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Thomas Patrick Gilman (born May 28, 1994) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 57 kilograms. In freestyle, Gilman is a 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist and the 2021 World Champion (finalist in 2017 and 2022) and Pan American Continental champion.[1] In folkstyle, Gilman was a three–time NCAA Division I All-American, the 2016 NCAA national runner–up, and a Big Ten Conference champion out of the University of Iowa.[2]

Thomas Gilman

Gilman at the 2016 NCAA's post-tournament press conference
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Patrick Gilman
Nationality	United States
Born	(1994-05-28) May 28, 1994 (age 28) Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Wrestling
Weight class	57 kg
Event(s)	Freestyle and folkstyle
College team	Iowa Hawkeyes
Club	Nittany Lion Wrestling Club
Coached by	Cael Sanderson
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing  United States Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 57 kg World Championships 2021 Oslo 57 kg 2017 Paris 57 kg 2022 Belgrade 57 kg Pan American Championships 2022 Acapulco 57 kg 2018 Lima 57 kg Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix 2019 Krasnoyarsk 57 kg Tunis Ranking Series 2022 Tunisia 57 kg US National Championships 2019 Las Vegas 57 kg Junior World Championships 2014 Zagreb 55 kg Collegiate Wrestling Representing the Iowa Hawkeyes NCAA Division I National Championships 2017 St. Louis 125 lb 2016 New York City 125 lb Big Ten Championships 2017 Bloomington 125 lb 2016 Iowa City 125 lb 2015 Columbus 125 lb

Folkstyle career

Early life

Born and raised in Iowa to Patrick and Cheri Gilman, Thomas moved to Nebraska to attend Skutt Catholic High School in Omaha.[3] As a high school wrestler, Gilman went on to become the twentieth four-time Nebraska (NSAA) state champion in history and helped the team reach three state titles.[4] He also won the 2009 NHSCA National title at 103 pounds as a freshman.[5]

As a senior ('11–'12), Gilman committed to Terry Brands and the Iowa Hawkeyes as the top-recruit in the state of Nebraska.[6]

College

While redshirting ('12–'13), Gilman compiled 23 wins (14 of them with bonus points) and 5 losses, two Open tournament titles and ended up the season on a seven match win-streak.[7] As a freshman ('13–'14), he racked up a 16–3 mark, including 7 victories and 2 losses in dual meets and a Midlands title, where he recorded wins over defending NCAA champion Jesse Delgado and three-time ACC champion Jarrod Garnett.[8] However, he was not the starter at 125 pounds for the post-season tournaments (NCAAs and B1Gs) after being defeated by his teammate Cory Clark in a wrestle-off for the spot.[9]

As a sophomore ('14–'15), he compiled 31 wins and 6 losses, a 15–2 record in dual meets, a perfect 9–0 in Big Ten duals and Midlands runner-up honors.[10][2] In the post-season, he claimed runner-up honors at the Big Ten Championships to Buckeyes' Nathan Tomasello[11] and became an All-American with a fourth place finish at the NCAA's.[12]

As a junior ('15–'16), Gilman kept on improving his W/L ratio with a 28–2 record, with a perfect 17–0 mark in dual meets.[2] His first loss came at the Big Ten Championship semifinals and was handed by two-time NCAA National runner-up Nico Megaludis, and came back to claim third-place at the tournament.[13] At the NCAA championships, he dominantly reached the finale with two majors, one technical fall and a pin over the defending NCAA champion Nathan Tomasello, while also avenging his last season's loss.[14] In the finals, Gilman was once again downed by Nico Megaludis from PSU, claiming runner-up honors.[15]

In his final year ('16–'17), Gilman compiled 32 wins and just one loss, with a 15–0 mark at dual meets. He led the Hawkeyes on falls and technical falls, scored bonus points in 26 out of 32 wins and won the Midland Championships, being named the Outstanding Wrestler as well.[2] After being the top–ranked 125 pounder in the country throughout the whole season, Gilman claimed his first Big Ten title by topping Timothy Lambert from Nebraska in the finals.[16] As the top–seed at the NCAA's, Gilman was on a dominant with two majors and a fall over rival Nick Piccininni to make the semifinals, but was defeated by the eventual winner of the championship Darian Cruz, getting thrown to the consolation side of the bracket. He came back with a victory over second-seeded Joey Dance and once again downed Nick Piccininni, now 13–6 to claim third place.[17] Gilman graduated with 107 wins and 12 losses.[18]

Freestyle career

Age–group level

In the age–group, Gilman was a three–time US World Team Member, once as a cadet and twice as a junior, and went on to claim a bronze medal from the Junior World Championships in 2014.[19][20]

Senior level

2013

Gilman made his senior level debut at the US University Nationals at age 18, where he placed third.[21]

2017

After his folkstyle career was over, Gilman competed at the US Last Chance World Team Trials Qualifier in May, and went on to place first to earn a spot at the US World Team Trials.[22] At the US World Team Trials Challenge Tournament of June, Gilman went on to defeat 2017 NCAA champion Darian Cruz, reigning Pan American champion Tyler Graff, two–time US University National champion Nico Megaludis and 2015 NCAA champion Nathan Tomasello, to make the best–of–three final.[23] In the best–of–three, Gilman went on to defeat fellow graduated Hawkeye Tony Ramos twice in a row to become the biggest underdog to make the 2017 US World Team.[24] Gilman then went on to claim the prestigious Grand Prix of Spain in July.[25]

At the 2017 World Championships, Gilman opened up with big wins over 2016 European Continental runner–up and two–time Cadet World Champion from Ukraine Andriy Yatsenko and 2017 Asian Continental medalist from Iran Reza Atri, before defeating 2017 Dave Schultz Memorial runner–up Nodirjon Safarov and stunning 2014 Asian Games Gold medalist from North–Korea Jong Hak-jin to astonishingly making the finals of the tournament.[26] In the finale, Gilman's 15 match win–streak was broken by 2017 Asian Continental champion from Japan Yuki Takahashi, claiming the 2017 World Championship Silver medal.[27] To cap off the year, Gilman helped Titan Mercury Wrestling Club reach second–place at the Clubs World Championship.[28]

2018

Gilman started off the year by helping Team USA reach the gold medal at the World Cup, going 2–2.[29] He then claimed a bronze medal from the Pan American Championships, after falling to 2017 U23 World Champion from Cuba Reineri Andreu in the semifinals and bouncing back in the third–place match.[30] In June, the defending US World Team Member was able to defeat Junior World Champion Daton Fix twice in a row at Final X Lincoln to make back–to–back teams.[31] In July, he claimed the prestigious Yasar Dogu International title, defeating Süleyman Atlı in the process.[32] At the 2018 World Championships, Gilman went on to defeat Italy's Givi Davidovi and Azerbaijan's three–time and reigning European Continental champion Giorgi Edisherashvili, before being defeated by 2018 Asian Continental champion (61kg) from Kazakhstan Nurislam Sanayev and Süleyman Atlı to place fifth.[33]

2019–2020

Gilman started off the year competing overseas, claiming an Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix bronze medal and placing 15th at the Dan Kolov – Nikola Petrov Memorial.[34][35] After coming back to the United States, Gilman claimed runner–up honors from the US Open, losing to Daton Fix in the finals but not before beating Nathan Tomasello.[36][37] In May, he claimed the US World Team Trials Challenge by defeating Darian Cruz twice, becoming the Final X challenger.[38] At June's Final X, Gilman was defeated by Fix two to one, losing the chance of representing the United States at the World Championships.[39] Gilman then travelled to Russia to train in Vladikavkaz, and was named the USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week after claiming the Yusup Abdusalamov Memorial.[40][41] He also competed at the Intercontinental Cup and the Alans International, placing third at twelfth respectively before returning to the United States.[42][43]

Gilman opened up 2020 with a prestigious Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series title, defeating Daton Fix in the semifinals and 2019 World Championship medalist (61 kg) Joe Colon in the semifinals and finals.[44] Gilman then continued his streak two months later, and qualified the weight for the United States to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics after winning the gold medal from the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament, notably defeating two–time U23 World Champion from Cuba Reineri Andreu in the semifinals.[45] Gilman was then scheduled to compete at the 2020 US Olympic Team Trials in April, however, the event was postponed as well as the 2020 Summer Olympics due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[46] In April 10, Gilman announced his move from his long–time club, the Hawkeye Wrestling Club, to the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club in State College, Pennsylvania.[47]

After being unable to compete for months due to the pandemic, Gilman competed at his now local NLWC in their first event in September, where he tech'd NCAA champion Darian Cruz.[48] In their third event, in November, Gilman pinned 2017 Ukrainian International Open runner–up Frank Perrelli, notably calling out Spencer Lee afterwards.[49] In his last event of the year, Gilman was unable to keep his unbeaten streak and was defeated by 2019 Bill Farrell Memorial champion Seth Gross via criteria in December.[50]

2021

To open up the year, Gilman competed at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane in January, where after downing three–time European Continental champion Giorgi Edisherashvili and 2020 US National champion Vito Arujau in his first two matches, he was controversially defeated by Islam Bazarganov on criteria, but was able to defeat Edisherashvili in the third–place match to claim bronze.[51] In February, he competed at the fifth NLWC event, and was upset by Zach Sanders, before defeating Sean Russell.[52] In April 2–3, Gilman, the top–seed, competed at the rescheduled 2020 US Olympic Team Trials in an attempt to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[53] To make it to the best–of–three, he ran through two–time All–American Zane Richards and World Championship medalist Joe Colon, ending both via technical fall.[54] Gilman then wrestled Vito Arujau (21–2 since the pandemic, took out Daton Fix in the semifinals), and went on to pin him in the first match and beat him via criteria in the second match. This result qualified Gilman to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and he is expected to do so in August 4–5.[55][56] He was also expected to compete at the Pan American Continental Championships,[57] but was forced out due to a foot injury and was replaced by Arujau.[58]

On August 4, Gilman competed in the first date of the men's freestyle 57 kg of the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he went the distance in a razor-close loss to eventual winner of the Olympic Games and two-time and reigning World Champion Zaur Uguev from the Russian Olympic Committee.[59] As the Russian kept advancing on the bracket, Gilman was pulled into repechage to compete on August 5, dominating Gulomjon Abdullaev from Uzbekistan and '19 Asian champion Reza Atri from Iran in order to capture the bronze medal for the United States.[60]

As an Olympic medalist, Gilman earned the right to automatically represent the United States at the 2021 World Championships without having to compete domestically to make the US World Team, and did so from October 3 to 4.[61] Gilman had a dominant run on the first date, bulldozing through '21 Russian National medalist Abubakar Mutaliev and European Continental medalists Vladimir Egorov and Horst Lehr to make his second World finale.[62] Different from his 2017 finals, Gilman emerged victorious over '21 Asian Continental finalist Alireza Sarlak on October 4 in order to acclaim the World Championship, becoming the first 57 kilogram American competitor to do so.[63]

2022

Back from becoming a World Champion, Gilman defeated familiar foe and NCAA champion Darian Cruz eleven points to zero on February 12, at Bout at the Ballpark.[64] On May 8, he became the Pan American Continental champion, downing Cruz again for the title.[65] Gilman claimed the spot to represent his country at the 2022 World Championships for the fourth time in his career, taking out Vito Arujau twice in a row at Final X Stillwater.[66] In July 18, he claimed gold at the Tunis Ranking Series, despite losing to 2021 World medalist Horst Lehr.[67]

After cruising to the finals with not much trouble, Gilman was downed by Zelimkhan Abakarov on September 17 at the 2022 World Championships, earning a silver medal in his third World finals match.[68][69]

Wrestling style

Gilman will usually try to be as physical as possible, controlling the center with his strength and walking down and pushing his opponent while overwhelming him with heavy hand fighting until a takedown opportunity opens up.[70][71] Due to his aggressiveness, Gilman is considered to have the traditional Iowa style and is often described as "tough" and a "brawler".[72][73][74]

Freestyle record

Senior Freestyle Matches
Res.	Record	Opponent	Score	Date	Event	Location
2022 World Championships at 57 kg
Loss	91–21	Zelimkhan Abakarov	2–7	September 17, 2022	2022 World Championships	Belgrade, Serbia
Win	91–20	Zou Wanhao	8–2	September 16, 2022
Win	90–20	Zandanbudyn Zanabazar	5–1
Win	89–20	Georgii Okorokov	TF 11–0
2022 Tunis Ranking Series at 57 kg
Win	88–20	Udit Udit	9–8	July 18, 2022	2022 Tunis Ranking Series	Tunis, Tunisia
Win	87–20	Alireza Sarlak	11–7
Win	86–20	Nodirjon Safarov	TF 11–1
Loss	85–20	Horst Lehr	Fall
2022 US World Team Trials at 57 kg
Win	85–19	Vito Arujau	TF 14–2	June 3, 2022	2022 Final X: Stillwater	Stillwater, Oklahoma
Win	84–19	Vito Arujau	TF 12–2
2022 Pan American Championships at 57 kg
Win	83–19	Darian Cruz	TF 11–0	May 8, 2022	2022 Pan American Continental Championships	Acapulco, Mexico
Win	82–19	Alexei Alvarez Blanco	Fall
Win	81–19	Enrique Herrera	Fall
Win	80–19	Darian Cruz	TF 11–0	February 12, 2022	2022 Bout at the Ballpark	Arlington, Texas
2021 World Championships at 57 kg
Win	79–19	Alireza Sarlak	5–3	October 4, 2021	2021 World Championships	Oslo, Norway
Win	78–19	Horst Lehr	TF 15–5	October 3, 2021
Win	77–19	Vladimir Egorov	TF 11–0
Win	76–19	Abubakar Mutaliev	Fall
2020 Summer Olympics at 57 kg
Win	75–19	Reza Atri	9–1	August 4–5, 2021	2020 Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan
Win	74–19	Gulomjon Abdullaev	TF 11–1
Loss	73–19	Zaur Uguev	4–5
2020 US Olympic Team Trials at 57 kg
Win	73–18	Vito Arujau	2–2	April 2–3, 2021	2020 US Olympic Team Trials	Forth Worth, Texas
Win	72–18	Vito Arujau	Fall
Win	71–18	Joe Colon	TF 10–0
Win	70–18	Zane Richards	TF 11–0
Win	69–18	Sean Russell	TF 11–0	February 23, 2021	NLWC V	State College, Pennsylvania
Loss	68–18	Zach Sanders	Fall
2021 Henri Deglane Grand Prix at 57 kg
Win	68–17	Giorgi Edisherashvili	6–4	January 16, 2021	Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021	Nice, France
Loss	67–17	Islam Bazarganov	6–6
Win	67–16	Vito Arujau	6–2
Win	66–16	Giorgi Edisherashvili	4–0
Loss	65–16	Seth Gross	4–4	December 16, 2020	WRTC II	Wisconsin
Win	65–15	Frank Perrelli	Fall	November 24, 2020	NLWC III	State College, Pennsylvania
Win	64–15	Darian Cruz	TF 14–4	September 19, 2020	NLWC I	State College, Pennsylvania
2020 Pan American Olympic Qualification at 57 kg
Win	63–15	Óscar Tigreros	FF	March 13–15, 2020	2020 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament	Ottawa, Canada
Win	62–15	Juan Rubelin Ramirez Beltre	TF 11–0
Win	61–15	Reineri Andreu	4–3
Win	60–15	Ligrit Sadiku	TF 10–0
2020 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series at 57 kg
Win	59–15	Joe Colon	4–3	January 15–18, 2020	Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2020	Rome, Italy
Win	58–15	Daton Fix	2–1
Win	57–15	Minghu Liu	12–4
Win	56–15	Gabit Tolepbay	TF 11–0
2019 Alans International 12th at 57 kg
Loss	55–15	Abubakar Mutaliev	1–2	December 7–8, 2019	2019 Alans International Tournament	Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–Alania
Win	55–14	Shamil Suleymanov	TF 13–3
2019 Continental Cup at 57 kg
Win	54–14	Salikh Muradov	6–0	October 19–14, 2019	2019 Intercontinental Cup	Khasavyurt, Dagestan
Loss	53–14	Abubakar Mutaliev	8–10
2019 Yusup Abdusalamov International at 57 kg
Win	53–13	Salikh Muradov		October 5, 2019	2019 Yusup Abdusalamov International	Botlikh, Dagestan
Win	52–13
Win	51–13
Win	50–13
Win	49–13
2019 Final X: Lincoln at 57 kg
Loss	48–13	Daton Fix	3–6	June 14–15, 2019	2019 US World Team Trials	Lincoln, Nebraska
Win	48–12	Daton Fix	3–2
Loss	47–12	Daton Fix	1–9
Win	47–11	Darian Cruz	5–2	May 17–19, 2019	2019 US World Team Trials Challenge	Raleigh, North Carolina
Win	46–11	Darian Cruz	4–0
Win	45–11	Frank Perrelli	TF 10–0
2019 US Open at 57 kg
Loss	44–11	Daton Fix	4–8	April 24–27, 2019	2019 US Open National Championships	Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	44–10	Nathan Tomasello	DQ (8–0)
Win	43–10	Zane Richards	TF 12–2
Win	42–10	Gunnar Woodburn	TF 11–0
Win	41–10	Josh Portillo	TF 12–2
2019 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov 15th at 57 kg
Loss	40–10	Georgi Vangelov	5–6	February 28 – March 3, 2019	2019 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Memorial	Ruse, Bulgaria
2019 Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix at 57 kg
Win	40–9	Bekhbayar Erdenebat	14–8	January 24, 2019	Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2019	Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Win	39–9	Ahmet Peker	9–0
Loss	38–9	Abasgadzhi Magomedov	Fall
Win	38–8	Alexei Alvarez Blanco	TF 10–0
2018 World Championships 5th at 57 kg
Loss	37–8	Süleyman Atlı	4–5	October 21–22, 2018	2018 World Championships	Budapest, Hungary
Loss	37–7	Nurislam Sanayev	TF 0–11
Win	37–6	Giorgi Edisherashvili	4–0
Win	36–6	Givi Davidovi	6–3
2018 Yaşar Doğu at 57 kg
Win	35–6	Dzmichyk Rynchynau	12–5	July 27–29, 2018	2018 Yaşar Doğu	Istanbul, Turkey
Win	34–6	Taras Markovich	6–6
Win	33–6	Süleyman Atlı	7–5
Win	32–6	Berdakh Primbayev	11–3
2018 Final X: Lincoln at 57 kg
Win	31–6	Daton Fix	2–1	June 8–9, 2018	2018 US World Team Trials	Lincoln, Nebraska
Win	30–6	Daton Fix	6–3
2018 Pan American Championships at 57 kg
Win	29–6	Pedro Mejías	11–4	May 3–6, 2018	2018 Pan American Continental Championships	Lima, Peru
Loss	28–6	Reineri Andreu	4–7
Win	28–5	Alex Moher	TF 10–0
Win	27–5	Andre Quispé	TF 10–0
2018 World Cup as Team USA at 57 kg
Loss	26–5	Giorgi Edisherashvili	7–8	April 7–8, 2018	2018 World Cup	Iowa City, Iowa
Win	26–4	Teimuraz Vanishvili	6–4
Loss	25–4	Yuki Takahashi	1–4
Win	25–3	FF	FF
2017 Clubs World Cup as TMWC
Loss	24–3	Reza Atri	4–6	December 7–8, 2017	2017 World Clubs Cup	Tehran, Iran
Win	24–2	Tsogbadarkh Tsveensuren	5–2
Win	23–2	FF	FF
Win	22–2	Amit Kumar Dahiya	6–3
Win	21–2	Steven Takahashi	13–6
2017 World Championships at 57 kg
Loss	20–2	Yuki Takahashi	0–6	August 25, 2017	2017 World Championships	Paris, France
Win	20–1	Jong Hak-jin	5–4
Win	19–1	Nodirjon Safarov	TF 12–1
Win	18–1	Reza Atri	3–0
Win	17–1	Andriy Yatsenko	5–2
2017 Spain Grand Prix at 57 kg
Win	16–1	Zoheir El Ouarraqe	10–2	July 15–16, 2017	2017 Grand Prix of Spain	Madrid, Spain
Win	15–1	Levan Metreveli	TF 15–2
Win	14–1	Steven Takahashi	10–5
2017 US World Team Trials at 57 kg
Win	13–1	Tony Ramos	7–2	June 9–10, 2017	2017 US World Team Trials	Lincoln, Nebraska
Win	12–1	Tony Ramos	4–3
Win	11–1	Nathan Tomasello	6–2		2017 US World Team Trials Challenge
Win	10–1	Nico Megaludis	TF 10–0
Win	9–1	Tyler Graff	1–1
Win	8–1	Darian Cruz	9–0
2017 US Last Chance Qualifier WTT at 57 kg
Win	7–1	Daniel Deshazer	7–6	May 19–22, 2017	2017 US Last Chance World Team Trials Qualifier	Rochester, Minnesota
Win	6–1	David Terao	9–4
2013 US University Nationals at 55 kg
Win	5–1	Evan Silver	4–2	May 24–26, 2013	2013 US University National Championships	Akron, Ohio
Win	4–1	Dominique Price	TF 10–0
Loss	3–1	Nico Megaludis	0–3
Win	3–0	Dylan Peters	8–4
Win	2–0	Max Soria	Fall
Win	1–0	Drake Swarm	TF 10–0

References

External links

• Thomas Patrick Gilman at the International Wrestling Database
• Thomas Patrick Gilman at United World Wrestling
• Thomas Patrick Gilman at Olympics.com
• Thomas Gilman at Olympedia
• Thomas Gilman at TeamUSA.org (archived January 31, 2022)

На других языках

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- [en] Thomas Gilman

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[es] Thomas Gilman

Thomas Patrick Gilman (28 de mayo de 1994) es un deportista estadounidense que compite en lucha libre.[1]

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[fr] Thomas Gilman

Thomas Patrick Gilman est un lutteur américain né le 28 mai 1994 à Council Bluffs, dans l'Iowa. Il a remporté une médaille de bronze en lutte libre chez les moins de 57 kg aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2020 à Tokyo.

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[it] Thomas Gilman

Thomas Patrick Gilman (Council Bluffs, 28 aprile 1994) è un lottatore statunitense, specializzato nella lotta libera.

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[ru] Гилман, Томас

Томас Гилман (род. 28 мая 1994, Каунсил-Блафс, Айова[1]) — американский борец вольного стиля. Бронзовый призёр Олимпийских игр 2020 в Токио. Чемпион мира 2021 года. Победитель Панамериканского чемпионата 2022 года.

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