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Full name | Nicholas Edward Gwiazdowski | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1992-12-30) December 30, 1992 (age 31) Duanesburg, New York, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 125 kg (276 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle and Folkstyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Titan Mercury WC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Obenson Blanc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nickolos Edward Gwiazdowski (born December 30, 1992) is: an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler. A two-time NCAA Division I National Champion for theββNorth 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.
High school careerβ»
He was a two-time NYSPHSAA (New York) Division II state champion for Duanesburg High School in Delanson, New York, where he went 50-0 as a senior. And managedββto 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.
College careerβ»
Nick earned All-American honors as a true freshman at Binghamton University in 2012 (8th at 285). He then transferredββto 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.
International careerβ»
Gwiazdowski competed at the 2017 Wrestling World Cup - Men's freestyle, losing in the take-all final match.
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. At the 2017 Worlds, "he won a bronze medal."
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.
In 2022, he competed at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.
Freestyle recordβ»
Senior Freestyle Matches | ||||||
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Res. | Record | Opponent | Score | Date | Event | Location |
β | β | Zach Merrill | β | February 13, 2022 | 2022 Bout at the Ballpark | |
2021 World Championships 5th at 125 kg | ||||||
Loss | 116β37 | Taha AkgΓΌl | 4β6 | October 3, 2021 | 2021 World Championships | Oslo, Norway |
Win | 116β36 | Dzianis Khramiankou | 6β1 | |||
Loss | 115β36 | Amir Hossein Zare | TF 0β10 | October 2, 2021 | ||
Win | 115β35 | Amar Dhesi | 8β3 | |||
2021 US World Team Trials at 125 kg | ||||||
Win | 114β35 | Mason Parris | 10β3 | September 12, 2021 | 2021 US World Team Trials | Lincoln, Nebraska |
Win | 113β35 | Mason Parris | 6β0 | |||
Win | 112β35 | Jordan Wood | 9β0 | September 11, 2021 | ||
Win | 111β35 | Demetrius Thomas | TF 10β0 | |||
2021 Poland Open at 125 kg | ||||||
Loss | 110β35 | Amir Hossein Zare | DQ (1β6) | June 9, 2021 | 2021 Poland Open | |
Win | 110β34 | Youssif Hemida | TF 10β0 | |||
Win | 109β34 | Yusup Batirmurzaev | 9β2 | |||
2021 US Open at 125 kg | ||||||
Win | 108β34 | Tony Cassioppi | TF 12β0 | May 1β2, 2021 | 2021 US Open National Championships | Coralville, Iowa |
Win | 107β34 | Christian Lance | 9β0 | |||
Win | 106β34 | Matt Stencel | TF 10β0 | |||
Win | 105β34 | Aydin Guttridge | TF 10β0 | |||
2020 US Olympic Team Trials at 125 kg | ||||||
Loss | 104β34 | Gable Steveson | 4β10 | April 2β3, 2021 | 2020 US Olympic Team Trials | Fort Worth, Texas |
Loss | 104β33 | Gable Steveson | TF 0β10 | |||
Win | 104β32 | Dom Bradley | TF 11β0 | |||
Win | 103β32 | Garrett Ryan | TF 11β0 | |||
2021 Henri Deglane Grand Prix at 125 kg | ||||||
Win | 102β32 | Asghar Laghari | TF 10β0 | January 16β17, 2021 | Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021 | |
Loss | 101β32 | Robert Baran | 5β5 | |||
Win | 101β31 | Jere Heino | TF 11β0 | |||
FloWrestling RTC Cup 4th as WRTC at 125 kg | ||||||
Loss | 100β31 | Mason Parris | 7β10 | December 4β5, 2020 | FloWrestling RTC Cup | |
Win | 100β30 | Amar Dhesi | TF 11β0 | |||
Loss | 99β30 | Gable Steveson | 1β4 | |||
Win | 99β29 | Mason Parris | TF 18β8 | |||
Win | 98β29 | Kyven Gadson | TF 10β0 | August 30, 2020 | Chael Sonnen's Wrestling Underground I | |
2020 Pan American Olympic Qualification at 125 kg | ||||||
Win | 97β29 | Amar Dhesi | FF | March 15, 2020 | 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament | |
Win | 96β29 | Luis Vivenes | TF 10β0 | |||
2019β20 Deutsche Ringerliga season for Team Ispringen at 130 kg | ||||||
Win | 95β29 | Etienne Wyrich | TF 16β0 | January 18, 2020 | 2019β2020 Deutsche Ringerliga season | |
2019 Alans International 5th at 125 kg | ||||||
Loss | 94β29 | Amir Hossein Zare | TF 0β10 | December 7β8, 2019 | 2019 Alans International | |
Win | 94β28 | Khasan Khubaev | 8β6 | |||
Loss | 93β28 | Batradz Gazzaev | 2β9 | |||
Loss | 93β27 | Zelimkhan Khizriev | 7β7 | November 24, 2019 | 2019β2020 Deutsche Ringerliga season | |
Win | 93β26 | Marco Becker | TF 16β0 | November 23, 2019 | ||
2019 World Championships 17th at 125 kg | ||||||
Loss | 92β26 | Yadollah Mohebbi | 2β5 | September 20, 2019 | 2019 World Championships | |
2019 Pan American Games at 125 kg | ||||||
Win | 92β25 | Γscar Pino | TF 10β0 | August 10, 2019 | 2019 Pan American Games | |
Win | 91β25 | Korey Jarvis | TF 10β0 | |||
Win | 90β25 | Andrew Gunning | TF 10β0 | |||
2019 Yasar Dogu at 125 kg | ||||||
Loss | 89β25 | Taha AkgΓΌl | 1β5 | July 11β14, 2019 | 2019 Yasar Dogu | |
Win | 89β24 | Sumit Sumit | 6β2 | |||
Win | 88β24 | Fatih ΓakΔ±roΔlu | FF | |||
2019 US World Team Trials at 125 kg | ||||||
Win | 87β24 | Gable Steveson | 3β3 | June 7β8, 2019 | 2019 Final X: Rutgers | |
Win | 86β24 | Gable Steveson | 4β4 | |||
Win | 85β24 | Derek White | 9β0 | May 6, 2019 | 2019 Beat the Streets: Grapple at the Garden | |
2019 Pan American Championships at 125 kg | ||||||
Win | 84β24 | Korey Jarvis | TF 10β0 | April 1, 2019 | 2019 Pan American Championships | |
Win | 83β24 | Γscar Pino | TF 11β1 | |||
Win | 82β24 | Eduardo GarcΓa | TF 10β0 | |||
Win | 81β24 | Marcos Santos | TF 10β0 | |||
2019 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Memorial 7th at 125 kg | ||||||
Loss | 80β24 | Deng Zhiwei | 5β7 | February 28 β March 3, 2019 | 2019 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Memorial | |
Loss | 80β23 | Parviz Hadi | 2β5 | |||
Win | 80β22 | Fatih ΓakΔ±roΔlu | 6β0 | |||
Win | 79β22 | Robert Baran | 5β1 | |||
2018β19 Deutsche Ringerliga season 4th for Team Ispringen at 130 kg | ||||||
Win | 78β22 | Magomedgadzhi Nurasulov | 5β4 | January 12, 2019 | 2018β2019 Deutsche Ringerliga season | |
Win | 77β22 | Giorgi Sakandelidze | 3β2 | December 8, 2018 | ||
Win | 76β22 | DΓ‘niel Ligeti | TF 16β0 | December 1, 2018 | ||
Win | 75β22 | Anzor Khizriev | 4β2 | November 10, 2018 | ||
2018 World Championships at 125 kg | ||||||
Win | 74β22 | Sumit Malik | 7β2 | October 20β21, 2018 | 2018 World Championships | |
Win | 73β22 | Amar Dhesi | 7β0 | |||
Loss | 72β22 | Deng Zhiwei | 4β5 | |||
Win | 72β21 | NatsagsΓΌrengiin Zolboo | 9β4 | |||
2018 Yasar Dogu at 125 kg | ||||||
Win | 71β21 | Nick Matuhin | 6β4 | July 27β29, 2018 | 2018 Yasar Dogu | |
Loss | 70β21 | Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi | 3β4 | |||
Win | 70β20 | Duman Bultrikov | TF 10β0 | |||
Win | 69β20 | Sumit Sumit | TF 10β0 | |||
2018 US World Team Trials at 125 kg | ||||||
Win | 68β20 | Adam Coon | 6β1 | June 22β23, 2018 | 2018 Final X: Lehigh | |
Win | 67β20 | Adam Coon | 6β1 | |||
Win | 66β20 | Yudenny AlpajΓ³n | 9β1 | May 17, 2018 | 2018 Beat the Streets: Team USA vs Cuba | |
2018 Pan American Championships at 125 kg | ||||||
Win | 65β20 | Yudenny AlpajΓ³n | 9β0 | May 3β6, 2018 | 2018 Pan American Championships | |
Win | 64β20 | Carlos FΓ©lix | TF 11β0 | |||
Win | 63β20 | Catriel Muriel | TF 10β0 | |||
2018 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix at 125 kg | ||||||
Win | 62β20 | Lkhagvagerel Munkhtur | 5β1 | January 27, 2018 | Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 | |
Win | 61β20 | Zhanxiang Hu | 7β0 | |||
Loss | 60β20 | Muradin Kushkhov | 1β3 | |||
Win | 60β19 | Alan Khugaev | 6β1 | |||
2017 World Clubs Cup as TMWC at 125 kg | ||||||
Loss | 59β19 | Geno Petriashvili | 5β6 | December 7β8, 2017 | 2017 World Clubs Cup | |
Win | 59β18 | MΓΆnkhtΓΆriin Lkhagvagerel | TF 10β0 | |||
Win | 58β18 | Mert Emin | TF 10β0 | |||
Win | 57β18 | Pushpender Singh | TF 10β0 | |||
Win | 56β18 | Korey Jarvis | TF 10β0 | |||
2017 World Championships at 125 kg | ||||||
Win | 55β18 | NatsagsΓΌrengiin Zolboo | 5β1 | August 25, 2017 | 2017 World Championships | |
Loss | 54β18 | Taha AkgΓΌl | TF 0β10 | |||
Win | 54β17 | Yadollah Mohebbi | 5β4 | |||
Win | 53β17 | DΓ‘niel Ligeti | 10β1 | |||
Win | 52β17 | Andrei Romanov | TF 10β0 | |||
2017 Spain Grand Prix at 125 kg | ||||||
Win | 51β17 | Amin Taheri Jafar | 5β2 | July 15β16, 2017 | 2017 Grand Prix of Spain | |
Win | 50β17 | Edgardo Lopez | TF 10β0 | |||
Win | 49β17 | Sean Molle | TF 14β4 | |||
2017 US World Team Trials at 125 kg | ||||||
Win | 48β17 | Dom Bradley | 3β2 | June 10, 2017 | 2017 US World Team Trials | |
Win | 47β17 | Dom Bradley | 5β1 | |||
Win | 46β17 | Katsutoshi Kanazawa | TF 11β0 | May 17, 2017 | 2017 Beat The Streets: Times Square | |
2017 US Open at 125 kg | ||||||
Win | 45β17 | Zach Rey | 3β2 | April 26β29, 2017 | 2017 US Open National Championships | |
Win | 44β17 | Dom Bradley | 6β4 | |||
Win | 43β17 | Bobby Telford | 4β1 | |||
Win | 42β17 | Daniel Stibral | TF 11β0 | |||
Win | 41β17 | Michael Gregory | TF 10β0 | |||
2017 World Cup as Team USA at 125 kg | ||||||
Loss | 40β17 | Komeil Ghasemi | 0β5 | February 16β17, 2017 | 2017 World Cup | |
Loss | 40β16 | Jamaladdin Magomedov | 1β3 | |||
2017 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix 14th at 125 kg | ||||||
Loss | 40β15 | Adlan Ibragimov | 4β6 | January 28, 2017 | Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 | |
2016 World Clubs Cup as TMWC at 125 kg | ||||||
Win | 40β14 | Parviz Hadi | 3β2 | November 30 β December 1, 2016 | 2016 World Clubs Cup | |
Loss | 39β14 | Alen Zasyeyev | 2β4 | |||
Loss | 39β13 | Giorgi Meshvildishvili | 2β5 | |||
Win | 39β12 | Oleksandr Khotsianivskiy | 2β1 | |||
2016 Intercontinental Cup at 125 kg | ||||||
Loss | 38β12 | Batraz Gazzaev | 1β2 | October 14β16, 2016 | 2016 Intercontinental Cup | |
Win | 38β11 | Anzor Khizriev | 5β1 | |||
Win | 37β11 | Umar Israilov | 9β1 | |||
Win | 36β11 | Dmitry Popov | 3β2 | |||
2016 Ziolkowski International at 125 kg | ||||||
Win | 35β11 | Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi | 5β0 | June 17β19, 2016 | 2016 Ziolkowski International | |
Win | 34β11 | Diaaeldin Kamal | 5β0 | |||
Loss | 33β11 | Mukhamagazi Magomedov | 7β8 | |||
2016 US University Nationals at 125 kg | ||||||
Win | 33β10 | Tanner Hall | 4β1 | June 2β6, 2016 | 2016 US University National Championships | |
Win | 32β10 | Tanner Hall | 3β1 | |||
Win | 31β10 | Garrett Ryan | TF 10β0 | |||
Win | 30β10 | Nolan Terrance | TF 12β2 | |||
Win | 29β10 | Ben Tynan | TF 10β0 | |||
Win | 28β10 | Billy Miller | TF 10β0 | |||
Win | 27β10 | Louie Maser | TF 10β0 | |||
2016 US Olympic Team Trials 4th at 125 kg | ||||||
Loss | 26β10 | Dom Bradley | 2β2 | April 9, 2016 | 2016 US Olympic Team Trials | |
Win | 26β9 | Bobby Telford | 5β0 | |||
Loss | 25β9 | Zach Rey | 2β4 | |||
Win | 25β8 | Justin Grant | 4β1 | |||
2015 Bill Farrell M. International at 125 kg | ||||||
Win | 24β8 | Dom Bradley | 1β0 | November 5β7, 2015 | 2015 Bill Farrell Memorial International | |
Win | 23β8 | Anthony Nelson | TF 11β0 | |||
Win | 22β8 | Pavel Krivtsov | 11β6 | |||
Win | 21β8 | Justin Grant | 4β2 | |||
2015 Spain Grand Prix at 125 kg | ||||||
Win | 20β8 | Deng Zhiwei | Fall | July 11, 2015 | 2015 Grand Prix of Spain | |
Win | 19β8 | Mehdi Gonbadani | TF 14β4 | |||
Win | 18β8 | Kamil Kosciolek | TF 10β0 | |||
Win | 17β8 | Jose Cuba | TF 10β0 | |||
2015 US World Team Trials 4th at 125 kg | ||||||
Loss | 16β8 | Dom Bradley | 1β2 | June 12β14, 2015 | 2015 US World Team Trials | |
Win | 16β7 | Tyrell Fortune | 5β0 | |||
Win | 15β7 | Adam Coon | TF 12β2 | |||
Loss | 14β7 | Zach Rey | 1β7 | |||
Win | 14β6 | Connor Medbery | 6β4 | |||
2015 US Nationals 4th at 125 kg | ||||||
Win | 13β6 | Chadwick Hanke | Fall | May 7β9, 2015 | 2015 US National Championships | |
Loss | 12β6 | Tervel Dlagnev | 2β8 | |||
Win | 12β5 | Dom Bradley | 4β4 | |||
Win | 11β5 | Michael Graves | TF 10β0 | |||
2014 US World Team Trials 4th at 125 kg | ||||||
Loss | 10β5 | Tyrell Fortune | TF 0β10 | May 29 β June 1, 2014 | 2014 US World Team Trials | |
Loss | 10β4 | Zach Rey | 3β9 | |||
Win | 10β3 | Dom Bradley | 9β9 | |||
Win | 9β3 | Jarod Trice | 4β4 | |||
2013 US University Nationals at 120 kg | ||||||
Win | 8β3 | Austin Marsden | 7β5 | May 24β26, 2013 | 2013 US University National Championships | |
Win | 7β3 | Connor Medbery | 10β8 | |||
Loss | 6β3 | Tyrell Fortune | 0β8 | |||
Win | 6β2 | Michael Kroells | TF 16β4 | |||
Win | 5β2 | Connor Medbery | 12β9 | |||
Win | 4β2 | Jeremy Johnson | 14β9 | |||
2013 US Open 7th at 120 kg | ||||||
Win | 3β2 | Jeremy Johnson | 3β1, 4β0 | April 17β20, 2013 | 2013 US Open National Championships | |
Loss | 2β2 | Tyrell Fortune | 2β4, 3β5 | |||
Win | 2β1 | Riley Orozco | 4β3, 3β0 | |||
Loss | 1β1 | Dom Bradley | 0β3, 0β2 | |||
Win | 1β0 | David Lopez | 8β3, 6β0 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Nick Gwiazdowski". TeamUSA.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on April 1, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
- ^ "Nick Gwiazdowski". TeamUSA.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021.
- ^ "UNC's Nick Gwiazdowski completes perfect season in New York". MaxPreps.com. March 1, 2011. Archived from the original on August 25, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- ^ "NC State Athletics - Wrestling". Archived from the original on February 14, 2018.
- ^ "No glory in loss, NC State's Gwiazdowski still exits a winner". Archived from the original on August 26, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- ^ "Nick Gwiazdowski eyes 3rd straight NCAA wrestling title". Archived from the original on August 25, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- ^ "NC State Athletics - Wrestling". Archived from the original on February 14, 2018.
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- ^ "2017 Men's Freestyle World Team Trials Preview - 125 kg - The Open Mat". news.theopenmat.com. Archived from the original on August 25, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- ^ "Live Updates: Day Five 2017 World Championships". Archived from the original on August 26, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
- ^ "Gwiazdowski in Russian tournament". wrestrus.ru. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
External linksβ»
- Nicholas Edward Gwiazdowski at the International Wrestling Database (alternate link)
- Nicholas Edward Gwiazdowski at United World Wrestling
- Nick Gwiazdowski's Rokfin Channel