Kyle Dake
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Weight | 141, 149, 157, 165 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ithaca, New York | February 25, 1991|||||||||||||||||||||||
High school | Lansing HS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
State championships | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
College | Cornell University | |||||||||||||||||||||||
NCAA championships | 4 NCAA titles in 4 different weight classes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kyle Dake is an American world champion freestyle wrestler and former folkstyle wrestler. As a folkstyle wrestler, Dake was only the third wrestler to win four NCAA Division I national titles and the first to do so in four different weight classes.[1]
Folkstyle
Dake competed for the wrestling team at Cornell University. Between 2010 and 2013, he became only the third wrestler to win four NCAA Division I titles. Among four-time champions, Dake is the only one to win each title in four different weight classes, and the only one to forgo a year of not officially competing.[2]
Following his final season, WIN Magazine awarded Dake the Dan Hodge Trophy as the most outstanding college wrestler.[3]
Freestyle
At the 2018 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Dake won a world gold medal at the 79 kg weight class.
At the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Dake took home his second straight gold medal, beating Jabrayil Hasanov for the second straight year. “I know he is a strong opponent and he is very good in tie-ups and clinches as well as front headlock,” said Dake of Hasanov.[4]
Freestyle Record
Awards and honors
- 2019
Grand Prix of Spain (79 kg)
- 2018
World Wrestling Championships (79 kg)
World Cup Championships (79 kg)
Yasar Dogu (79 kg)
Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix (79 kg)
- 2017
Grand Prix of Paris (74 kg)
- 2014
Granma Cup (74 kg)
- 2013
- Sports Illustrated Male College Athlete of the Year[5]
- Dan Hodge Trophy winner
- NCAA Division I Championships Outstanding Wrestler
NCAA Division I (165 lbs)
EIWA conference (165 lbs)
- 2012
NCAA Division I (157 lbs)
EIWA conference (157 lbs)
- 2011
NCAA Division I (149 lbs)
EIWA conference (149 lbs)
- 2010
NCAA Division I (141 lbs)
EIWA conference (141 lbs)
Footnotes
- ^ "Kyle Dake wins NCAA title in fourth weight class". CNN. 2013-03-24.
- ^ Velasco, Haley (2012-03-22). "With a Third Title, Cornell Wrestler Kyle Dake Records a First - NYTimes.com". Thequad.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
- ^ "Kyle Dake wins 2013 Dan Hodge Trophy - WIN Magazine: Wrestling News". www.win-magazine.com. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ https://fight-library.com/2019/09/25/kyle-dake-world-gold-russian-wrestling-and-life-after-wrestling/
- ^ "Cornell's Kyle Dake wins SI's male College Athlete of the Year award". CNN. 2013-05-22.