David Morris Taylor
| David Morris Taylor medal table |
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|---|---|---|
| United States | ||
| World Championship | ||
| gold | 2018 Budapest | up to 86 kg |
| Pan American Championship | ||
| gold | 2018 Lima | up to 86 kg |
| gold | 2019 Buenos Aires | up to 86 kg |
| Universiade | ||
| bronze | 2013 Kazan | up to 86 kg |
David Morris Taylor (born December 5, 1990 in Reno, Nevada ) is an American wrestler . In 2018 he became world champion in free style in the weight class up to 86 kg body weight
Career
David Morris Taylor grew up in the states of Wyoming and Ohio. He attended high school in St. Paris Graham, Ohio, and began wrestling there. As a teenager he was able to achieve his first successes and in 2007 qualified for participation in the Junior World Championships in Beijing. He took 8th place in the free style in the weight class up to 50 kg.
After moving to Pennsylvania State University, he developed into a world-class free-style wrestler under coaches Cael Sanderson and Jeff Jordan over the years. David Taylor, nicknamed "Magic Man", started a career as a student wrestler at the Pennsylvania College Wrestling Club (WC) and won the NCAA welterweight championship in 2012 and 2014. In 2013 he took part in the Universiade (student world games) in Kazan and took third place in welterweight (up to 74 kg body weight) behind Denis Zargusch from Russia and Jabrail Hasanow from Azerbaijan.
David Taylor, who also competes for the Titan Mercury WC / Nittany Lions WC , was unable to qualify for participation in the World Championships or the 2016 Olympic Games in the next few years because he repeatedly competed with Jordan Burroughs , the 2012 Olympic champion and multiple world champion, failed. In the 2016 Olympic qualification, J'den Michael Cox and Kyle Douglas Dake failed in middleweight (up to 86 kg body weight) .
In 2018, however, he made the leap to the top after finally switching to the weight class up to 86 kg. First, in January 2018, he won the prestigious "Ivan Yarigin" Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk in this weight class, ahead of Fatih Erdin , Turkey, Wladislaw Waliev and Artur Naiforow, both from Russia. In May 2018 he became Pan-American Master in Lima in front of Yurieski Torreblanca Queralta from Cuba. In July 2018 he also won the "Yasar Dogu" tournament in Istanbul ahead of Murad Suleimanow, Azerbaijan, Boris Makojew, Slovakia and Fatih Erdin. Then he succeeded in winning the US World Cup qualification tournament (Trials) before Nekc Reenan and Richard Perry.
At the World Championships in Budapest in October 2018, he presented himself in excellent shape in the weight class up to 86 kg. In his first fight there, he defeated the 2016 Olympic champion and defending champion Hassan Yazdani from Iran, whom he safely defeated with 11: 6 points. Then he won over Hadschi Rajabow, Belarus, Yurieski Torreblanca Queralta, Dauren Kurugliew from Russia and Fatih Erdin and became world champion.
David Morris Taylor is also always available for team competitions. On May 15, 2013, he wrestled with the United States team in New York at "The Rumble on the Rails", an event in which the national teams of the United States, Russia and Iran took part. At that time it was about the IOC, which intended to remove wrestling from the program of the Olympic Summer Games, to prove the unity of international wrestling. A project that initially succeeded. David Taylor won this event over Magomed Kurbanaliew from Russia. On May 7, 2014 he was back in the US team, which competed against a world selection in New York. This event was called "Beat the Streets" and had the same goal. David Taylor won this event over Jabrail Hasanow.
In 2016 he started with his "Titan-Mercury WC / Nittany Lions WC" at the Team World Cup in Kharkov. He came there u. a. to victories over Bogdan Christow, Ukraine and Nodar Egadze, Georgia. In February 2017 he was part of the US team at the World Cup of the national teams in Kermandshah / Iran. Also in December 2017 he represented the USA at the Team World Cup in Tehran. a. to victories over Pawan Kumar, India, Ganbaatar Gaddunyang, Mongolia and Alireza Karimimanchiani , Iran.
International success
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
| 2007 | 8th. | Junior World Championships in Beijing | up to 50 kg | Winner: Dashpuntsag Tulga, Mongolia |
| 2013 | 3. | Universiade in Kazan | up to 74 kg | behind Denis Zargusch, Russia and Jabrail Hasanow, Azerbaijan |
| 2015 | 5. | "Yasar Dogu" tournament in Istanbul | up to 74 kg | behind Denis Zargusch, Söner Demirtas , Turkey, Chetik Zabolow and Achmed Gadschimurad , both Russia |
| 2015 | 1. | Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid | up to 74 kg | in front of Carmelo Lumia, Italy, Zhang Chongyao, China and Mark Hall, USA |
| 2015 | 1. | "Stepan Sargsjan" tournament in Vanadzor / Armenia | up to 74 kg | in front of Kachaber Chubeschti , Russia, Grigor Grigorjan, Armenia and Gia Tschikladze, Ukraine |
| 2015 | 5. | Golden Grand Prix in Baku | up to 86 kg | behind Alexander Gostijew and Nurmagomed Gadschiew, both Azerbaijan, Eshar Lashgari, Iran and Sandro Aminashvili, Georgia |
| 2017 | 1. | Paris Grand Prix | up to 86 kg | before Richard Perry, USA Raman Tschitadze, Belarus and István Veréb , Hungary |
| 2018 | 1. | "Ivan Yarigin" World Cup in Krasnoyarsk | up to 86 kg | before Fatih Erdin, Turkey, Wladislaw Waliew and Artur Naiforow, both Russia |
| 2018 | 1. | Pan-American Championship in Lima | up to 86 kg | in front of Yurieski Torreblanca Queralta, Cuba, Pedro Francisco Ceballos Fuentes, Venezuela and Pool Edison Ambrosio Greifo, Peru |
| 2018 | 1. | "Yasar Dogu" tournament in Istanbul | up to 86 kg | before Murad Suleimanow, Azerbaijan, Boris Makojew , Slovakia and Fatih Erdin |
| 2018 | 1. | World Cup in Budapest | up to 86 kg | after victories over Hassan Yazdani, Iran, Hadschi Rajabow, Belarus, Yurieski Torreblanca Queralta, Dauren Kurugliew, Russia and Fatih Erdin |
| 2019 | 1. | Pan American Championship in Buenos Aires | up to 86 kg | after victories over Rashji Leonardo Mackay, Bahamas, Meruzhan Nikoyan, Argentina, Lazaro Daniel Hernandez Luis, Cuba and Pedro Francisco Ceballos Fuentes, Venezuela |
Successes in national competitions
| year | space | competition | Weight class | successes |
| 2007 | 1. | USA Junior Championship | to 105 lbs. | before Mark Roppo |
| 2008 | 2. | Junior World Championship trials | up to 55 kg | behind Zach Sanders |
| 2010 | 2. | Junior World Championship trials | up to 74 kg | behind Conrad Polz |
| 2011 | 2. | NCAA championships | to 165 lbs. | |
| 2012 | 1. | NCAA championships | to 165 lbs. | before Hatchett Brandon and Beksod Abdurachmanow |
| 2013 | 2. | NCAA championships | to 165 lbs. | behind Kyle Douglas Dake, in front of Tyler Caldwell |
| 2013 | 2. | USA championship | up to 74 kg | behind Jordan Burroughs, in front of Nick Marable |
| 2013 | 4th | World Championship trials | up to 74 kg | behind Jordean Burroughs, Kyle Douglas Dake and Andrew Howe |
| 2013 | 1. | USA Student Championship (AAU) | to 165 lbs. | before Quinton Godley and Michael Moreno |
| 2014 | 1. | NCAA championships | to 165 lbs. | before Tyler Caldwell and Steve Monk |
| 2015 | 1. | USA championship | up to 74 kg | before Andrew Howe, Anthony Valencia and Tyler Caldwell |
| 2015 | 3. | World Championship trials | up to 74 kg | behind Jordan Burroughs and Kyle Douglas Dake |
| 2016 | 3. | Olympic trials | up to 86 kg | behind J'den Michael Cox and Kyle Douglas Dake |
| 2017 | 2. | World Championship trials | up to 86 kg | behind J'den Michael Cox, in front of Richard Perry and Nick Heflin |
| 2018 | 1. | USA championship | up to 86 kg | before Richard Perry, Nick Reenan and Timothy Dudley |
| 2018 | 1. | World Championship trials | up to 86 kg | before Nick Reenan and Richard Perry |
- Explanations
- all free style competitions
- WM = World Championship
- NCAA = American Student Sports Association
- AAU = American Athletes Union
- 1 lbs. = 0.453 kg
Web links
- Profile of David Morris Taylor at the Institute of Applied Exercise Science
- Fight between David Taylor and Vladislav Waliev (Russia) at the 2017 World Cup
- Taylor won the 2018 Yarygin Grand Prix
- Portrait of David Taylor (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Taylor, David Morris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th December 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reno (Nevada) |