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Kyle Frederick Snyder (born November 20, 1995) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 97 kilograms. Snyder is the youngest wrestler ever to win the world, NCAA, and Olympic championships in the same year—a triple crown of American wrestling not accomplished in a generation until he completed his ...
Nov 20, 1995 · Kyle Snyder has two Olympic medals in 97kg weight class for freestyle wrestling. He won gold in his Olympic debut at the 2016 Rio Games and earned bronze five years later in Tokyo. He is the youngest Olympic champion in United States wrestling history.
Jul 5, 2024 · Kyle Snyder already has one of the best resumes ever for a U.S. wrestler, and he’s just now hitting his prime. At age 20, he became the youngest American wrestler to win Olympic gold when he achieved the feat at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, and then he claimed silver at the Tokyo Games.
Jul 25, 2024 · Team USA may be sending their strongest-ever men’s wrestling team to a Games at the Olympic Games Paris 2024. Headed up by 97kg Rio 2016 gold medallist Kyle Snyder and four-time world champion Kyle Dake, who will compete at 74kg, they have leaders that know how to perform on the biggest stages.
Nov 4, 2023 · Kyle Snyder exclusive: Working smarter not harder after "God-given talent" made him the best in the world. The Olympic freestyle wrestling gold medallist and three-time world champion talked to Olympics.com about his road to the top and why he doesn't see his son following his path.
Apr 1, 2021 · Kyle Snyder is one of the most entertaining freestyle wrestlers in history. But the man known as ‘Captain America’ is also something of a contradiction. On the mat, his natural power and skill led to an unbelievable 179-0 high school record, before he pinned down the world under-20 wrestling championships aged just 17.
Sep 18, 2022 · Kyle Snyder delivered the crowning victory for the U.S. on Sunday at the United World Wrestling World Championships. Snyder, a 2016 Olympic champion, won his third world title with a 6-0 win against Slovakia’s Batyrbek Tsakulov in the 97 kg. gold-medal match in Belgrade, Serbia.
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Aug 21, 2016 · Snyder, the youngest wrestling world champion in U.S. history, is now the sport’s youngest Olympic champion in U.S. history. The 20year-old Snyder beat Khetag Goziumov of Azerbaijan 2-1 for gold at 97 kilograms during the men’s freestyle tournament.
Sep 18, 2022 · Kyle Snyder won his first global title in five years -- in the absence of his Russian rival -- and the U.S. finished the world wrestling championships with the most medals outright for the first time in history.