Adam Coon
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| United States | ||
| World Championship | ||
| silver | 2018 Budapest | up to 130 kg |
| Pan American Championship | ||
| gold | 2019 Buenos Aires | up to 130 kg |
| silver | 2020 Ottawa | up to 130 kg |
| Junior World Championship | ||
| gold | 2011 Szombathely | up to 100 kg Cadets F |
| bronze | 2014 Zagreb | up to 120 kg Juniors F |
| bronze | 2014 Zagreb | up to 120 kg Juniors GR |
Adam Jacob Coon (born November 14, 1994 ) is an American wrestler . In 2018 he became vice world champion in the Greco-Roman style in the weight class up to 130 kg body weight.
Career
Adam Coon began wrestling at the age of four under the tutelage of his father, Dan Coon, who later became his high school coach. He attended high school in his hometown of Fowlerville, Michigan and joined the wrestling club there. In high school he practiced both styles, Greco-Roman and freestyle.
Adam Coon grew up to be a downright heavyweight who weighs about 130 kg with a height of 1.94 meters. After high school, he attended the University of Michigan. His trainer there is Joe Mc Farland. He is now a member of the "Cliff-Keen" wrestling club Ann Arbor and the Now York Athletic Club. He still lives in Fowlerville.
In addition to wrestling, Adam Coon is also very successful as an American football player (player).
Adam Coon celebrated his first notable successes in 2011 when he became the American junior champion in free style and in Greco-Roman style in the Cadets age group. He then represented the US colors at the Junior World Championship (Cadets) 2011 in Szombathely. In free style he was there in the weight class up to 100 kg junior world champion before Geno Petriaschwili from Georgia. He started in Szombathely in the Greco-Roman style, but retired after a defeat in the 1st round against Tamas Soos from Slovakia and only came in 11th place.
In 2014 Adam Coon represented the US colors again in both styles at the Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Zagreb. In the weight class up to 120 kg, he won a bronze medal in both styles.
From 2015 to 2017 Adam Coon hardly appeared on the international wrestling mat. In 2016 he made the jump to the US Olympic Trials in Greco-Roman style, but lost the decisive fight against Robert Smith.
In 2018 he finished second behind Kyle Snyder at the NCAA Free Style Championships in the 125kg weight class . He also came in second behind Robert Smith at this year's USA championship in the Greco-Roman style. But he won the US elimination (Trials) for the World Championship in the Greco-Roman style in the weight class up to 130 kg before Robert Smith.
At the 2018 World Championships in Budapest, Adam Coon achieved the greatest success of his career so far in the Greco-Roman style in the weight class up to 130 kg body weight. He defeated Rafael Krajewski, Poland, Meng Lingzhe, China and Eduard Popp from Germany in Budapest , but found no attitude towards the fight in the final against Sergei Semjonow from Russia and lost 9 points after a short fight. He became vice world champion.
In April 2019 Adam Coon became Pan-American Master in the Greco-Roman style in a superior style in Buenos Aires. At the Pan American Games, which took place in lima in August 2019, he lost in the quarter-finals against Yasmani Acosta Fernandez from Chile. Since this did not reach the final, Adam Coon was eliminated and only finished 8th. Even at the World Cup a month later in Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan), the end came for him after qualifying, in which he lost to Meng Lingzhe from China.
In March 2020 he started again in the weight class up to 130 kg body weight at the Pan American Games in Ottawa. He won there over Yasmani Acosta Fernandez and against Moises Salvador Perez Hellburg from Venezuela, but lost in the final against Angel Ernesto Pacheco Romero from Cuba.
International success
| year | space | competition | Style | Weight class | Results |
| 2011 | 1. | Junior World Championships (Cadets in Szombathely) | F. | up to 100 kg | before Geno Petriaschwili , Georgia, Mojtaba Moradi, Iran and Inal Tasojew, Russia |
| 2011 | 11. | Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Szombathely | GR | up to 100 kg | after losing to Tamas Soos, Slovakia |
| 2014 | 3. | Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Zagreb | F. | up to 120 kg | behind Amar Dhesi, Canada and Amin Hossein Taheri, Iran |
| 2014 | 3. | Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Zagreb | GR | up to 120 kg | behind Sergei Semjonow , Russia and Mantas Knystautas, Lithuania |
| 2015 | 1. | "Bill Farrell" Memorial Intern. in New York | GR | up to 130 kg | before Toby Erickson, USA and Hong Hyun-hee, South Korea |
| 2018 | 17th | German Grand Prix in Dortmund | GR | up to 130 kg | after a loss to Kiril Grishchanka, Belarus |
| 2018 | 2. | World Cup in Budapest | GR | up to 130 kg | after victories over Rafael Krajewski, Poland, Mang Lingzhe, China and Eduard Popp, Germany and a defeat against Sergei Semjonow |
| 2019 | 1. | Pan American Championship in Buenos Aires | GR | up to 130 kg | after victories over Diego Jesus Almendras Rodriguez, Chile, Angel Ernesto Pacheco Romero, Cuba and Luciano Del Rio, Argentina |
| 2019 | 8th. | Pan American Games in Lima | GR | up to 130 kg | after losing to Yasmani Acosta Fernandez, Chile |
| 2019 | 21st | World Cup in Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan) | GR | up to 130 kg | after losing to Meng Lingzhe, China |
| 2019 | 1. | "Bill Farrell" Memorial Intern. in New York | GR | up to 130 kg | before Jacob Mitchell, Toby Erickson and Bryson McGowan, all USA |
| 2020 | 5. | "Matteo Pellicone" tournament in Rome | GR | up to 130 kg | after a loss to Moises Salvador Perez Hellburg, Venezuela, a win over Tuomas Lathi, Finland and a loss to Meng Lingzhe |
| 2020 | 2. | Pan American Championship in Ottawa | GR | up to 130 kg | after victories over Yasmani Acosta Fernandez and Moises Salvador Perez Hellburg and a loss to Angel Ernesto Pacheco Romero, Cuba |
Successes in national competitions
| year | space | competition | style | Weight class | Results |
| 2011 | 1. | USA Jun Championship (Cadets) | GR | up to 100 kg | |
| 2011 | 1. | USA Jun Championship (Cadets) | F. | up to 100 kg | |
| 2015 | 2. | NCAA championships | F. | up to 125 kg | behind Nick Gwiazdowski and Michael Mc Mullan |
| 2015 | 3. | USA championship | GR | up to 130 kg | behind Robert Smith and Toby Erickson |
| 2015 | 1. | Nat. Olympic-Tials-Qualif. | GR | up to 130 kg | before Parker Betts and Jacob Mitchell |
| 2016 | 2. | Olympic trials | GR | up to 130 kg | behind Robert Smith |
| 2016 | 3. | NCAA championships | F. | up to 125 kg | behind Kyle Snyder and Nick Gwiazdowski |
| 2018 | 2. | NCAA championships | F. | up to 125 kg | behind Kyle Snyder and Amar Dhesi |
| 2018 | 2. | USA championship | GR | up to 130 kg | behind Robert Smith, in front of David Orndorff and Donny Longendyke |
| 2018 | 1. | World Championship trials | GR | up to 130 kg | before Robert Smith, David Orndorff and Dom Bradley |
- Explanations
- GR = Greco-Roman style
- F = free style
- WM = World Championship
- Trials = elimination competition
- NCAA = American Student Sports Association
Web links
- Adam Coon in the database of the University of Leipzig
- Portrait of Adam Coon
- Adam Coon wins a silver medal at the 2018 World Cup in Greco-Roman style
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Coon, Adam |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Coon, Adam Jacob (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1994 |