JAKE VARNER
2016-17 Team USA Ranking: No. 2 at 97 kg/213 lbs.
Years on Team USA: 7 (2008-13, 2014-17)
Residence: State College, Pa.
Club: Nittany Lion WC
College: Iowa State
High School: Bakersfield, Calif.
Born: March 24, 1986
Height: 6-1
Career Highlights
- 2012 Olympic gold medalist
- 2011 World bronze medalist
- 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion
- Three time World Team Trials champion (2009, 2011, 2014)
- 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up
- 2014 U.S. Open Champion
- 2011 Pan American Games champion
- Two-time NCAA champion (2009, 2010)
Career Biography
2016: Second at U.S. Olympic Team Trials… Silver medal at Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix…
2015: Second in U.S. World Team Trials… Second in U.S. Open…
2014: DNP in World Championships… Third in Golden Grand Prix (Azerbaijan)… U.S. World Team Trials champion… U.S. Open champion…
2013: Second in Dan Kolov International…
2012: Olympic gold medalist… Canada Cup champion… U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion… Third in Ivan Yarygin Memorial…
2011: Pan American Games champion… Third in World Championships… Ion Corneanu Memorial champion… U.S. World Team Trials champion… U.S. Open champion… Fifth in Ivan Yarygin Memorial…
2010: Second in New York AC International… Second in World Team Trials… Second in U.S. Open…
2009: Ninth in World Championships… U.S. World Team Trials champion… U.S. Nationals champion…
2008: Third in U.S. Olympic Team Trials… Seventh in U.S. Nationals…
USA Age-group: 2005 FILA Junior World Team member… Third in 2004 Junior Nationals in freestyle…
College: 2009 and 2010 NCAA champion for Iowa State… Second in 2007 and 2008 NCAA Championships… 2008 and 2010 Big 12 champion…
High School: Two-time California high-school state champion… Outstanding wrestler at 2005 California state tournament… Career record of 159-10 with 132 falls…
Personal: Son of Steve and Renee Varner… Married his wife, Brittany, on June 9, 2014…
Note: Wrestled in one event in 2013 before taking rest of year off from competition…
2016-17 Team USA Ranking: No. 2 at 97 kg/213 lbs.
Years on Team USA: 7 (2008-13, 2014-17)
Residence: State College, Pa.
Club: Nittany Lion WC
College: Iowa State
High School: Bakersfield, Calif.
Born: March 24, 1986
Height: 6-1
Career Highlights
- 2012 Olympic gold medalist
- 2011 World bronze medalist
- 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion
- Three time World Team Trials champion (2009, 2011, 2014)
- 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up
- 2014 U.S. Open Champion
- 2011 Pan American Games champion
- Two-time NCAA champion (2009, 2010)
Career Biography
2016: Second at U.S. Olympic Team Trials… Silver medal at Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix…
2015: Second in U.S. World Team Trials… Second in U.S. Open…
2014: DNP in World Championships… Third in Golden Grand Prix (Azerbaijan)… U.S. World Team Trials champion… U.S. Open champion…
2013: Second in Dan Kolov International…
2012: Olympic gold medalist… Canada Cup champion… U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion… Third in Ivan Yarygin Memorial…
2011: Pan American Games champion… Third in World Championships… Ion Corneanu Memorial champion… U.S. World Team Trials champion… U.S. Open champion… Fifth in Ivan Yarygin Memorial…
2010: Second in New York AC International… Second in World Team Trials… Second in U.S. Open…
2009: Ninth in World Championships… U.S. World Team Trials champion… U.S. Nationals champion…
2008: Third in U.S. Olympic Team Trials… Seventh in U.S. Nationals…
USA Age-group: 2005 FILA Junior World Team member… Third in 2004 Junior Nationals in freestyle…
College: 2009 and 2010 NCAA champion for Iowa State… Second in 2007 and 2008 NCAA Championships… 2008 and 2010 Big 12 champion…
High School: Two-time California high-school state champion… Outstanding wrestler at 2005 California state tournament… Career record of 159-10 with 132 falls…
Personal: Son of Steve and Renee Varner… Married his wife, Brittany, on June 9, 2014…
Note: Wrestled in one event in 2013 before taking rest of year off from competition…