G'Angelo Hancock

G'Angelo Hancock (born July 27, 1997) is an American Greco-Roman wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the 97 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.[1][2] At the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Ottawa, Canada, he won the gold medal in the 97 kg event.[3] A year earlier, he won the silver medal in this event.[4] He represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5][6]

G'Angelo Hancock
G'Angelo Hancock at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway
Personal information
Born (1997-07-27) July 27, 1997
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class97 kg
Event(s)Greco-Roman
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  United States
World Championships
2021 Oslo 97 kg
Pan American Games
2019 Lima 97 kg
Pan American Championships
2020 Ottawa 97 kg
2019 Buenos Aires 97 kg
2017 Lauro de Freitas 98 kg

Career

In 2016, he competed at the United States Olympic Team Trials hoping to represent the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He finished in third place in the 98 kg event.

Hancock won one of the bronze medals in the 98 kg event at the 2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Lauro de Freitas, Brazil.[7] He also competed in the 98 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France without winning a medal.[8] He won his first match against Fatih Başköy and lost his next match against Artur Aleksanyan.[8] Aleksanyan went on to win the gold medal.[8] At the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary, he was eliminated in his first match in the 97 kg event.[9]

In 2019, he represented the United States at the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru and he won the silver medal in the 97 kg event.[10] In the final, he lost against Gabriel Rosillo of Cuba.[10] In the same year, he also competed in the 97 kg event at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan where he was eliminated in his second match by Mélonin Noumonvi of France.[11]

He competed in the 97 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[5] He won his first match against Mikheil Kajaia of Serbia and he was then eliminated in his next match by Tadeusz Michalik of Poland.[5][12]

Major results
Year Tournament Location Result Event
2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships Lauro de Freitas, Brazil 3rd Greco-Roman 98 kg
2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina 2nd Greco-Roman 97 kg
Pan American Games Lima, Peru 2nd Greco-Roman 97 kg
2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships Ottawa, Canada 1st Greco-Roman 97 kg
2021 World Championships Oslo, Norway 3rd Greco-Roman 97 kg

References
  1. Burke, Patrick (October 9, 2021). "Olympic medallist Saravi one of two Iranian winners on penultimate day at UWW World Championships in Oslo". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved October 9, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Kortemeier, Todd (October 9, 2021). "G'Angelo Hancock Closes Out Wrestling Worlds With Bronze Medal". Team USA. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  3. Rowbottom, Mike (March 6, 2020). "United States win three golds on day one of Pan American Wrestling Championships in Ottawa". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved March 17, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Etchells, Daniel (April 18, 2019). "Cuba and US collect three Greco-Roman gold medals as action begins at Pan American Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved March 18, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  6. Newman, Kyle (July 22, 2021). "G'Angelo Hancock's meteoric rise to stardom in Greco-Roman wrestling makes Fountain native a gold medal contender in Tokyo Olympics". The Denver Post. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  7. "2017 Pan American Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 22, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  8. "2017 World Wrestling Championships" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  9. "2018 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 14, 2020. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  10. "2019 Pan American Games Wrestling Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved March 17, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 12, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  12. Brunt, Cliff (August 2, 2021). "USA's Gray loses 76kg final to Germany's Rotter-Focken". The Seattle Times. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
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