Dremiel Byers
Dremiel D. Byers ( born September 11, 1974 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American professional wrestler. He was world champion in 2002 in the super heavyweight (up to 120 kg body weight) in Greco- Roman style.
Career
Dremiel Byers grew up in Kings Mountain, NC, on and worked there at a high school with football and wrestling. Where he does not seriously ran the rings. After high school, he attended North Carolina A & T College, where he still participated at the regional level in some championships in wrestling. He was also due to its excellent physical condition for a heavyweight wrestler then coach of the U.S. national team wrestler in the Greco-Roman style Steve Fraser on that caused that he entered in 1996 in the U.S. Army and a World Class Athlete Program the Army could participate at Fort Benning. Dremiel Byers is now Staff Sergeant U.S. Army.
As early as 1997 zeitigte this training his first success, because he was this year champion of the U.S. Army in the super heavyweight division. This title he also won 1999. 1999 he also became the first American champion in the super heavyweight division. In the same year, his international career began. He finished at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg in the super heavyweight behind Hector Milian of Cuba 2nd place. He was then also used in the World Cup of 2000 in Athens. In Athens won and he lost two fights and was on the 6th Place.
From 2000 to 2004 Dremiel Byers fought regularly against Rulon Gardner for supremacy in the Super Heavyweight in the United States. The battle for this supremacy was indeed discharged sporty fair, but since only one could take part of the two wrestlers on the international championships, was fought very hard for it. In 2000 Dremiel Byers was indeed American champion, but lost in the Olympic excretion against Rulon Gardner, who then in Sydney was launched and is known there dethroned the king Russian wrestler Alexander Karelin.
2001 lost Dremiel Byers against Rulon Gardner in both the U.S. Championships and in the excretion for the world championship against Rulon Gardner. 2002 but sat Dremiel Byers both in the United States Championship and the World Cup qualifier by and represented the USA then at the World Championships in Moscow. There he showed his best side and was with five wins world champion in Greco-Roman super heavyweight. In the decisive battle he defeated while Mihaly Deak - Bardos of Hungary.
When U.S. Champion 2003 Dremiel Byers started at the Pan American Championships this year in Guatemala City. He won there before Mijaín López Núñez from Cuba. In the 2003 World Cup he did not play.
In 2004 he fought against Rulon Gardner at the U.S. Championship and to the right to start at the Olympic Games in Athens. How doggedly this fight was done, it can be seen from the fact that both decisions were played in the best of five system. In the United States Championship Dremiel Byers won 3-2 and at the U.S. Olympic excretion Rulon Gardner won 3-2. This Dremiel Byers missed for the second start in the Olympics.
Following the resignation of Rulon Gardner after the 2004 Olympics was Dremiel Byers 2005, 2006 and again in 2008 American Champion Super Heavyweight, only 2007, he had to settle for third place finish. At the 2005 World Championships in Budapest, he left after his second fight in which he was beaten by Georgi Tsurtsumia from Kazakhstan and only came on the 13th Place.
2006 once Dremiel Byers at the Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro behind Mijaín López Núñez 2nd place, but came at the World Championships in Guangzhou / China to a victory over Wladimir Guralski from Israel and a defeat against Ismail Güzel from Turkey only 9th place. At the Pan American Games in 2007, which were again held in Rio de Janeiro, he lost in the final battle again against Mijaín López Núñez. But with the 2007 World Championships in Baku, he succeeded again a medal win. He was there after he had lost in the semifinals against the Olympic champion from 2004 Khassan Barojew from Russia with four wins bronze medalist.
In 2008 Dremiel Byers finally managed to qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing, he won his first two fights against Alexander Tschernetzki from Ukraine and Liu Deli from China, but he lost in the quarterfinals against Jalmar Sjöberg from Sweden. As Sjoberg retired in Halbfinala, Dremiel Byers got no chance to struggle for a medal. He thus came on the 7th Place.
International success
(all competitions in the Greco-Roman style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, Super Heavyweight, up to 2001 up to 130 kg, Heavyweight, since 2002 up to 120 kg body weight)
U.S. Championships
1997 5th Place 1998, 4th place in 1999, 1st place, 2000, 4th place 2001, 2nd place, 2002, 1st place, 2003, 1st in 2004, 1st place, 2005 1st place, 2006 1st, 2007 3rd place, 2008 1st place
U.S. Army Championship
1997, 1st place, 1999, 1st place, 2000, 1st place, 2003, 1st in 2004, 1st in 2005, 1st place, 2006 1st place
Swell
- Journal The wrestler from 1998 to 2008
- Website " wrestlingteam.teamusa.org "