Damion Hahn

Damion Hahn (born April 12, 1980 in Toms River, New Jersey ) is an American wrestler .

Career

Damion Hahn started wrestling at the age of 7. At Lakewood High School, New Jersey, he was trained to be a good freestyle wrestler. He later became a member of the Central Jersey Wrestling Club and trained there by Miles Hahn. He was runner-up in 1996 during his high school years and three consecutive champions of New Jersey from 1997 to 1999.

In 1997 to 2000 and 2002 he won the USA Junior Middleweight Championship. In 2000 he was also the student master of the USA (AAU). In 1999 he was used at the Junior World Championships in Sydney . He finished there in the middleweight division behind Wadim Lalijew from Russia , Taras Danko from Ukraine a . Park See-hoon from South Korea took 4th place. At the Junior World Championship in 2000 in Nantes , he cut not quite as good, for he reached there only the 8th Place.

From 2001 Damion Hahn attended the University of Minnesota and was trained there by J. Robinson. At the so-called NCAA Championships he reached fifth place in 2001 and 2002, but was the winner of this championship in 2003 and 2004. In 2002 he just missed a medal at the Universities World Championships in Edmonton in the middleweight division when he landed in the ungrateful 4th place.

In 2004 Damion Hahn started for the first time in the USA Senior Championship and came third in the light heavyweight division behind Thomas Rowlands and Dean Morrison. In the following years he started at some championships in the USA and tried to qualify in the various eliminations for the World Championships and the Olympic Games. But he could not win a championship title and failed with second places in the World Cup trials in 2006 and in the 2008 Olympic trials in the light heavyweight division, each to Daniel Cormier .

In 2008 he still achieved the greatest international success of his career when he finished second at the Pan American Championships in Colorado Springs in the light heavyweight division behind the Cuban Michel Batista.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
1999	4th	Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in Sydney	medium	behind Wadim Lalijew , Russia , Taras Danko , Ukraine u. Park See-hoon, South Korea , in front of Mohammad Ghorbani, Iran
1999	2.	New York AC Open	medium
2000	4th	"Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs	medium
2000	8th.	Junior World Championships in Nantes	medium	Winner: Saschid Saschidow , Russia ahead of Shahab Ghorbani, Iran a. Taras Danko
2002	4th	Universities World Cup in Edmonton	medium	behind Fang Xiaosheng, People's Republic of China , Sergei Kolesnikow , Israel and Majid Khodaee , Iran
2005	1.	Clansmen intern. in Burnaby / Canada	Semi-difficult	before Steve Snjiders, Michael Neufeld u. Chris Cox, all Canada
2005	2.	New York AC Open	Semi-difficult	behind Nick Preston, in front of Sean Stender u. Nick Fekete, all USA
2006	2.	New York AC Open	Semi-difficult	behind Muhammed Lawal , in front of David Rechul u. Kyle Cerminara, all USA
2007	1.	"Alexander Medved" tournament in Minsk	Semi-difficult	before Mohammed Lawal, Kyle Cerminara a. Ruslan Sheikov, Belarus
2007	5.	"Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs	Semi-difficult	behind Georgi Ketojew , Russia, Nick Preston, Kyle Cerminara u. Nurchan Katajew, Kazakhstan
2007	2.	New York AC Open	Semi-difficult	behind Soslan Gaglojew, Russia, in front of Kyle Cdrminara u. Israel Silva, USA
2008	2.	Pan American Championship in Colorado Springs	Semi-difficult	behind Michel Batista , Cuba , in front of William Serrano, El Salvador u. David Zilberman , Canada

Note: all competitions in free style, WM = world championship, medium, up to 2001 up to 85 kg, from 2002 up to 84 kg, semi-heavy, up to 96 kg

National successes

year	space	competition	Weight class
1997	1.	USA-Jun.-Meistersch.	medium
1998	1.	USA-Jun.-Meistersch.	medium	before Scott Kaufmann u. Jake Newsham
1999	1.	USA-Jun.-Meistersch.	medium	before Jason Potter et al. Travis Pascoe
2000	1.	USA-Jun.-Meistersch.	medium
2000	1.	USA student mostly. d. AAU	medium
2001	5.	NCAA championships	medium	behind Cael Sanderson , Daniel Cormier , Viktor Sveda u. Andy Hrovat
2002	5.	NCAA championships	medium	behind Rob Rohn, Josh Lambrecht, Jessman Smith u. Tom Tanis
2002	1.	USA student m. d. AAU	medium	before Chris Pendleton u. Clint Wattenberg
2003	1.	NCAA championships	Semi-difficult	before Jon Trenge, Muhammed Lawal , Sean Stender u. Justin Ruiz
2004	1.	NCAA championships	Semi-difficult	before Tyan Fulsaas u. JD Bergman
2004	3.	USA championship	Semi-difficult	behind Daniel Cormier u. Dean Morrison, in front of Thomas Rowlands
2006	3.	USA championship	Semi-difficult	behind Daniel Cormier u. Nick Fekete
2006	2.	World Championship trials	Semi-difficult	behind Daniel Cormier
2007	7th	USA championship	Semi-difficult	Winner: Daniel Cormier ahead of Muhammed Lawal
2007	3.	World Championship trials	Semi-difficult	behind Daniel Cormier u. Muhammed Lawal
2008	5.	USA championship	Semi-difficult	behind Daniel Cormier, Nick Fekete, Willie Parks u. Kurt Backes
2008	2.	Olympic trials	Semi-difficult	behind Daniel Cormier, in front of Sean Stender

Note: NCAA = American University Sports Association, AAU = American Athletes Union

swell

• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig,
• Trade journal Der Ringer ,
• US Wrestling Association website,
• Website "www.wrestlinghalloffame.org"

Web link

• Profile of Damion Hahn at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Damion Hahn in the fight against Soslan Gaglojew in the international match USA against Russia 2007 in West Orange