrell Fortune 5–0 Win 15–7 Adam Coon TF 12–2 Loss 14–7 Zach Rey 1–7 Win 14–6 Connor Medbery 6–4 2015 US Nationals 4th at 125 kg Win 13–6 Chadwick Hanke Fall May 7–9, 2015 2015 US National Championships Las Vegas, Nevada
Loss 12–6 Tervel Dlagnev 2–8 Win 12–5 Dom Bradley 4 –4 Win 11–5 Michael Graves TF 10–0 2014 US World Team Trials 4th at 125 kg Loss 10–5 Tyrell Fortune TF 0–10 May 29 – June 1, 2014 2014 US World Team Trials Madison, Wisconsin
Loss 10–4 Zach Rey 3–9 Win 10–3 Dom Bradley 9 –9 Win 9–3 Jarod Trice 4 –4 2013 US University Nationals at 120 kg Win 8–3 Austin Marsden 7–5 May 24–26, 2013 2013 US University National Championships Akron, Ohio
Win 7–3 Connor Medbery 10–8 Loss 6–3 Tyrell Fortune 0–8 Win 6–2 Michael Kroells TF 16–4 Win 5–2 Connor Medbery 12–9 Win 4–2 Jeremy Johnson 14–9 2013 US Open 7th at 120 kg Win 3–2 Jeremy Johnson 3–1, 4–0 April 17–20, 2013 2013 US Open National Championships Las Vegas, Nevada
Loss 2–2 Tyrell Fortune 2–4, 3–5 Win 2–1 Riley Orozco 4–3, 3–0 Loss 1–1 Dom Bradley 0–3, 0–2 Win 1–0 David Lopez 8–3, 6–0
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