Draft:Jax Forrest: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 52: | Line 52: | ||
! Location |
! Location |
||
|- |
|- |
||
! style=background:white colspan=7 |{{small| 2024 US Olympic Team Trials 4th at 57 kg}} |
! style=background:white colspan=7 |{{small| [[2024 US Olympic Team Trials (wrestling)|2024 US Olympic Team Trials]] 4th at [[2024 US Olympic Team Trials (wrestling)#57 kg|57 kg]]}} |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|{{no2}}Loss |
|{{no2}}Loss |
||
| Line 59: | Line 59: | ||
|style="font-size:88%"|1–8 |
|style="font-size:88%"|1–8 |
||
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|April 19–20, 2024 |
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|April 19–20, 2024 |
||
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2024 US Olympic Team Trials |
|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|[[2024 US Olympic Team Trials (wrestling)|2024 US Olympic Team Trials]] |
||
|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| |
|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=5| |
||
{{flagicon|USA}} [[State College, Pennsylvania]] |
{{flagicon|USA}} [[State College, Pennsylvania]] |
||
Revision as of 01:35, 26 April 2024
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jaxen Patrick Forrest | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| Home town | Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle and Folkstyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Bishop McCort High School | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Howard Forrest | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
Jaxen Patrick Forrest (born 2006) is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 57 kilograms.[1] In freestyle, he is a U17 World Championship finalist.[2]
Career
High school
Born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Forrest moved to Johnstown, Pennsylvania to attend Bishop McCort High School, where he is currently a sophomore.[3] A PIAA state champion, Forrest holds a 21–2 record in collegiate competition, and has won multiple collegiate open tournaments.[4] Competing in the freestyle age-groups, he claimed a U17 World silver medal in 2022.[5]
In April, 2024, Forrest made his senior level debut and qualified to the US Olympic Team Trials by claiming the US Last Chance Qualifier crown, racking up dominant wins over NCAA champion Nathan Tomasello, veteran Josh Rodriguez and All-American Devan Turner.[6]
Later in the month, Forrest competed at the US Olympic Team Trials, where after defeating All-American Liam Cronin, he suffered a close loss to World champion Thomas Gilman.
Freestyle record
References
- ^ "Despite team's bus being showered with bullets, Greeley Central's Andrew Alirez unflappable, winning Pan Am wrestling title in Brazil". Greeley Tribune. 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
- ^ "Forrest, Joseph highlight men's freestyle champions at Last Chance Olympic Team Trials Qualifier". www.themat.com. 2024-04-07. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ Tribune-Democrat, Eric Knopsnyder For The (2021-11-05). "'Going to sting': Bishop McCort wrestlers, parents call District 6 penalties unfair". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ Tribune-Democrat, The (2023-11-19). "Bishop McCort's Bo Bassett, Jax Forrest earn Millersville College Open titles". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "Jax Forrest named USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week presented by U.S. Air Force Special Warfare". www.themat.com. 2024-04-10. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ Tribune-Democrat, The (2024-04-08). "WATCH VIDEO: Bishop McCort sophomore Jax Forrest qualifies for United States Olympic Trials". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved 2024-04-19.