2010 TEAM USA MEDIA GUIDE

World Championships
Sept. 6-12, 2010
Moscow, Russia

Elena Pirozhkova (left) is set to compete in her third straight World Championships.
U.S. team ready to roll
COLORADO SPRINGS -
World champions Dremiel
Byers and Kristie Davis will
lead the 21-member U.S.
wrestling team into the World
Championships on Sept. 6-12
in Moscow, Russia.
The seven-day competition
will start with the Greco-Roman
tournament, followed by
women’s freestyle and men’s
freestyle.
Davis, formerly Kristie
Marano, is a two-time World
champion. She has dropped
down to 67 kg/147.5 lbs. She
won a silver medal in her last
trip to the Worlds in 2007. She
is a U.S. record nine-time
World medalist.
Byers won a World silver
medal in 2009 in Greco-
Roman and a World bronze
medal in 2007 at 120 kg/264.5
lbs.
The U.S. freestyle team is
led by returning World silver
medalist Jake Herbert at 84
kg/185 lbs.
U.S. TEAM PREVIEW
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE
Monday, Sept. 6
Greco-Roman 55 kg, 66 kg, 96 kg
Tuesday, Sept. 7
Greco-Roman 60 kg, 84 kg, 120 kg
Wednesday, Sept. 8
Greco-Roman 74 kg; Women’s freestyle 48 kg, 51 kg
Thursday, Sept. 9
Women’s freestyle 55 kg, 59 kg, 63 kg
Friday, Sept. 10
Women’s freestyle 67 kg, 72 kg; Freestyle 55 kg
Saturday, Sept. 11
Freestyle 60 kg, 84 kg, 96 kg
Sunday, Sept. 12
Freestyle 66 kg, 74 kg, 120 kg
2006 World silver medalist 2008 World bronze medalist
Mike Zadick will make his third Tatiana Padilla has made her
appearance in the Worlds in third straight World Team at 55
freestyle wrestling at 60 kg/132 kg/121 lbs. Padilla was fifth in
lbs. the World in 2009.
Past World bronze medalist Olympian Spenser Mango
Justin Ruiz is back on the has made his second straight
Greco-Roman team. He is World Team in Greco-Roman
making his fifth trip to the at 55 kg/121 lbs.
Worlds. He competes at 96 Byers and Zadick also are
kg/211.5 lbs. past Olympians.
 U.S. FREESTYLE WORLD TEAM

U.S. FREESTYLE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROSTER

55 kg/121 lbs. – Obe Blanc, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC)
60 kg/132 lbs. – Mike Zadick, Solon, Iowa (Gator WC)
66 kg/145.5 lbs. – Brent Metcalf, Iowa City, Iowa (New York AC)
74 kg/163 lbs. – Travis Paulson, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)
84 kg/185 lbs. – Jake Herbert, Evanston, Ill. (New York AC)
96 kg/211.5 lbs. – J.D. Bergman, Columbus, Ohio (New York AC)
120 kg/264.5 lbs. – Les Sigman, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC)

Coaches – Zeke Jones (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Bill Zadick (Colorado

Springs, Colo.); Brandon Slay (Colorado Springs, Colo.); John Smith
(Stillwater, Okla.); Terry Brands (Iowa City, Iowa)

Obe Blanc Mike Zadick

55 kg/121 lbs. 60 kg/132 lbs.
Residence: Stillwater, Residence: Solon,
Okla. Iowa
Club: Gator Club: Gator
College: Oklahoma College: Iowa
State, Lock Haven High School: Great
High School: Lely (Fla.) Falls (Mont.)
Born: May 17, 1985 Born: July 12, 1978
Height: 5-4 Height: 5-5

2010: U.S. World Team 2010: U.S. World Team

Trials champion...
Second in Pan American
Championships… U.S. Open champion…
2009: Second in Sunkist Kids International
Open… Third in U.S. World Team Trials… Second
in Pan American Championships… Second in
U.S. Nationals…
2007: University Nationals runner-up…
College: Placed sixth at 2007 NCAA
Championships at 125 pounds for Lock Haven…
Completed his career at Oklahoma State, compet-
ing for John Smith...
High School: Florida state champion … National
High School Senior Open Champion … Ranked
sixth at 112 pounds by the Amateur Wrestling
News as a senior … Honor roll student … U.S.
Army Reserve National Student-Athlete award
winner…
Personal: Son of Wilbert Blanc and Erisee
Estimo … Majored in exploratory studies…
Trials champion…
Second in U.S.
Nationals... Third in Cerro Pelado International…
Dave Schultz Memorial champ…
2009: Second in U.S. World Team Trials… U.S.
Nationals champion…
2008: DNP in Olympic Games… U.S. Olympic
Team Trials champion…
2007: DNP in World Championships… U.S.
World Team Trials champion… Second in U.S.
Nationals…
2006: World silver medalist… U.S. World Team
Trials champion… Fourth in U.S. Nationals…
2005: Third in U.S. World Team Trials…
2004: Second in U.S. Olympic Team
Trials…Second in U.S. Nationals…
2003: Second in U.S. World Team Trials…Third
in U.S. Nationals.
College: Third in 2001 NCAAs for Iowa...Seventh
in 2000 and 2002... Earned a degree in Sports
Health, Leisure and Physical Studies.
High School: Attended Great Falls High
School,... Four-time state champion (1994-97)...
Personal: Son of Bob and Toni Zadick... Has one
brother, Bill, a 2006 World champion, and two sis-
ters, Maryanne and Terri... Currently an Interim
Assistant Coach at the Univ. of Iowa…
 U.S. FREESTYLE WORLD TEAM
Brent Metcalf
66 kg/145.5 lbs.
Residence: Iowa City,
Iowa
Club: New York AC
College: Iowa
High School: Davison
(Mich.)
Born: July 14, 1986
Height: 5-7
2010: U.S. World Team
Trials champion… Third
in Heydar Aliyev Golden
Grand Prix...
2009: Third in Pan American Championships...
Second in U.S. Nationals...
2008: Fifth in U.S. Nationals…
2006: Clansmen International Champion… DNP
at FILA Junior World Championships… FILA
Junior World Team Trials Champion…
College: 2010 NCAA Champion…. Second in
2009 NCAA Championships… 2008 NCAA cham-
pion for the University of Iowa, where he led Iowa
to the team title. Coached by Tom Brands… Won
2008 Hodge Trophy as nation’s top college
wrestler… 2008 Big Ten Wrestler of the Year…
Compiled 14-0 record at 149 pounds while com-
peting unattached during 2006-07 season… Was
ineligible to compete during 2006-07 season after
transferring to Iowa since Virginia Tech refused to
release him from his scholarship… Redshirted at
Virginia Tech during 2005-06 season…
High School: Prep career record at Davison High
School was 228-0 with 156 pins... Four-time
Michigan state champion... Team won four state
titles... Michigan's "Mr. Wrestler" in 2005... 2005
Dave Schultz High School Excellence regional
award winner... Second team ASICS and
Wrestling USA all-American... Wrestling USA
scholastic all-American... Played on football team
that won three conference and two district titles...
coached by Roy Hall.
USA Age-group: Six-time Junior Nationals cham-
pion... Three-time Junior National Greco-Roman
and freestyle champion, earning double Most
Outstanding Wrestler awards in 2005... 2002
Cadet Greco-Roman champion and freestyle run-
ner-up…
Personal: Son of Tom and Lynn Metcalf... Mother
was an all-state gymnast and state champion in
track and field...
Travis Paulson
74 kg/163 lbs.
Residence: Ames, Iowa
Club: Sunkist Kids
College: Iowa State
High School: Council
Bluffs, Iowa (Lewis
Central)
Born: May 11, 1983
Height: 5-9
2010: U.S. World Team
Trials champion… Third in
U.S. Open… Second in
Heydar Aliyev Golden Grand Prix... … Third in
Cerro Pelado International…
2009: Hargobind International champion…
Second in U.S. World Team Trials… U.S.
Nationals champion…
2008: Third in Henri Deglane Challenge…
Second in Dimitri Korkin International… Third in
U.S. Olympic Team Trials… Sixth in U.S.
Nationals…
2007: Third in Alexander Medved International…
Second in Hargobind International (Canada)…
Second in Sunkist Kids International Open…
Second in University Nationals…
2006: Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials…
Northern Plains Regional champion in freestyle
and Greco-Roman…
2005: Northern Plains Regional champion…
College: Three-time All-American at Iowa State,
where he was coached by Bobby Douglas and
Cael Sanderson… Fifth in 2007 NCAA
Championships at 165 pounds… Sixth at 2006
and 2004 NCAA Championships… 2005 NCAA
Qualifier… Academic All-Big 12 selection…
Earned a degree in business marketing…
High School: Three-time state champion for
Lewis Central High School, where he was
coached by Keith Massey… Ranked sixth in
nation at 152 pounds by Amateur Wrestling
News… Career record of 174-3, including 87-0
his final two seasons…
Age Group: 2002 Junior Nationals Greco-Roman
champion…
Personal: Son of Nick and Mary Ann Paulson…
Twin brother, Trent, was a three-time All-
American for Iowa State and 2009 World Team
member… Part-time resident-athlete at U.S.
Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs…
 U.S. FREESTYLE WORLD TEAM

Jake Herbert J.D. Bergman

84 kg/185 lbs.
Residence: Evanston,
Ill.
Club: New York AC
College: Northwestern
High School: North
Allegheny (Pa.)
Born: March 6, 1985
Height: 5-11
2010: Second in Heydar
Aliyev Golden Grand
Prix... U.S. World Team
Trials champion... U.S. Open champion...
2009: World silver medalist... U.S. World Team
Trials champion… U.S. Nationals champion…
2008: Bronze medalist at World University
Championships… Fifth in Alexander Medved
International… Dave Schultz Memorial
International champion…
2007: Hargobind International (Canada) champi-
on… Second in Sunkist Kids International Open…
2006: Bronze medalist at World University
Championships… University Nationals champi-
on…
College: Four-time All-American at Northwestern
University, where he was coached by Tim
Cysewski… 2007 and 2009 NCAA Champion…
2009 Hodge Trophy winner… 2009 Big Ten Male
Athlete of the Year… Took an Olympic Redshirt in
2008… Second in 2006 NCAA Championships…
Third in 2005 NCAA Championships… Three-time
Big Ten champion in 2006, 2007 and 2009…
Earned a degree in Communications…
High School: 2003 Pennsylvania state champion
for North Allegheny High School… Placed all four
years at state meet ... Three-time conference
champion ... Two-time Powerade champion ...
Two-time Allegheny County Champion, winning
Most Falls award ... Competed in Dapper Dan
Wrestling Classic and Dream Team Classic ...
Compiled 141-18 overall record ... Honor Roll stu-
dent senior year, also won Concept of Physics
Student of the Year award…
Personal: Son of Jim and Kelly Herbert…Part-
time U.S. Olympic Training Center resident-ath-
lete...
96 kg/211.5 lbs.
Residence: Columbus,
Ohio
Club: New York AC
College: Ohio State
High School: Oak
Harbor (Ohio)
Born: September 7,
1984
Height: 6-2
2010: U.S. World Team
Trials champion…
Third in Pan American Championships… U.S.
Open champion… Second in Alexander Medved
International… Cerro Pelado International cham-
pion…
2009: Third in U.S. World Team Trials… Turneul
International champion…
2006: Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials… Fourth
in U.S. Nationals…
2005: Third in U.S. World Team Trials… Fourth in
U.S. Nationals…
College: Second in 2008 NCAA Championships
for Ohio State… Three-time All-American for the
Buckeyes… Also placed third and fourth at the
NCAAs…
High School: Attended Oak Harbor High School,
where he was coached by his uncle, George
Bergman… Two-time state champion (2002-03)…
2000 state tournament qualifier… All-state run-
ning back in football…
Personal: Son of James and Donna Bergman…
James played football and wrestled at Xavier
Univ… Has two brothers, Paul and Wes, and two
sisters, Rachael and Halie… Second cousin of
former professional tennis player Chris Evert…
Hobbies include water sports and hunting rep-
tiles…
 U.S. FREESTYLE WORLD TEAM

Les Sigman
120 kg/264.5 lbs.
Residence: State
College, Pa.
Club: Nittany Lion WC
College: Nebraska-
Omaha
High School: Sturgis,
S.D. (Brown)
Born: August 16, 1981
Height: 6-0

2010: U.S. World Team

Trials champion… U.S.
Open champion... Dave Schultz Memorial
International champion...
2009: Hargobind International champion... Second
in New York AC International… Third in Sunkist
Kids International Open... Third in U.S.
Nationals...
2008: Sixth in Hargobind International… Fifth in
U.S. Olympic Team Trials… Fifth in U.S.
Nationals… Third in Dave Schultz Memorial…
2007: Second in New York AC Holiday
International… Second in Hargobind International
(Canada)… Second in Sunkist Kids International
Open… Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials…
2006: Northern Plains Regional champion…
Heavyweight Les Sigman has won four
College: Four-time NCAA Division II champion for major tournaments this season.
Nebraska-Omaha (2003-06)… Led UNO to three
straight NCAA Division II team titles (2004-06)…
Named Outstanding Wrestler at 2006 NCAA MOST U.S. WORLD
Division II Championships… Career wins leader at
UNO… Won 2005 Midlands Championships… FREESTYLE TITLES
Earned a degree from UNO in General Studies…
High School: 2000 state champion for Sturgis John Smith 4 (1987, 1989, 1990,
Brown (S.D.) High School... Second in 1999 state 1991)
tournament… Second in 2000 National Senior
High School Tournament…
Personal: Son of Alen (deceased) and Donna Lee Kemp 3 (1978, 1979, 1982)
Sigman... Alen was a South Dakota state champi-
on in wrestling… Hobbies include golfing, hunting
and fishing… Bruce Baumgartner 3 (1986,
1993, 1995)

Mark Schultz 2 (1985, 1987)

Kevin Jackson 2 (1991, 1995)

Terry Brands 2 (1993, 1995)

Team USA 2 (1993, 1995)

 U.S. WOMEN’S WORLD TEAM

U.S. WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROSTER

48 kg/105.5 lbs. – Alyssa Lampe, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
51 kg/112.25 lbs. – Jessica Medina, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
55 kg/121 lbs. – Tatiana Padilla, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
59 kg/130 lbs. – Kelsey Campbell, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
63 kg/138.75 lbs. – Elena Pirozhkova, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC)
67 kg/147.5 lbs. – Kristie Davis, Oklahoma City, Okla. (New York AC)
72 kg/158.5 lbs. – Stephany Lee, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)

Coaches – Terry Steiner (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Vladislav Izboinikov

(Colorado Springs, Colo.); Keith Wilson (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Link
Davis (Oklahoma City, Okla.)

Alyssa Lampe Jessica Medina

48 kg/105.5 lbs. 51 kg/112.25 lbs.
Residence: Colorado Residence: Colorado
Springs, Colo. Springs, Colo.
Club: Sunkist Kids Club: Sunkist Kids
College: Northern College: Univ. of
Michigan Cumberlands
High School: High School: Pomona,
Tomahawk (Wis.) Calif. (Diamond Ranch)
Born: March 10, 1988 Born: Sept. 7, 1986
Height: 5-1 Height: 5-1

2010: Third in Heydar 2010: U.S. World Team

Aliyev Golden Grand
Prix… Third in Canada Cup… U.S. World Team
Trials champion... U.S. Open champion… Second
in Outstanding Ukrainian Wrestlers Memorial
International… Third in Dave Schultz Memorial
International… Third in Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix…
2009: New York AC International Open champi-
on… Third in Sunkist Kids International Open…
Second in U.S. World Team Trials… Third in U.S.
Nationals… Pan American Championships gold
medalist…
2008: New York AC International champion…
Second in U.S. World Team Trials…
2007: Third in Junior World Championships…
Fifth in U.S. World Team Trials… Fifth in U.S.
Nationals... FILA Junior Body Bar Champion…
College: Attended Northern Michigan University
with the USOEC…
High School: Attended Tomahawk High School...
First female wrestler to qualify for the Wisconsin
High School State Championships…placed sec-
ond in 2006 State Championships
Personal: Daughter of Jeff and Judy
Lampe…Has one brother, Anthony, and two sis-
ters, Amanda and Ashley…likes to run and play
cards… hopes to become a personal trainer…
Trials champion... …
Second in Pan American Championships… U.S.
Open champion… Fifth in Dave Schultz Memorial
International…
2009: U.S. World Team Trials champion... Fourth
in U.S. Nationals… Third in Klippan Ladies
Open… Fourth in Guelph Open…
2008: U.S. Nationals champion…
2007: Fifth in U.S. World Team Trials… Fifth in
U.S. Nationals… Second in New York AC Holiday
International… Fourth in Sunkist Kids
International Open… Fifth in Pan American
Championships… University Nationals champi-
on…
2006: Third in Junior World Championships…
2005: Fourth in Sunkist Kids/ASU International…
College: Attended the Univ. of the Cumberlands,
where she was coached by Kip Flanik...
High School: Attended Diamond Ranch High
School in California... Fourth in 2004 USGWA
Nationals...
Personal: Daughter of Joe Medina and Lily
Velazquez…U.S. Olympic Training Center
resident-athlete...
 U.S. WOMEN’S WORLD TEAM
Tatiana Padilla
55 kg/121 lbs.
Residence: Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Club: Sunkist Kids
College: Lindenwood
(Mo.)
High School:
Northview (Calif.)
Born: Dec. 19, 1990
Height: 5-7
2010: 10th in Junior
World Championships...
Canada Cup champion… U.S. World Team Trials
champion… U.S. Open champion… Klippan
Open champion… FILA Junior Nationals champi-
on...
2009: Fifth in World Championships... U.S. World
Team Trials champion… Third in FILA Junior
Nationals… Fourth in U.S. Nationals…
2008: Bronze medalist in World
Championships… U.S. World Team Trials cham-
pion… Third in Junior World Championships…
Third in U.S. Olympic Team Trials… Fifth in U.S.
Nationals… Pan American Championships gold
medalist… Second in Dave Schultz Memorial
International…
2007: Second in Junior World Championships…
Second in U.S. World Team Trials… Fourth in
U.S. Nationals... FILA Junior Nationals champi-
on…
2005: Austrian Ladies Open champion…
USA Age-group: Four-time Junior Nationals
champion (2005-08)… 2005 and 2006 FILA
Cadet Nationals champion… Three-time USGWA
national champion (2004-06)…
College: Attended Lindenwood (Mo.) University,
where she was coached by Jake Dieffenbach…
High School: 2007 and 2008 ASICS National
High School Wrestler of the Year… Graduated
from Northview (Calif.) High School…
Personal: Daughter of Lisa Padilla… U.S.
Olympic Training Center resident-athlete...
Kelsey Campbell
59 kg/130 lbs.
Residence: Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Club: Sunkist Kids
College: Arizona State
High School:
Milwaukie (Ore.)
Born: June 5, 1985
Height: 5-4
2010: Third in Canada
Cup… U.S. World Team
Trials champion… U.S.
Open champion… Third
in Alexander Medved International… Fourth in
Dave Schultz Memorial International… Ivan
Yarygin Grand Prix champion…
2009: Fourth in Hargobind International… Sunkist
Kids International Open champion… Third in
Poland Open… Second in U.S. World Team
Trials… Second in Pan American
Championships… U.S. Nationals champion…
Third in Klippan Ladies Open… Fourth in Dave
Schultz Memorial International… Fourth in Guelph
Open…
2008: Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials… Third in
U.S. Nationals… Third in Dave Schultz Memorial
International… Fourth in Guelph Open…
2007: Third in New York AC Holiday
International… Fifth in U.S. World Team Trials…
Fifth in U.S. Nationals… Women’s Collegiate
Nationals champion…
2005: Fifth in Sunkist International Open…
2004: Sixth in Clan International Championship
(Canada)…Fifth in Sunkist International Open…
College: Wrestled for Arizona State, where she
was coached by Thom Ortiz…
High School: Attended Milwaukee High School
and competed her senior year under Robert
Lipti…
Personal: Daughter of Milton Campbell Sr. and
Christie Campbell…Has one brother, Milton
Campbell Jr.….Hobbies include singing, writing
music and dance…. Resident-athlete at U.S.
Olympic Training Center…
 U.S. WOMEN’S WORLD TEAM
Elena Pirozhkova
63 kg/138.75 lbs.
Residence: Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Club: Gator WC
High School:
Greenfield (Mass.)
Born: Oct. 13, 1986
Height: 5-5
2010: Third in Heydar
Aliyev Golden Grand
Prix… Canada Cup
champion… U.S. World
Team Trials champi-
on… Pan American Championships gold medal-
ist… U.S. Open champion… Third in Outstanding
Ukrainian Wrestlers Memorial International…
Second in Dave Schultz Memorial International…
2009: Seventh in World Championships... U.S.
World Team Trials champion… Poland Open
champion… Pan American Championships gold
medalist… U.S. Nationals champion… Ukrainian
Memorial International champion… Dave Schultz
Memorial International champion… Second in
Guelph Open…
2008: New York AC International champion…
Hargobind International champion… Eighth in
World Championships… U.S. World Team Trials
champion… World University champion… Fourth
in U.S. Nationals… Pan American
Championships gold medalist…
2007: Third in New York AC Holiday
International… Hargobind International (Canada)
champion… Second in Sunkist Kids International
Open… Second in U.S. World Team Trials…
Second in U.S. Nationals… Second in Pan
American Championships… Third in Dave
Schultz Memorial International… Second in
Guelph Open (Canada)…
2006: Second in Henri Deglane Challenge…
Third in Clansmen International… Sunkist
Kids/ASU International Open champion… Second
in Dave Schultz Memorial Open…
USA Age-group: Third in 2005 Junior
Nationals… Fourth in 2004 Junior Nationals…
High School: Attended Greenfield High School in
Massachusetts… 2005 ASICS High School All-
American Second Team member… 2005 USGWA
National champion… Third in 2003 and 2004
USGWA Nationals…
Personal: Daughter of Sergey and Tatyana
Pirozhkova…U.S. Olympic Training Center resi-
dent-athlete… Native of Russia… Has eight sib-
lings: Natalia, Viktor, Alex, Olga, Marina, Nina,
Rita and Maxim… Likes to draw and go camping
Kristie Davis
67 kg/147.5 lbs.
Residence: Oklahoma
City, Okla.
Club: New York AC
College: Oklahoma
City University, Hudson
Valley CC
High School: Albany,
N.Y. (Colonie Central)
Born: Jan. 24, 1979
Height: 5-6
2010: Sixth in Canada
Cup... U.S. World Team Trials champion…
2009: Did not compete...
2008: Third in U.S. Olympic Team Trials…Fourth
in U.S. Nationals… Third in Alexander Medved
International…
2007: World silver medalist… Second in Warsaw
Cup… Pan American Games gold medalist…
U.S. World Team Trials champion… U.S.
Nationals champion…
2006: World bronze medalist… U.S. World Team
Trials champion… U.S. Nationals
champion…Dave Schultz Memorial
champion…Vehbi Emre Golden Grand Prix
champion…Klippan Golden Grand Prix champ…
2005: U.S. World Team Trials champion…
2004: Second in U.S. Olympic Team Trials…
2003: World champion…
2002: World bronze medalist…
2001: Second in U.S. World Team Trials…
2000: World champion…
1999: World silver medalist…
1998: World silver medalist…
1997: World silver medalist…
1996: World silver medalist…
USA Age-Group: 1998-2000, 2002 University
Nationals champion... 1998 Junior World champi-
on... 1998 FILA Junior Nationals champion...
College: Attends Oklahoma City Univ., where she
is coached by Archie Randall and Link Davis…
Attended Hudson Valley Community College…
Studied Physical Education...
High School: Attended Colonie Central High
School, where she was a member of the varsity
men’s team coached by Andy Monin... wrestled
on the junior varsity and varsity level... She was
also a member of the varsity softball team, where
she was named MVP and the top spring season
athlete in the school...
Personal: Daughter of Conrad and Nancy
Stenglein... Has two brothers, Matt and Joshua...
Her father and her brothers were wrestlers... Has
two daughters, Kayla Marano and Lilly Davis...
Her husband is Link Davis...
 U.S. WOMEN’S WORLD TEAM

Stephany Lee
72 kg/158.5 lbs.
Residence: Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Club: Sunkist Kids
College: Missouri Valley
High School: Honolulu,
Hawaii (Moanalua)
Born: Aug. 10, 1984
Height: 5-6

2010: Canada Cup

champion... U.S. World
Team Trials champion…
U.S. Open champion… Second in Alexander
Medved International… Klippan Open champion…
2009: Hargobind International champion… Jessica Medina is making her second
Second in Sunkist Kids International Open… U.S.
Nationals champion… Third in Ukrainian Memorial straight trip to the Worlds.
International… Dave Schultz Memorial
International champion…
2008: DNP in World Championships… U.S. World MOST U.S. WORLD
Team Trials champion… World University champi-
on… Fourth in U.S. Olympic Team Trials… Pan WOMEN’S TITLES
American Championships gold medalist… Second Tricia Saunders 4 (1992, 1996, 1998,
in Dave Schultz Memorial International…
1999)
2007: New York AC Holiday International champi-
on… Third in Sunkist Kids International Open… Kristie Marano 2 (2000, 2003)
Third in Warsaw Cup… Second in U.S. World Sandra Bacher 1 (1999)
Team Trials… Third in U.S. Nationals… Iris Smith 1 (2005)
2006: Second in U.S. World Team Trials…
Second in U.S. Nationals… Women’s College Clarissa Chun 1 (2008)
Nationals champion… Team USA 1 (1999(
2005: Sunkist Kids/ASU International champion…
2004: Third in U.S. Olympic Team Trials…
Second in U.S. Nationals… Second in Dave U.S. OLYMPIC, WORLD
Schultz Memorial International... University World
champion… Pan American Championships cham-
MEDALS, WOMEN
pion… Manitoba Open champion (Canada)... Kristie Marano 9 (‘96W-s, ‘97W-s,
Second in University Nationals… ‘98W-s, ‘99W-s, ‘00W-g, ‘02W-b,
2003: Third in U.S. World Team Trials… Second
in Sunkist Kids International Open... Second in ‘03W-g, ‘06W-b, ‘07W-s)
University Nationals... Third in U.S. Nationals...
Second in FILA Junior Nationals... Tricia Saunders 5 (‘92W-g, ‘93W-s,
College: Attended Missouri Valley College, where
she was coached by Carl Murphree... Second in ‘96W-g, ‘98W-g, ‘99W-g)
2004 U.S. College Nationals... Studied Exercise
Science... Shannon Williams 4 (‘91W-s, ‘93W-s,
High School: Attended Moanalua High School,
where she was coached by Joel Kawachi... 2002
‘94W-s, ‘97W-s)
USGWA High School Nationals champion... Also
participated in judo... Patricia Miranda 4 (‘00W-s, ‘03W-s,
Personal: Daughter of Stewart and Julie Lee...
Has one brother, Ian... Hobbies include going to
‘04O-b, ‘06W-b)
the beach... Holds a black belt in judo...
Sara McMann 4 (‘03W-s, ‘04O-s,
‘05W-b, ‘07W-b)
 U.S. GRECO-ROMAN WORLD TEAM

U.S. GRECO-ROMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROSTER

55 kg/121 lbs. – Spenser Mango, St. Louis, Mo. (New York AC)
60 kg/132 lbs. – Jeremiah Davis, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
66 kg/145. lbs. – Faruk Sahin, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
74 kg/163 lbs. – Jake Fisher, Boise, Idaho (New York AC)
84 kg/185 lbs. – Jake Clark, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force)
96 kg/211.5 lbs. – Justin Ruiz, Boise, Idaho (New York AC)
120 kg/264.5 lbs. – Dremiel Byers, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)

Coaches – Steve Fraser (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Momir Petkovic

(Colorado Springs, Colo.); Rob Hermann (Pensacola, Fla.); Dan Hicks
(Camp LeJeune, N.C.)

Spenser Mango Jeremiah Davis

55 kg/121 lbs. 60 kg/132 lbs.
Residence: St. Louis, Residence: Colorado
Mo. Springs, Colo.
Club: New York AC Club: U.S. Army
College: Northern College: Northern
Michigan Michigan
High School: St. Louis, High School: Spring
Mo. (Christian Brothers Valley, Calif. (Monte
College) Vista)
Born: July 6, 1986 Born: Nov. 27, 1984
Height: 5-2 Height: 5-7

2010: U.S. World Team 2010: U.S. World Team

Trials champion... U.S. Open champion...
2009: Ninth in World Championships... U.S. World
Team Trials champion... Second in Pan American
Championships… Second in U.S. Nationals…
Dave Schultz Memorial champ…
2008: New York AC International champion…
Eighth in Olympic Games… U.S. Olympic Team
Trials champion… U.S. Nationals champion…
2007: New York AC International champion…
Second in Sunkist Kids International… Second in
U.S. World Team Trials…
2006: World University champion… Third in Junior
Worlds… Second in U.S. Nationals…
2005: DNP in Junior World Championships
USA Age-group: Second in 2004 Junior
Nationals… Third in 2003 Junior Nationals…
College: Graduate of Northern Michigan Univ.,
where he was enrolled in the U.S. Olympic
Education Center program…
High School: Attended Christian Brothers
College High School… Two-time state champ…
Personal: Son of Deborah and the late Thomas
Mango…Has one brother, Ryan, and one sister,
Natasha… Ryan wrestles for Stanford...
Trials champion... Third in U.S. Open… Third in
Dave Schultz Memorial International…
2009: DNP in World Championships... U.S. World
Team Trials champion... Fifth in U.S. Nationals…
Second in Dave Schultz Memorial International…
2008: Fifth in Haparanda Cup… Third in U.S.
Olympic Team Trials… Fifth in U.S. Nationals…
2007: Third in U.S. Nationals…
2006: Fifth in Henri Deglane Challenge… Second
in U.S. World Team Trials…U.S. Nationals champ
2005: University World Team Trials
champion…Third in U.S. Nationals…
2004: Third in Sunkist Kids International Open.
USA Age-Group: Second in FILA Junior World
Team Trials…Third in 2002 Junior Nationals.
College: Attended Northern Michigan Univ.,
where he was a member of the U.S. Olympic
Education Program...
High School: Attended Monte Vista High
School… Third in 2003 state tournament…
Personal: Son of Frank and Sarah Davis… Has
six brothers, Joshua, Elijah, Isaac, Frank, Jason
and Jonny, and three sisters, Safra, Elona and
Cheyenne… Hobbies include singing.
 U.S. GRECO-ROMAN WORLD TEAM
Faruk Sahin
66 kg/145.5 lbs.
Residence: Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Club: U.S. Army
College: Selcuk Univ.
(Turkey)
Born: Jan. 1, 1976
Height: 5-7
2010: U.S. World Team
Trials champion...
Second in U.S. Open...
Fourth in Dave Schultz
Memorial International...
2009: U.S. World Team Trials champion… Third
in Pan American Championships… U.S Nationals
champion…
2008: Second in U.S. Olympic Team Trials…
Third in U.S. World Team Trials…
2007: Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials… Second
in U.S. Nationals… Third in Haparanda Cup…
Third in Vantaa Cup… Fourth in New York AC
Holiday International…
2004: Dave Schultz Memorial International cham-
pion…
2003: Third in NYAC International... Sunkist Kids
International Open champion…
2002: Second in NYAC Christmas International…
Dave Schultz Memorial International champion…
2001: Northern Plains Regional champion…
1999: Second in Dave Schultz Memorial
International…
College: Attended Secluk Univ., where he was
coached by Halil Karacor and Huseyin Yavuz...
Earned a degree in Exercise Science... Also par-
ticipated in handball and judo...
High School: Attended Gazi High School in
Turkey, where he was coached by Mustafa
Sahin... Also played soccer, track & field and
taekwondo...
Personal: Son of Osman and Semiha Sahin...
Has two brothers, Ismail and M. Akif, and one sis-
ter, Ayse... He and his wife, Amanda, have a son,
Akif Nelson Sahin... Originally from Turkey...
Moved to the United States from Turkey in 2000...
Received U.S. citizenship in February, 2004...
Holds a rank of Specialist in the U.S. Army...
Member of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete
Program... Previously held position as a volunteer
assistant coach at the U.S. Olympic Education
Center at Northern Michigan Univ... Also compet-
ed in taekwondo for six years... Was a professor
at Selcuk Univ. in Turkey, teaching Exercise
Science...
Jake Fisher
74 kg/163 lbs.
Residence: Boise,
Idaho
Club: New York AC
College: Northern
Michigan
High School: Platte
City, Mo. (Platte
County)
Born: Feb. 20, 1984
Height: 5-10
2010: U.S. World Team
Trials champion… U.S. Open champion…
Second in Pan American Championships… Dave
Schultz Memorial International champion…
2009: Sunkist Kids International Open champi-
on… Third in U.S. World Team Trials… Second in
U.S. Nationals… Third in Dave Schultz Memorial
International…
2008: Second in Henri Deglane Challenge… New
York AC International champion… Third in U.S.
Nationals…
2007: New York AC Holiday International champi-
on… Second in Sunkist Kids International
Open… Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials… Fifth
in 2007 U.S. Nationals…
2006: Second in New York AC Holiday
International Open… Third in Sunkist Kids/ASU
International Open… 2006 University Nationals
champion…Seventh in 2006 U.S. Nationals…
2005: Sixth in Sunkist Kids/ASU International
Open… Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials…
Northern Plains Regional champion… Seventh in
University Nationals…
2004: Fifth in NYAC Christmas International…
Third in University Nationals… FILA Junior
Nationals champion…
2003: Second in 2003 FILA Junior Nationals…
Third in 2003 Northern Plains Regional… Fourth
in 2000 Cadet Nationals…
College: Attended Northern Michigan Univ.,
where he was a member of the U.S. Olympic
Education Center program coached by Ivan
Ivanov... Studied Sports Science…
High School: Attended Platte County High
School, where he was coached by Phil Dorman…
Two-time state champion (2001-02)… Fourth in
2000 state tournament… Second in 1999 state
tournament… Also lettered in soccer…
Personal: Son of Robert and Charlotte Fisher…
Has two brothers, Bobby and Steve, and one sis-
ter, Stacy… Bobby also used to be enrolled in the
USOEC program… Engaged to Jennifer
Adams… Hobbies include water sports…
 U.S. GRECO-ROMAN WORLD TEAM
Jake Clark
84 kg/185 lbs.
Residence: Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Club: U.S. Air Force
College: Minnesota
High School: South
Saint Paul (Minn.)
Born: Feb. 15, 1980
Height: 5-10
2010: Fifth in Pytlasinki
International… U.S.
World Team Trials
champion… Third in U.S. Open…
2007: Second in U.S. World Team Trials… World
Cup silver medalist…
2006: Second in Haparanda Cup… DNP in World
Championships… U.S. World Team Trials champi-
on…U.S. Nationals champion…Second in Armed
Forces Wrestling Championship.
2005: Second in U.S. World Team Trials… Armed
Forces champion… Second in Dave Schultz
Memorial International.
2004: Sunkist Kids International Open champi-
on… Second in U.S. Olympic Team Trials…
Second in U.S. Nationals… Second in Haparanda
Cup (Sweden)… Third in Dave Schultz Memorial
International.
2003: Third in New York AC Christmas
International… Sixth in World Cup… Second in
U.S. World Team Trials… Second in U.S.
Nationals… Second in Armed Forces
Championships… Sixth in Dave Schultz Memorial
International.
2002: Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials… Third in
Haparanda Cup (Sweden)…
2001: Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials… Second
in Armed Forces Championships… Second in
Granma Cup (Cuba)… Third in Haparanda Cup...
2000: CISM Military World Bronze Medalist…
Fourth in U.S. Olympic Team Trials… Armed
Forces champion… Third in West Regional
Olympic Team Trials qualifier… Third in
Haparanda Cup (Sweden)… Fifth in Dave Schultz
Memorial International.
College: Attended the Univ. of Minnesota for one
year, where he was coached by J Robinson.
High School: Attended South Saint Paul High
School... Two-time state champion (1997-98)...
Third in 1998 High School Senior Nationals…
Personal: Son of Tamara Clark... Brother Joey is
a former wrestler and a former U.S. Marine who is
active in mixed martial arts... Hobbies include
playing blackjack and poker... Holds a rank of
Staff Sgt. in the U.S. Air Force… Previously was a
Sgt. in the U.S. Marine Corps...
Justin Ruiz
96 kg/211.5 lbs.
Residence: Boise,
Idaho
Club: New York AC
College: Nebraska
High School: Salt
Lake City, Utah
(Taylorsville)
Born: Aug. 9, 1979
Height: 5-11
2010: Third in
Pytlasinki
International… U.S. World Team Trials champi-
on… Pan American Championships gold medal-
ist… U.S. Open champion… Dave Schultz
Memorial International champion…
2009: New York AC International Open champi-
on…
2008: Second in U.S. Olympic Team Trials… U.S.
Nationals champion… Slovenia Grand Prix cham-
pion… Pan American Championships gold medal-
ist… Dave Schultz Memorial champion…
2007: New York AC Holiday International champi-
on… DNP in World Championships… Member of
World team champions… Pan American Games
gold medalist… U.S. World Team Trials champi-
on… Pan American Championships gold medal-
ist… U.S. Nationals champion… Third in Gedz
Tournament (Serbia)… Dave Schultz Memorial
International champion…
2006: New York AC Holiday International Open
champion… DNP in World Championships… U.S.
World Team Trials champion…U.S. Nationals
champion…
2005: World bronze medalist… U.S. World Team
Trials champion… U.S. Nationals champion…
2004: New York AC Christmas International
champion… Second in U.S. Olympic Team
Trials… U.S. Nationals champion…
2003: Second in World Cup… DNP in World
Championships… Second in Pan American
Games… Second in U.S. World Team Trials…
Fourth in U.S. Nationals.
2002: Second in U.S. World Team Trials…
Second in U.S. Nationals.
1999: Fifth in 1999 U.S. Nationals.
College: Attended the Univ. of Nebraska, where
he was coached by Mark Manning... Fifth in 2002
and 2003 NCAA Championships...
High School: Attended Taylorsville High School...
Three-time state champion...
Personal: Son of Joe and Carrie Ruiz... Has two
brothers, Brandon and Jared... He and his wife,
Sarah, were married on Oct. 15, 2005… They
have one daughter, Brinklee…
 U.S. GRECO-ROMAN WORLD TEAM

Dremiel Byers
120 kg/264.5 lbs.
Residence: Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Club: U.S. Army
College: North Carolina
A&T
High School: Kings
Mountain (N.C.)
Born: Sept. 11, 1974
Height: 6-2

2010: Pytlasinki
International champi-
on… U.S. World Team Trials champion… Granma
Cup champion… Dave Schultz Memorial
International champion… Second in Podubbny
Grand Prix…
2009: World silver medalist... U.S. World Team
Trials champion… Ion Corneanu Memorial cham-
pion… Second in Pytlasinski International… U.S. Dremiel Byers won a World title in
Nationals champion… Grand Prix of Slovenia
Greco-Roman wrestling in 2002.
champion… Second in Granma Cup (Cuba)…
Dave Schultz Memorial International champion…
Fifth in Vehbe Emri Grand Prix…
2008: Seventh in Olympic Games… U.S. Olympic U.S. WORLD
Team Trials champion… U.S. Nationals champi-
on… Haparanda Cup champion… Second in
GRECO TITLES
Hungary Grand Prix… Second in Dave Schultz Mike Houck (1985)
Memorial International…
2007: World bronze medalist… Member of World
Dennis Hall (1995)
Team Champions…Pan American Games silver Rulon Gardner (2001)
medalist… U.S. World Team Trials champion…
Third in U.S. Nationals… World Cup silver medal-
Dremiel Byers (2002)
ist… Dave Schultz Memorial International champi- Joe Warren (2006)
on… Team USA (2007)
2006: Ninth in World Championships… U.S.
World Team Trials champion… U.S. Nationals
champion…
2005: DNP in World Championships… CISM U.S. OLYMPIC
World Military champion (Lithuania)…
2004: Second in U.S. Olympic Team Trials…
GRECO TITLES
2003: Second in U.S. World Team Trials… Steve Fraser (1984)
2002: World champion… U.S. World Team Trials
champion… U.S. Nationals champion…
Jeff Blatnick (1984)
2001: World Cup champion… Second in U.S. Rulon Gardner (2000)
World Team Trials… Second in U.S. Nationals…
2000: Fourth in U.S. Olympic Team Trials…
1999: Sixth in World Championships… Contact information
1998: Fourth in U.S. World Team Trials…
1997: Fifth in U.S. World Team Trials… Any journalists who desire interviews with
College: Attended North Carolina A&T... U.S. athletes or coaches should contact
High School: Attended Kings Mountain High USA Wrestling’s Gary Abbott or Craig
School, where he was coached by Steve Moffitt... Sesker. Abbott can be reached by e-mail at
1993 North Carolina state champion... gabbott@usawrestling.org and Sesker can
Personal: Son of Beverly Byers and grandson of be reached at csesker@usawrestling.org.
the late Theodore Byers... They will be in Russia covering the event.
 U.S. FREESTYLE COACHES
Zeke Jones
National Coach
Jones was named the
National Freestyle
Coach for USA
Wrestling in September
2008.
Jones previously spent
three seasons as the
head coach at the
University of
Pennsylvania. Jones
coached Penn’s Matt
Valenti to back-to-back
NCAA titles in 2006 and 2007.
Jones was an Olympic Freestyle Coach for the
2004 U.S. Olympic Team, which competed in
Athens, Greece. The U.S. won three medals in
Athens, with a gold by Cael Sanderson and sil-
vers by Stephen Abas and Jamill Kelly.
Jones served as head coach for the American
team at the 2001 World Championships. The U.S.
placed fifth in the team standings and featured a
pair of silver medalists. Jones was the head
coach for a pair of U.S. teams that won champi-
onships at the World Cup. He was named
National Freestyle Coach of the Year by USA
Wrestling.
Jones was head coach of the 2003 Pan American
Games team, which won the team title and cap-
tured four individual gold medals. He also was on
the U.S. coaching staff for the 1996 and 2000
Olympic Games. Among the athletes he coached
were 1996 Olympic gold medalist Kendall Cross
and 2000 Olympic silver medalist Sammie
Henson.
Jones had an outstanding career at the interna-
tional level. He won a gold medal at the 1991
World Championships. Jones also claimed a silver
medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona,
Spain. He added a bronze medal at the 1995
World Championships. He placed fourth in the
1990 and 1993 World Championships. He was a
member of the U.S. squads that won World team
titles in 1993 and 1995.
Jones, a four-time World Cup champion, is a
Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling
Hall of Fame. Jones was voted “World’s Most
Technical Wrestler” by FILA.
Jones wrestled on the 1988 NCAA Championship
team at Arizona State, where he was a NCAA
finalist and was a three-time All-American for the
Sun Devils.
Jones and his wife, Renee, have four children,
Jessica, David, Rebecca and Jacob.
Bill Zadick
Assistant Coach
Zadick was hired as
Assistant National
Coach for USA
Wrestling in January
2009.
Zadick joins the U.S.
coaching staff after a
memorable career as a
competitor.
Zadick won a World
title in 2006 in
Guangzhou, China.
Zadick retired from competition after placing sec-
ond at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials.
Zadick had a standout collegiate career for the
University of Iowa.
He was a two-time All-American for the
Hawkeyes, capturing an NCAA title in 1996 while
wrestling under Dan Gable.
A native of Great Falls, Montana, Zadick won four
state titles for Great Falls High School.
Zadick’s younger brother, Mike, won a World sil-
ver medal in freestyle wrestling in 2006.
Zadick also competed in the 2001 World
Championships, placing seventh.
He was a runner-up at the U.S. Olympic Team
Trials in 2000 and 2008. He was a three-time
U.S. Nationals runner-up (2003, 2006, 2008) and
a two-time World Team Trials runner-up (1999,
2002).
Zadick was a U.S. Olympic Training Center
Resident athlete from 2004-2008, where his
freestyle career flourished on the mat under
Coach Terry Brands.
 U.S. FREESTYLE COACHES

Brandon Slay John Smith

Assistant Coach World Team Coach
Slay was hired as USA Smith served as a co-
Wrestling Assistant head coach for the
National Coach and 2000 U.S. Olympic
Freestyle Resident Team, which competed
Coach in January 2009. in Sydney, Australia.
Slay will guide the The U.S. won four indi-
Resident Program at vidual medals, includ-
the U.S. Olympic ing a gold medal from
Training Center in Brandon Slay.
Colorado Springs, Colo. He also served as
Slay turned in a sur- coach for the 1999
prise performance at U.S. World Team,
the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. He which competed in Ankara, Turkey, placing sec-
stunned many wrestling observers by winning an ond in the team standings and winning three
Olympic gold medal in 2000. Slay knocked off medals, including a gold medal by Stephen Neal.
Russia’s Bouvaisa Saitiev en route to the gold As coach of the 1998 U.S. World Team, the U.S.
medal. Saitiev won Olympic titles in 1996, 2004 placed third in the team standings in Tehran, Iran
and 2008. with three medals, including a gold medal by
A native of Amarillo, Texas, Slay was a two-time Sammie Henson.
NCAA runner-up competing for the Univ. of He also was a coach on the 2009 U.S. World
Pennsylvania, where he received a degree from Team.
the Wharton School of Business. He is currently the head coach at Oklahoma
Slay won three Texas state high school titles for State. He is the winningest coach in Oklahoma
Tascosa High School, and was an all-district foot- State history, and has led the Cowboys to five
ball player. NCAA team titles (1995, 2003-2006). He has
coached 23 NCAA individual champions and five
Olympians, including 2004 silver medalist Jamill
Terry Brands Kelly. Oklahoma State has won 10 Big 12 team
titles under Smith. Seven times, Smith has been
Big 12 Coach of the Year.
World Team Coach As an athlete, Smith was considered by many the
best freestyle wrestler in U.S. history. He claimed
Brands is an assistant gold medals at the 1988 and 1992 Olympic
wrestling coach at the Games, and won four World gold medals (1987,
University of Iowa. He 1989, 1990, 1991). His six straight World-level
works with his twin titles is unprecedented. He also won titles at the
brother and head coach Pan American Games (twice), Goodwill Games
Tom Brands to coach (twice) and the World Cup.
the powerful Hawkeye Smith won most of the major awards in amateur
program. athletics, including the James E. Sullivan Award,
Brands served as the the USOC SportsMan of the Year and the World
USA Wrestling National Trophy. He was FILA Wrestler of the Year in
Freestyle Resident 1991, and won the 1990 FILA Master of
Coach and Assistant Technique Award. He is a member of the FILA
National Freestyle Coach from 2005-2008. International Hall of Fame and the National
He coached 2006 World Champion Bill Zadick Wrestling Hall of Fame, along with many other
and 2008 Olympic Champion Henry Cejudo. major honors.
Brands was one of the nation's greatest freestyle Smith was a two-time NCAA champion for
wrestlers, winning World gold medals in 1993 in Oklahoma State (1987-88) and a three-time All-
Toronto, Canada and in 1995 in Atlanta, Ga. at 57 American. He originally hails from Del City, Okla.,
kg/125.5 pounds. where he won two state high school titles.
In 2000, he made a comeback and won the U.S.
Olympic Team Trials in Dallas, Texas at 58
kg/127.75 lbs. He earned a bronze medal at the
2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.
 U.S. WOMEN’S COACHES
Terry Steiner
National Coach
Steiner was named USA
Wrestling’s full-time
National Women’s
Coach in April 2002, the
first in USA Wrestling’s
history.
He is responsible for the
training of America’s
elite women freestyle
wrestlers, as well as
coaching women
wrestlers who are
involved in the U.S. Olympic Training Center resi-
dent athlete program. He will also play an impor-
tant role in the development of women’s wrestling
in the United States.
For the first time, women’s wrestlers competed in
the Olympic Games in 2004. Sara McMann won a
silver medal and Patricia Miranda won a bronze
medal in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Since becoming USA Wrestling’s National
Women’s Coach, U.S. teams on international
tours have turned in outstanding performances.
At the 2003 World Championships in New York,
all seven U.S. women won medals. Kristie
Marano won a gold medal for the U.S. as it tied
Japan for the team title.
Steiner also led the U.S. to the title at the 2003
World Cup, where the Americans defeated host
Japan to capture the title.
Steiner also guided two other U.S. athletes to
World titles - Iris Smith in 2005 and Clarissa Chun
in 2008.
Steiner worked six years as an assistant wrestling
coach at Wisconsin. He helped develop a number
of top wrestlers, including two-time NCAA champi-
on Donny Pritzlaff.
He also spent two seasons as an assistant coach
at Oregon State.
Steiner placed second in the 1998 U.S. Nationals.
He finished fourth in the 1996 Olympic Trials and
fifth in the 2000 Olympic Trials. He won a gold
medal at the 1996 Pan American Championships.
Steiner was a 1993 NCAA champion for the
University of Iowa, where he wrestled for Dan
Gable. He was named Outstanding Wrestler of
the 1993 NCAAs.
He finished his college career as a three-time All-
American for the Hawkeyes. He received his
bachelor’s degree in social work from the
University of Iowa in 1993.
Steiner, originally from Bismarck, N.D., won two
state high school titles for Century High School.
Steiner and his wife, Jodi, have one daughter,
Raven.
Vladislav Izboinikov
Assistant Coach
Izboinikov was hired as
the Women’s Resident
Coach by USA
Wrestling in June 2005.
Izboinikov, called
“Coach Izzy” by his
athletes, served 10
years as a teacher and
wrestling coach at
Yucca Valley High
School in California.
Izboinikov is a Silver
level certified coach with USA Wrestling’s
National Coaches Education Program.
He has coached U.S. women’s wrestling teams
on foreign tours, and has participated in training
camps with the women’s program.
Since he joined the women’s staff, the U.S. has
crowned individual World champions in Iris Smith
(2005) and Clarissa Chun (2008).
He competed as an athlete and earned his
coaching degrees in his native Russia. Among his
top achievements was a second-place finish in
the Russian Junior National/World Team Tryouts
in 1989.
Izboinikov received his bachelor’s degree in
physical education from Moscow State University
of Physical Education in 1993. He also received
his Wrestling Coach diploma in Russia in 1993.
He came to the United States in 1993.
Izboinikov is married, and his wife’s name is
Pam. They have one son, Dimitri, and one
daughter, Alyssa.
 U.S. WOMEN’S COACHES
Link Davis
World Team Coach
Davis serves as assistant
wrestling coach for
Oklahoma City
University, where he has
helped build its women’s
wrestling program into a
national power. He works
in all aspects of both
men’s and women’s pro-
grams.
With Davis’ guidance,
OCU has won two con-
secutive WCWA Women’s national team titles and
was second at the nationals the previous season.
In three seasons, OCU women’s wrestlers have
won eight individual WCWA national titles. Four
OCU women’s wrestlers qualified for the 2008
Olympic Trials.
Davis has helped coach the U.S. Senior team
which competed at the 2010 Canada Cup, as well
as the 2010 Junior World team which competed in
Hungary. He also helped coach a WCWA college
team which competed at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Davis has coached a number of other teams that
have competed in Canadian tournaments.
Previously, Davis was a high-school assistant in
El Reno, Okla., in 2005-06. Davis had been a
head coach at Broken Arrow, Okla., from 2002-05.
Davis coached four-time state champion Brandon
Tucker and three-time state champ Shane Vernon
at Broken Arrow. Before then, Davis was also a
head coach at Poteau, Okla.
Davis was named Oklahoma Coaches Association
assistant coach of the year in 2002 after helping
Broken Arrow win the dual state championship.
With Oklahoma USA Wrestling, Davis was also an
assistant for Oklahoma’s three-time Junior
National Dual champion and 2001 runner-up
teams.
As a college wrestler, Davis was a member of
Central Oklahoma’s 1996 NCAA Division II run-
ner-up squad.
He is married to Kristie Davis, a two-time World
champion and nine-time World medalist in
women’s freestyle wrestling, and a member of the
2010 U.S. World Team.
Keith Wilson
World Team Coach
Wilson was a World
Team coach with the
2008 U.S. Women’s
World Team in Tokyo,
Japan, which placed
fourth in the World team
standings and featured
gold-medalist Clarissa
Chun and bronze-medal-
ist Tatiana Padilla.
He was also a coach
with the 2009 U.S.
World Cup Team, which competed in Taiyuan,
China. The U.S. was fifth in the standings with a
2-2 team record. He was a member of the 2008
U.S. Olympic team staff, and has also coached at
the Pan American Championships.
He also served as World Team coach in 2009.
Wilson is the personal coach for 2008 World
champion and 2008 Olympian Clarissa Chun,
and has worked directly on a regular basis with a
number of other national-caliber women
wrestlers.
He has been a club coach with the Sunkist Kids
since 2001. The Sunkist Kids placed second at
the 2009 U.S. Nationals, led by three individual
champions.
Wilson is the owner and a coach at Rough House
MMA and Fitness in Colorado Springs, Colo. He
opened the club this year, which specializes in
wrestling, No-Gi Grappling, Jiu-Jitsu, Muay-Thai,
kickboxing, boxing and personal fitness.
Wilson was a member of the Greco-Roman Team
USA four times during his competitive career,
placing second in the World Team Trials in 2001,
and third in 1994, 1995 and 1997. He was sec-
ond at the U.S. Nationals twice during his career.
Wilson also won a bronze medal at the 1998 Pan
American Championships and was fifth in the
1996 World Cup.
He competed for the U.S. Marines for nine years
and the U.S. Army for five years during his
career. He was third in the 1991 World Military
Championships in freestyle, and was a medalist
at the Armed Forces Championships a number of
times.
Wilson has also competed in No-Gi Grappling
and Mixed Martial Arts during his competitive
career.
He attended the Univ of Oklahoma for two years
under coach Jack Spates, and was a starter on
the varsity team. Wilson is originally from
Manassas, Va., where he was third in the state
for Stonewall Jackson High School.
 U.S. GRECO-ROMAN COACHES
Steve Fraser
National Coach
Fraser joined USA
Wrestling as the
National Greco-Roman
Coach in October 1995.
Fraser led the U.S. to its
only team title in World
Championships history
when the Americans
captured the title in
2007 in Baku,
Azerbaijan. Brad Vering
(silver), Harry Lester
(bronze) and Dremiel Byers (bronze) each won
medals as the U.S. egded Russia by one point for
the team title.
Fraser also was in the corner when Rulon
Gardner shocked the World by knocking off three-
time Olympic champion Alexander Karelin in the
2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. Karelin
was unbeaten in international competition before
suffering a loss to Gardner in the Olympic finals.
Gardner also won an Olympic bronze medal in
2004 in Athens, Greece.
Fraser coached Gardner to a World title in 2001,
and also helped guide Dremiel Byers (2002) and
Joe Warren (2006) to World titles.
Fraser won a gold medal for the U.S. at the 1984
Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He became the
first U.S. wrestler to win an Olympic title in Greco-
Roman wrestling. He beat three-time World cham-
pion Frank Andersson of Sweden en route to win-
ning his Olympic title.
He also was a member of the 1979 and 1982 U.S.
World Teams. He won a gold medal at the 1983
Pan American Games.
Fraser was inducted into the National Wrestling
Hall of Fame in 1994.
He was named USA Wrestling Athlete of the Year
in 1984, and was a finalist for the James E.
Sullivan Award that year.
He was a two-time All-American for the University
of Michigan. He earned a bachelor’s degree in
physical education in 1980.
He was a Michigan state high school champion
for Hazel Park High School.
Fraser was an assistant coach at the University of
Michigan from 1980-87, and at Eastern Michigan
from 1987-93. He also coached the Michigan
Wrestling Club for 10 years.
He has three children, Kellen, Kerrin and Hannah.
Momir Petkovic
Assistant Coach
Petkovic joined USA
Wrestling as its
Assistant National
Greco-Roman Coach in
May 2002.
Petkovic assists in the
training and recruitment
of athletes for the U.S.
Olympic Training
Center resident athlete
program.
Petkovic helped guide
the U.S. to its first World Championships team
title in American history in 2007 in Baku,
Azerbaijan. Two of the U.S. wrestlers Petkovic
worked closely with - Brad Vering (second) and
Lindsey Durlacher (fifth) - turned in key perform-
ances that led to that historic team victory.
He also coached Joe Warren to a World title in
2006 in Guangzhou, China, and coached Adam
Wheeler to an Olympic bronze medal in 2008 in
Beijing, China.
Petkovic was a 1976 Olympic gold medalist in
Greco-Roman wrestling, competing for the former
Yugoslavia. He also claimed three World silver
medals in 1978, 1979 and 1981, and a World
bronze medal in 1977.
Petkovic placed fourth at the 1984 Olympic
Games in Los Angeles. He wrestled international-
ly in Greco-Roman from 1970-84.
He came to the United States in 1986. He served
as a club coach for the New York Athletic Club for
six years.
He was a member of the 2000 U.S. Greco-
Roman Olympic Team coaching staff, as well as
the 2001 U.S. Greco-Roman World Team coach-
ing staff. The U.S. placed third at both competi-
tions.
Petkovic also assisted at the 1988 U.S. Olympic
Training Camp in Big Bear, Calif., and also
helped prepare the 1991 U.S. Greco-Roman
World Team.
Petkovic and his wife have one son, Sasha, and
one daughter, Irona.
 U.S. GRECO-ROMAN COACHES
Rob Hermann
World Team Coach
Hermann has recently
been named the head
coach for USA
Wrestling's Greco-
Roman program at the
U.S. Olympic Education
Center at Northern
Michigan University. He
will officially assume his
duties at Northern
Michigan on August 16.
Hermann served as the
head coach of the 1996 U.S. Olympic team, which
won three silver medals at the Atlanta Olympic
Games. Capturing silver medals were Brandon
Paulson (52 kg), Dennis Hall (57 kg) and Matt
Ghaffari (130 kg). He was also the assistant
coach of the 2000 U.S. Olympic team, which won
three medals in the Sydney Olympic Games,
including Olympic champion Rulon Gardner (130
kg), silver medalist Matt Lindland (76 kg) and
bronze medalist Garrett Lowney (97 kg).
He was also head coach of the 1993 U.S. World
Team, which was 14th at the World
Championships. Hermann also was an assistant
coach with the 1994 and 1997 U.S. World Teams.
He was the head coach of the 1995 Pan
American Games team which placed second.
Hermann also served as head coach of the 1990
Pan American Championships team and the 1992
World Cup team. He was also coach of the 1991
and 1995 U.S. CISM World Military teams.
Since 1983, he has served the head coach of the
All-Navy team, where he has developed a number
of nationally ranked athletes. Among the athletes
he worked with was 2008 Olympic bronze medal-
ist Adam Wheeler.
He was named USA Wrestling Greco-Roman
Coach of the Year in both 1992 and 1996.
Hermann is a gold certified coach with USA
Wrestling’s National Coaches Education Program,
the highest level of achievement.
As an athlete, Hermann competed on three U.S.
World teams and won a bronze medal at the 1983
Pan American Games. He won four U.S. Senior
national titles, and competed in five World Cups.
During his career, Hermann was a CISM World
Military champion, and captured 11 Armed Forces
titles. He was named 1984 and 1992 Navy Athlete
of the Year. Hermann was a 12-time All-Navy
Wrestling champion. He hails from Crystal River,
Fla., where he was a 1976 Florida state high
school champion...
Dan Hicks
World Team Coach
Hicks serves as the
head coach of the U.S.
Marine Corps wrestling
team, which is sta-
tioned in Camp
LeJeune, N.C. He has
served as head coach
of the All-Marine
wrestling team since
2004.
Hicks has coached a
number of Greco-
Roman Team USA members during his years as
the coach of the U.S. Marine Corps. His teams
have placed second in the Armed Forces
Championships every year since 2004.
He also served as a coach for the 2007 Pan
American Games team, which competed in Rio
de Janiero, Brazil. The U.S. won six medals,
including gold medals from Harry Lester, Brad
Vering and Justin Ruiz. Hicks was also a member
of the 2006 U.S. Greco-Roman World Team
coaching staff.
Hicks has served as assistant coach for the U.S.
CISM World Military Championships team three
times. He coached the 2007 U.S. CISM team
which competed in the CISM Games in
Hyderabad, India. He also coached the 2008 U.S.
CISM team which competed in Split, Croatia. He
is also coaching the 2010 U.S. CISM team which
is competing in Lahti, Finland in mid-August.
He has coached numerous U.S. teams in interna-
tional competition, leading teams which have
competed in Sweden, Finland, France, Poland,
Serbia and Greece.
Hicks holds a rank of Major with the U.S. Marine
Corps. He has served overseas with the U.S.
Marine Corps fleet during his military career.
As an athlete, Hicks was a successful internation-
al wrestler competing for the U.S. Marine Corps.
He qualified for five Greco-Roman national
teams, and was second in the 1998 World Team
Trials. He was a placewinner in the U.S. Olympic
Team Trials three times (1996, 2000, 2004).
Hicks was second in the 1999 U.S. Senior
Nationals, and placed third in the national cham-
pionships three times (1997, 2002, 2004). He
was a 1996 World Cup bronze medalist.
Hicks was a five-time Armed Forces Greco-
Roman champion during his career. In 2000, he
won a bronze medal at the CISM Military World
Championships, and in 1999, he placed fourth in
the CISM Military World Games...
 STORY IDEAS FOR WORLDS
Jake Herbert (top) won a World silver medal in freestyle in 2009.
10 STORY IDEAS FOR
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS:
1. Herbert back for more - Jake Herbert
won a silver medal in his first trip to Worlds
in 2009. He’s the lone returning U.S. World
Team member in freestyle in 2010. He
recently won a silver medal at the Heydar
Aliyev Grand Prix event in Azerbaijan.
2. Byers seeking 2nd World title - 2002
World champion Dremiel Byers has won
bronze and silver medals in his last two
trips to Worlds. He was second in 2009,
and has looked strong this season. He
recently beat 2004 Olympic champion
Khasan Baroev from Russia.
3. New name, same goal for Davis -
Kristie Davis, formerly Kristie Marano, is
headed to her 10th World tournament.
She’s won a record nine medals, including
two World titles.
4. Zadick primed to win gold - 2006
World silver medalist Mike Zadick has put
together a superb season and is looking
like a contender for a World title.
5. Padilla looking for more hardware -
Tatiana Padilla is just 19, but she already
owns World finishes of third and fifth in
women’s freestyle. She narrowly missed
making the finals of the 2009 Worlds.
6. Ruiz back on Greco World Team -
Justin Ruiz has returned after a year off
and landed a spot on his fifth World Team
in Greco-Roman wrestling. He won a
World bronze medal in 2005 and has wres-
tled well this season.
7. Clark aiming high - Jake Clark has
made his second World Team. The former
U.S. Marines wrestler is now with the U.S.
Air Force. Clark has long been one of the
most talented Greco wrestlers in the World
and is focused on winning his first medal.
8. Warrior mentality pays off for Sigman
- Les Sigman beat out former college rival
Tervel Dlagnev, a 2009 World bronze
medalist, to make his first World Team.
Sigman has beaten two World medalists
and two Olympians this season.
9. Elena ready to reach the podium -
Russian-born Elena Pirozhkova returns to
her roots for the Worlds. She is seeking
her first medal in her third trip to this event.
10. Metcalf set for the big stage - Two-
time NCAA champion Brent Metcalf shifts
his focus to the international level. Metcalf
placed third in the recent event in Baku.