Team USA Nets 6 Gold Medals in Greco at the 2026 Pan Am Wrestling Championships

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2026 Senior Pan-American Wrestling Championships
Coralville, Iowa USA
May 7-10, 2026
Photo: John Sachs/Tech-Fall.com
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A stellar performance from Team USA netted 6 Golds and 1 Silver on day one of the 2026 Pan American Wrestling Championships. Group one in the Greco-Roman Wrestling portion of the tournament finished with Team USA building an insurmountable lead.

Team Rankings Greco-Roman Wrestling
Day One/group 1

1. United States 176
2. Mexico 93
3. Cuba 90
4. Brazil 82
5. Ecuador 57
6. Peru 41
7. Venezuela 39
8. Dominican Republic 37
9. Chile 31
10. Puerto Rico 27

55 kg
Gold – Max Nowry (United States)
Silver – Isaac Marin Mata (Mexico)
Bronze – Moises Peralta Gonzalez (Ecuador)
4th – Yan Landim Ribeiro (Brazil)

Round robin bracket records: Nowry (3-0), Marin Mata (2-1), Peralta Gonzalez (1-2), Landim Ribeiro (0-3)

60 kg
Gold – Kevin De Armas Rodriguezs (Cuba)
Silver – Clisman Carracedo Veliz (Ecuador)
Bronze – Pedro De Souza Rodrigues (Brazil)
Bronze – Yerony Liria Carreras (Dominican Republic)
5th – Carlos Herrera Barrios (Venezuela)
5th – Abel Sanchez Juarez (Peru)
7th – Alexis Rodriguez Hernandez (Mexico)
8th – Dalton Roberts (United States)
9th – Augusto Vargas Valle (Chile)
10th – Edrick Martinez Mateo (Puerto Rico)

Gold – Kevin De Armas Rodriguezs (Cuba) tech-fall Clisman Carracedo Veliz (Ecuador) 11-0
Bronze – Pedro De Souza Rodrigues (Brazil) dec. Carlos Herrera Barrios (Venezuela) 5-3
Bronze – Yerony Liria Carreras (Dominican Republic) tech-fall Abel Sanchez Juarez (Peru) 10-1

63 kg
Gold – Landon Drury (United States)
Silver – Jeremy Peralta Gonzalez (Ecuador)
Bronze – Angel Segura Tellez (Mexico)
4th – Marat Garipov (Brazil)
5th – Derick Martinez Mateo (Puerto Rico)

Round robin bracket records: Drury (4-0), Peralta Gonzalez (3-1), Segura Tellez (2-2), Garipov (1-3), Martinez Mateo (0-4)

67 kg
Gold – Luis Orta Sanchez (Cuba)
Silver – Otto Black (United States)
Bronze – Nilton Soto Garcia (Peru)
Bronze – Julian Horta Acevedo (Colombia)
5th – Irving Salazar Cabrera (Mexico)
5th – Jose Varela Garcia (Guatemala)
7th – Nestor Almanza Truyol (Chile)
8th – Yonaiker Martinez Cravo (Venezuela)
9th – Angelo Cafe De Oliveira (Brazil)
10th – Andres Montano Arroyo (Ecuador)

Gold – Luis Orta Sanchez (Cuba) dec. Otto Black (United States) 5-3
Bronze – Nilton Soto Garcia (Peru) dec. Irving Salazar Cabrera (Mexico) 5-5
Bronze – Julian Horta Acevedo (Colombia) tech-fall Jose Varela Garcia (Guatemala) 9-0

77 kg
Gold – Joel Adams (United States)
Silver – Oscar Barrios Rochez (Honduras)
Bronze – Joilson De Brito Ramos Junior (Brazil)
Bronze – Eduardo Bernal Molina (Chile)
5th – David Choc Huoc (Guatemala)
5th – Justin Boyce (Barbados)
7th – Darfel Parada Camacaro (Venezuela)
8th – Dario Cubas Castillo (Peru)
9th – Diego Martinez De Leija (Mexico)

Gold – Joel Adams (United States) tech-fall Oscar Barrios Rochez (Honduras) 10-1
Bronze – Joilson De Brito Ramos Junior (Brazil) dec. David Choc Huoc (Guatemala) 3-1
Bronze – Eduardo Bernal Molina (Chile) tech-fall Justin Boyce (Barbados) 8-0

82 kg
Gold – Kamal Bey (United States)
Silver – Diego Macias Torres (Mexico)

Gold – Kamal Bey (United States) tech-fall Diego Macias Torres (Mexico) 9-1

87 kg
Gold – Beka Melelashvili (United States)
Silver – Daniel Gregorich Hechavarria (Cuba)
Bronze – Luis Avendano Rojas (Venezuela)
4th – Johan Batista (Dominican Republic
5th – Carlos Espinoza Castro (Peru)
6th – Andre Ramos Pinto (Brazil)
7th – Jose Vargas Rueda (Venezuela)

Gold – Beka Melelashvili (United States) dec. Daniel Gregorich Hechavarria (Cuba) 8-6
Bronze – Luis Avendano Rojas (Venezuela) inj. def. Johan Batista (Dominican Republic)

130 kg
Gold – Cohlton Schultz (United States)
Silver – Oscar Pino Hinds (Cuba)
Bronze – Guilherme Evangelista Dias (Brazil)
Bronze – James Ford III (Puerto Rico
5th – Tyrece Thompson (Jamaica)
5th – Jose Nunez Encarnacion (Dominican Republic)
7th – Luis Lopez Vazquez (Mexico)
8th – Gino Avila Dilbert (Honduras)
9th – Yasmani Acosta Fernandez (Chile)

Gold – Cohlton Schultz (United States) dec. Oscar Pino Hinds (Cuba) 1-1
Bronze – Guilherme Evangelista Dias (Brazil) fall Tyrece Thompson (Jamaica) 0:28
Bronze – James Ford III (Puerto Rico) fall Jose Nunez Encarnacion (Dominican Republic) 3:33