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Jacob Stephen "Jake" Varner (born March 24, 1986) is an American wrestler. Varner won the gold medal in the 96 kg category at the 2012 Summer Olympics in freestyle wrestling. [1] [2] [3] Varner wrestled collegiately for the Iowa State University Cyclones. He was a four-time NCAA Division I finalist and two-time NCAA Division I champion (junior ...
Jake Varner – Olympic gold medalist at 2012 Summer Olympics, World bronze medalist in 2011, two-time NCAA Champion and four-time finalist David Zabriskie – NCAA Champion and three-time All-American
Men's freestyle 96 kilograms competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place on 12 August at ExCeL London. [1] This freestyle wrestling competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winners of two bronze medals.
2005 Jake Varner, Bakersfield (California) 2004 Coleman Scott, Central Waynesburg (Pennsylvania) 2003 Roger Kish, Lapeer West (Michigan) 2002 Chase Metcalf, Davison (Michigan) 2001 Rusty Blackmon, Bradley Central (Cleveland, Tenn.) 2000 Chris Pendleton, Lemoore (California) 1999 Nick Simmons, Williamston (Michigan)
Jake Varner - Olympic gold medalist wrestler at 2012 London Games [72] [73] Gabe Woodward - Olympic bronze medalist 4x100 relay at 2004 Athens Games [74] [75] Baseball
Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Jake Varner (USA) 3: 5 Krasimir Kochev (BUL) 0 0 Jake Varner (USA) 7: 6 Wu Yunbilige (CHN) 1 0 Simas Asačiovas (LTU)
The NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships have been held since 1928. In addition to determining the national champion in each weight class, the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships also determine All-American wrestlers for each weight.
Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Varner attended Deer Valley High School where he competed in wrestling. [4] At Deer Valley, Varner was a two-time Regional Champion and a State Runner Up and went on to compete at Pima Community College where he was a two-time National Qualifier and a National Runner Up, in addition to being an NJCAA All-American and a two-time Academic All-American.