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Kyle Snyder named 2017 John Smith Award winner, as USA Wrestling’s Freestyle Wrestler of the Year

TDR Editor; Snyder hauls in another big athletic award and deservedly so. He has had and continues to have an impressive wrestling career.
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Kyle Snyder (Woodbine, Md./Titan Mercury WC/Ohio RTC) has been named the winner of the 2017 John Smith Award as the Freestyle Wrestler of the Year by USA Wrestling. It is the third straight year that Snyder has won this prestigious award, after also winning the 2015 and 2016 Freestyle Wrestler of the Year. Since the award was created, only two freestyle wrestlers have won the award three straight years, Snyder and Jordan Burroughs (2011-2013). Snyder was the 2017 World champion at 97 kg in men’s freestyle wrestling, winning his gold medal at the World Championships in Paris, France. In the championship finals, Snyder won what was dubbed within wrestling the “Match of the Century,” defeating Olympic champion and two-time World champion Abdulrashid Sadulaev of Russia in the World finals, Rest of the story at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2018/June/13/Kyle-Snyder-named-USA-Wrestling-Freestyle-Athlete-of-the-Year?mc_cid=e83fec82e0&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

June 22, 2018 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized