Oscar Wood
 Wood in 2004 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Gordon Oscar Wood |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Born | June 21, 1975 Milwaukie, Oregon, U.S. |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Wrestling |
| Style | Greco-Roman |
| Club | U.S. Army Wrestling Club |
| College team | Oregon State Beavers |
| Coach | Shon Lewis Sam Barlow |
Gordon Oscar Wood (born June 21, 1975) is an amateur American wrestler, who competed in the Greco-Roman welterweight category.Fort Carson, Colorado, Wood also trained full time for the army's wrestling club.
Career
Early years
Wood attended
Portland metropolitan area.[3] There, he won three state wrestling titles, with his only defeat as a freshman in the state final.[3] He also collected four freestyle and four Greco-Roman state titles in high school.[3]
College
Wood began his sporting career at the
NCAA All-American twice.[2][6] Additionally, he ranked tenth for the most number of triumphs recorded at Oregon State, fifth in career pins, and twentieth in the winning percentage on the university's all-time career leader board.[7]
After graduating from Oregon State at the end of 1999 season, Wood decided to join the
Fort Carson, Colorado, where he served full time as a staff sergeant, and later became a member of the wrestling club under head coaches Shon Lewis and Sam Barlow.[8]
Greco-Roman wrestling
Wood qualified for the U.S. wrestling team on his major international debut in the
Ano Liossia Olympic Hall, and could not rally for enough points to break a 2–2 tie and thrash Germany's Jannis Zamanduridis in the second round with a 5–2 verdict.[10] Wood scored a single point in his final bout, but fell to Kazakhstan's Mkhitar Manukyan by a superb ten-point gap to halt the match, leaving him on the bottom of the pool and placing fourteenth in the final standings. As two wrestlers were both disqualified by a forfeit in the fifth-place match, Wood's position was upgraded to twelfth.[11][12]
Wood vowed to improve his game plan and set sights for
London 2012, but he lost the berth twice to Jake Deitchler and Justin Lester, respectively at the Olympic Trials.[13]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Oscar Wood". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Wood leads OSU into NCAA wrestling". Oregon State Beavers. March 15, 1999. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
- ^ a b c Quick, Jason (December 27, 1996). "Oregon State Wrestling's madman of the mat". The Oregonian. p. E1.
- ^ "No. 13 OSU ready to start season". Oregon State Beavers. November 24, 1998. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
- ^ "Former Beaver Oscar Woods makes U.S. Olympic team". The Daily Barometer. May 25, 2004. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
- ^ Gannett News Service. Delmarva Broadcasting Company. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
- ^ "OSU Beavers Wrestling Program" (PDF). Oregon State Beavers. pp. 31–35. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
- American Forces Press Service. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
- ^ Abbott, Gary (July 16, 2004). "Olympic Games preview at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. in men's Greco-Roman". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on June 7, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
- American Forces Press Service. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
- Athens 2004. BBC Sport. August 15, 2004. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
- Gannett News Service. Fort Collins Coloradoan. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
- ^ Hipps, Tim (April 18, 2012). "Soldiers set to wrestle for spots in London Olympic Games". United States Army. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
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