Reece Weslee Humphrey (born July 31, 1986, in
Bloomington, Indiana
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) is an American former freestyle wrestler who competed for the
men's freestyle 60 kg at the
World Wrestling Championships 2013 in
Budapest
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,
Hungary
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. He was eliminated in the quarterfinal rounds, after being defeated by Iran's
Masoud Esmaeilpour, based on the decision score 8–9. He is a 3x national USA wrestling champion in 2011, 2013 and 2015. New York athletic club International Open champion 2011.
Humphrey is also Indiana high school state champion, Freestyle and Greco-Roman national champion. 2x All-American out of the Ohio State University (2009 runner-up and 3rd 2010). At the
2015 World Championships he won to world bronze medalist
Daulet Niyazbekov
Daulet Niyazbekov (; born 12 February 1989) is a former Kazakh freestyle wrestler, who was a member of the Olympic Games 2012. He competed in the men's freestyle 55 kg and he lost his bronze medal match to World Champion Yang Kyong-il. Niyazb ...
of Kazakhstan, but in second round he lost to Mongolia's Batboldyn Nomin, Batboldyn reached to the final, Humphrey lost to bronze world medalist
Bajrang Punia
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of India in the first round of repechage.
Championships and accomplishments
* Folkstyle:
** 2009 NCAA championships out of Ohio state – 2nd.
** 2010 NCAA championships out of Ohio state – 3rd.
* Freestyle:
** 2010 New York athletic club International open – 4th.
** 2011 Dave Schultz Memorial International – 5th.
** 2011 New York athletic club International open – 1st.
** 2011 USA World Team Trials Champion.
**
2011 World Wrestling Championships
The 2011 World Wrestling Championships was held at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey. The event took place between September 12 and September 18, 2011.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal summary
Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
Wome ...
9th – 60 kg (Istanbul, Turkey)
** 2011 Ukrainian Wrestlers Memorial International 5th – 60 kg (Kiev, Ukraine)
** 2012 New York athletic club International open 2nd – 60 kg
** 2012
Ramzan Kadyrov
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&
Adlan Varayev
Adlan Abuevich Varaev (; 2 January 1962 – 4 May 2016) was a Russian-Chechen welterweight
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Cup 5th – 60 kg (Grozny, Chechnya)
** 2013 USA National Freestyle Wrestling champion – 60 kg
** 2013 USA World Team Trials champion – 60 kg
**
2013 World Wrestling Championships
The 2013 World Wrestling Championships was the 9th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and were held from September 16 to 22 in Budapest, Hungary.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal summary
Men's freestyle
Men's Greco- ...
8th – 60 kg (Budapest, Hungary)
** 2014 USA Freestyle Wrestling Championships 5th – 60 kg
** 2014 USA World Team Trials 4th – 61 kg
** 2014 Grand Prix of Paris – 3rd – 61 kg (Paris, France)
** 2015 USA National Freestyle Wrestling champion – 61 kg
** 2015 USA World Team Trials champion – 61 kg
** 2015 Granma y
Cerro Pelado International 2nd – 61 kg (Havana, Cuba)
** 2015 Dave Schultz Memorial International 2nd – 61 kg
**
2015 World Wrestling Championships
The 2015 UWW World Wrestling Championships were the 12th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from September 7 to 12 at Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, in the Las Vegas Valley, United States.
Medal table
T ...
12th – 61 kg
**2016 Ukrainian Wrestlers and Coaches Memorial 3rd – 65 kg
References
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1986 births
Sportspeople from Columbus, Ohio
Living people
American male sport wrestlers