David Taylor (wrestler, born 1990)
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December 5, 1990 Reno, Nevada, United States |
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| High school | St. Paris Graham | ||||||||||||
| State championships | 4 (Ohio) | ||||||||||||
| College | Penn State University | ||||||||||||
| NCAA championships |
6 (2 individual, 4 team) Weight:86kg |
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6 (2 individual, 4 team)
David Taylor (born December 5, 1990) is an American amateur wrestler. Representing Penn State University, he is a four time Division I All-American and two time Division I National Champion.
Growing up in Wyoming, Taylor was presented with a unique set of opportunities in his practice facilities where he trained with famous collegiate wrestler Cael Sanderson, along with Sanderson’s father and coach, Steve, before moving to St. Paris Ohio with his family just before the start of his junior high career.
During his youth, Taylor experienced great success in the sport of wrestling. In 2005, Taylor captured a Cadet National freestyle wrestling championship, FILA Cadet National Folk-style wrestling championship and a silver medal in Cadet National Greco-Roman nationals. Taylor continued his dominance on the mat in his teen years as he won a Cadet National Greco-Roman title in 2006, and both a Junior Free-style and Greco-Roman title in 2007.
Taylor began his high school wrestling career at the 103 pound class, where he would move on to capture two Ohio State Division II state titles for the St. Paris Graham High School Falcons. In the remaining two years of his high school wrestling career, Taylor won two more Ohio State Division II state titles in the 112 pound and 135 pound classes respectively.
Adding to his resume, Taylor was twice named an Asics first team All-American. In addition, Taylor became the first and only wrestler to win four consecutive Walsh Ironman gold medals. Taylor ended his high school wrestling career with an overall record of 180 wins with just two losses and was awarded the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award for the nation, which is presented to the top wrestler in the nation, judged by not only by athletic achievement but also by character, academic success and community involvement. Taylor graduated from St. Paris Graham High School with a 4.0 grade point average.
Originally committing to Iowa State to wrestle under then head coach Cael Sanderson, Taylor secured his release and followed coach Sanderson to Penn State, where Taylor wrestled five seasons as a Nittany Lion. Taylor began his wrestling and academic career at Penn State in 2009, where he redshirted for his freshman year, and did not compete with the varsity team. During Taylor's redshirt year, he was a competitor at five individual open college tournaments. Taylor claimed gold medals in three of the five tournaments and posted an overall record of 21 wins and two losses.
During Taylor's first year of varsity competition in the 2010–11 year, he completed the regular season of competition undefeated and won the Big Ten Championship tournament. Taylor finished in second place in the NCAA Division I national tournament, where he received his only loss of the season in the finals competition. He was pinned by Bubba Jenkins of Arizona State University. He completed his first year of college competition with a final record of 38 wins with just one losses and All-American honors.
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