Adam Wheeler

Adam Wheeler ( born March 24, 1981 in Lancaster, California) is an American professional wrestler. He won a bronze medal in Greco-Roman at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Style in the light heavyweight division.

Career

Adam Wheeler grew up in Lancaster, where he attended the High School, where he began the struggle even when coach John Einsel. At the age of 18 he joined the Coast Guard of the U.S. Navy. He was also there for the wrestling team and participated between 2001 and 2004 several times to the Navy Championships in Greco-Roman. Style, which he occupied seats between two and four. Adam Wheeler, who is 1.91 m tall, now lives in Colorado Springs, where is the power center of the U.S. wrestlers. He belongs to the Gator Wrestling Club. Throughout his career, he had a variety of coaches: Steve Radford, John Eisel, Neal Rodak and Rob Herman and in the national team Ivan Ivanov, Anatoly Petrosyan and Momir Petkovic.

In 2004 he began a psychology and Kriminilastikstudium at Northern Michigan University. In 2004, he also qualified for the U.S. team that participated in the World Universities Championships in Lodz. He could in Lodz but not in his ancestral weight class, the light heavyweight compete (up to 96 kg body weight), but had in the heavyweight (up to 120 kg body weight) to be launched. Disadvantaged by a corresponding Gewichtsknachteil he took there the 10th Place.

In 2004 he also participated in the U.S. Championship light heavyweight and finished 5th and arrived at the United States Olympic excretion ( Trials ) for the games in Athens on the 4th Place. He participated also in the years to come regularly to the USA Championships and was from 2005 to 2007 each American runner and came in 2008 to 3rd place in the light heavyweight division. In the excretions for participation in the World Championships, he finished in 2005 and 2007 and second place in 2006 to fourth place.

Adam Wheeler in 2006 represented the United States at the Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro and came in the light heavyweight ( Greco-Roman. Style) behind the Cubans Alain Rivas to 2nd place.

In 2008, then at the U.S. Olympic Trials for the Beijing Games in the light heavyweight succeeded his old rival RC To defeat Johnson and Justin Ruiz and to qualify for the Beijing Games.

In Beijing he defeated Lajos Virag of Hungary and Jiang Huachen from China on points and met in the semifinals of the German Mirko Englich, he lost to in two rounds. In the battle for the bronze medal he defeated then sure Han Tae -Young from Korea on points.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, GR = Greek and Roman. Styles, Hs = light heavyweight, S = Heavy weight)

  • 2004 10th Place, Universities Championships in Lodz, GR, S; Winner: Alireza Garibi, Iran before Andrei Czech Frankowski, Belarus;
  • 2005, 2nd place, " Nikola Petrov " tournament in Sofia, GR, Hs, behind Vladimir Metodiew, Bulgaria and before Kaonstantin Batajew, Russia and Koutsioubas Georgios, Greece;
  • 2005, 1st Place, New York Athletic Club Tournament, GR, Hs, before Philip Johnston and Stas Shamota, bde. USA;
  • 2006, 4th place, " Dave Schultz " Memorial in Colorado Springs, GR, Hs, behind Jimmy Lidberg, Sweden, Kaloyan Dinchew, Bulgaria and Mohamed Abdel Fattah, Egypt;
  • 2006, 2nd place, Pan American Championship in Rio de Janeiro, GR, Hs, behind Alain Rivas, Cuba & before Erwin Caballero, Venezuela and Manuel Nunez, Dom. Rep.;
  • 2007 5th Place, " Pytlasiński " tournament in Warsaw, GR, Hs, behind Georgi Koutsioubas and Theodoros Tousounidis, bde. Greece, Balazs Kiss, Hungary and Rami Hietaniemi, Finland;
  • 2007, 3rd place, New - York -City Athletic Club Tournament, GR, Hs, behind Justin Ruiz and RC Johnson, bde. USA & before Philip Johnston, USA;
  • 2008, 2nd place, " Dave Schultz " Memorial in Colorado Springs, GR, Hs, behind Justin Ruiz, USA & before Deberney Andrzej, Poland and Daigoro Timoncini, Italy;
  • 2008, bronze medal, OS in Beijing, GR, Hs, behind Aslanbek Chuschtow, Russia & Mirko Englich, Germany, together with Assat Mambetow, Kazakhstan

Countries fighting

  • 2005 in Fort Carson, United States against Belarus, GR, Hs, shoulder defeat against Vyacheslav Makarenko,
  • 2005 in Fort Carson, United States against U.S. A, GR, Hs, point winner over Justin Ruiz,
  • 2008 in Szombathely, USA against Korea, GR, Hs, shoulder winner over Park Kung- Rak,
  • 2008 in Szombathely, USA against Iran, GR, Hs, point defeat against Mohammad Ghorbani,
  • 2008 in Szombathely, USA against Hungary, GR, Hs, point winner over Balazs Kiss

USA Championships

  • 2004 5th Place, GR, Hs,
  • 2005, 2nd place, GR, Hs, behind Justin Ruiz,
  • 2006, 2nd place, GR, Hs, behind Justin Ruiz,
  • 2007, 2nd place, GR, Hs, behind Justin Ruiz,
  • 2008, 3rd place, GR, Hs, behind Justin Ruiz and RC Johnson

U.S. american. OS or World Cup Trials

  • 2004, 4th place, GR, Hs,
  • 2005, 2nd place, GR, Hs, behind Justin Ruiz,
  • 2006, 4th place, GR, Hs,
  • 2007, 2nd place, GR, Hs, behind Justin Ruiz,
  • 2008, 1st Place, GR, Hs, before Justin Ruiz and R. C. Johnson

Swell

  • Journal The wrestler from the years 2000 to 2008
  • Website " www.iat.uni -leipzig.de "
  • Website " themat.com "
  • Website by Adam Wheeler

Weblink

  • Website by Adam Wheeler
  • Profile of Adam Wheeler at the Institute for Applied Training Science
  • Americans
  • Ringer (United States)
  • Olympian (United States)
  • Born in 1981
  • Man
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