David Taylor (wrestler, born 1990)

David Taylor (born December 5, 1990) is an American world champion freestyle wrestler and former folkstyle wrestler. WIN magazine twice awarded Taylor the Dan Hodge Trophy as the most outstanding folkstyle wrestler in college wrestling.

David Taylor
Personal information
Full nameDavid Morris Taylor III
Nickname(s)Magic Man
NationalityAmerican
Born (1990-12-05) December 5, 1990
Reno, Nevada, U.S.
ResidenceState College, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportWrestling
Event(s)Folkstyle & Freestyle
College teamPenn State University
Medal record
Representing  United States
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
World Championships
2018 Budapest 86 kg
World Cup
2018 Iowa City86 kg
2017 Kermanshah86 kg
Pan American Championships
2019 Buenos Aires86 kg
2018 Lima86 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
2018 Krasnoyarsk86 kg
World University Games
2013 Kazan74 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Penn State Nittany Lions
NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
2011 Philadelphia157 lb
2012 St. Louis165 lb
2013 Des Moines165 lb
2014 Oklahoma City165 lb
Big Ten Championships
2011 Evanston157 lb
2012 West Lafayette 165 lb
2013 Illinois165 lb
2014 Madison165 lb

Early life

Taylor lived in several states before spending most of his youth in Wyoming and Ohio. In his youth, he admired world and Olympic champion Cael Sanderson, who is from the nearby state of Utah.[1]

Folkstyle

Taylor competed for the wrestling team at Pennsylvania State University, where Cael Sanderson was head coach. In his first year, Taylor did not officially compete. In Taylor's freshman and junior seasons, he finished as an NCAA Division I national runner-up, and in his sophomore and senior seasons, he finished as a champion. WIN magazine recognized his two championship seasons as the most outstanding performances in college wrestling, making him only the fourth wrestler to win the honor two or more times.[2]

Freestyle

In 2018, Taylor became the twelfth American wrestler to win the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin, a major wrestling tournament held annually in Siberia.[3] He followed that effort up by winning continental and world titles.

Freestyle matches
Senior Freestyle Matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
FloWrestling: Dake vs. Chamizo at 200 lb
Win 106-14 Myles Martin TF 11-0 July 25, 2020 FloWrestling: Dake vs. Chamizo

Austin, Texas

2020 Pan American Olympic Qualification at 86 kg
Win 105-14 Pool Ambrocio FF March 15, 2020 2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament

Ottawa, Canada

Win 104-14 Yurieski Torreblanca 8-0
Win 103-14 Pedro Ceballos Fall
2019 Pan American Championship at 86 kg
Win 102-14 Pedro Ceballos TF 10-0 April 19 - 21, 2019 2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Win 101-14 Lazaro Hernandez TF 10-0
Win 100-14 Meruzhan Nikoyan 6-0
Win 99-14 Rashji Mackey 8-0
2018 World Championship at 86 kg
Win 98-14 Fatih Erdin TF 12-2 October 20 - 28, 2018 2018 World Wrestling Championships

Budapest, Hungary

Win 97-14 Dauren Kurugliev 7-5
Win 96-14 Yurieski Torreblanca 8-0
Win 95-14 Hajy Rajabau TF 10-0
Win 94-14 Hassan Yazdani 11-6
2018 Grand Prix Yaşar Doğu at 86 kg
Win 93-14 Murad Suleymanov 2-2 July 27 - 29, 2018 2018 Grand Prix Yaşar Doğu

Istanbul, Turkey

Win 92-14 Ahmet Bilici 13-4
Win 91-14 Boris Makojev TF 11-0
Win 90-14 Azamat Dauletbekow 14-6
2018 US World Team Trials at 86 kg
Win 89-14 Nick Reenan TF 12-0 June 15 - 16, 2018 2018 Final X: State College

State College, Pennsylvania

Win 88-14 Nick Reenan TF 13-2
2018 Pan American Championship at 86 kg
Win 87-14 Yurieski Torreblanca 3-2 May 3 - 6, 2018 2018 Pan American Wrestling Championships

Lima, Peru

Win 86-14 Julio Rodriguez Romero 3-0
Win 85-14 Pool Ambrocio TF 11-0
Win 84-14 Eduardo Gajardo TF 12-2
2018 US Open at 86 kg
Win 83-14 Richard Perry 8-0 April 24 - 28, 2018 2018 US Open Wrestling Championships

Las Vegas, Nevada

Win 82-14 T.J. Dudley TF 12-2
Win 81-14 Noe Garcia 2-0
Win 80-14 Austin Coburn TF 10-0
Win 79-14 Evan Hansen TF 10-0
2018 World Cup at 86 kg
Win 78-14 Aleksandr Gostiyev TF 12-2 April 7, 2018 2018 Wrestling World Cup

Iowa City, Iowa

Win 77-14 David Khutsishvili TF 11-1
Win 76-14 Masao Matsusaka TF 12-2
Win 75-14 Pawan Kumar TF 10-0
2018 Ivan Yarygin Gran Prix at 86 kg
Win 74-14 Fatih Erdin Fall January 28, 2018 2018 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix

Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Win 73-14 Artur Naifonov Fall
Win 72-14 Koloi Kartoev 4-1
Win 71-14 Yurieski Torreblanca 4-4
2017 World Clubs Cup as TMWC
Win 70-14 Alireza Karimi 3-1 December 7 - 8, 2017 2017 World Wrestling Clubs Cup

Tehran, Iran

Win 69-14 Gankhuyag Ganbaatar Fall
Win 68-14 Petar Savakov 4-0
Win 67-14 Pawan Kumar TF 10-0
Win 66-14 Alexander Moore TF 14-4
2017 US World Team Trials at 86 kg
Loss 65-14 J'den Cox 3-5 June 9 - 10, 2017 2017 US World Team Trials

Lincoln, Nebraska

Loss 65-13 J'den Cox 3-4
Win 65-12 J'den Cox 9-3
Win 64-12 Nick Heflin 13-9 2017 US World Team Trials Challenge Tournament
Win 63-12 Pat Downey TF 10-0
Win 62-12 Joe Rau TF 13-0
2017 Beat The Streets: Times Square at 86 kg
Win 61-12 Takahiro Murayama Fall May 17, 2017 2017 Beat The Streets: Times Square

New York City, New York

2017 US Open at 86 kg
Win 60-12 Richard Perry TF 10-0 April 26 - 29, 2017 2017 US Open Wrestling Championships

Las Vegas, Nevada

Win 59-12 Nick Heflin TF 15-4
Win 58-12 Pat Downey TF 10-0
Win 57-12 Chance McClure TF 10-0
Win 56-12 Anthony Cress 5-0
2017 World Cup at 86 kg
Win 55-12 Hassan Yazdani Fall February 16 - 17, 2017 2017 Wrestling World Cup

Kermanshah, Iran

Win 54-12 Sharif Sharifov TF 12-2
Win 53-12 Vladislav Valiev TF 14-4
Win 52-12 Dato Marsagishvili 8-3
2017 Paris Grand Prix at 86 kg
Win 51-12 Richard Perry 8-5 January 28 - 29, 2017 2017 International Paris Grand Prix

Paris, France

Win 50-12 Akhmed Aibuev TF 12-2
Win 49-12 István Veréb TF 10-0
Win 48-12 Mihaly Nagy TF 10-0
2016 Spain Grand Prix at 86 kg
Win 47-12 István Veréb 8-6 July 9 - 10, 2016 2016 Spain Grand Prix

Madrid, Spain

Win 46-12 Orgodolyn Üitümen 14-7
Win 45-12 Anthony Valencia 10-3
Win 44-12 Vahid Shahmohammadiizad 6-2
2016 US Olympic Team Trials at 86 kg
Win 43-12 Andrew Howe 5-2 April 9 - 10, 2016 2016 US Olympic Team Trials Challenge Tournament

Iowa City, Iowa

Loss 42-12 Kyle Dake 4-11
Win 42-11 Austin Trotman 5-2
2015 US Nationals at 86 kg
Loss 41-11 Kyle Dake 4-11 December 18 - 19, 2015 2015 Senior Nationals - US Olympic Trials Qualifier

Las Vegas, Nevada

Win 41-10 Richard Perry TF 11-0
Win 40-10 Ed Ruth TF 13-0
2015 Golden Grand Prix 5th at 86 kg
Loss 39-10 Ehsan Lashgari TF 0-10 November 27 - 29, 2015 2015 Golden Grand Prix

Baku, Azerbaijan

Loss 39-9 Gardiiyev Nurmagomed 0-6
Win 39-8 Umidjon Ismanov 8-4
2015 Stepan Sargsyan Cup at 74 kg
Win 38-8 Kakhaber Khubezhty TF 12-2 July 18 - 19, 2015 2015 Stepan Sargsyan Tournament

Yerevan, Armenia

Win 37-8 Giya Chikhladze Fall
Win 36-8 Ruslan Rubaev Fall
2015 Spain Grand Prix at 74 kg
Win 35-8 Carmelo Lumia 12-6 July 11, 2015 2015 Spain Grand Prix

Madrid, Spain

Win 34-8 Zhang Chongyao 9-1
Win 33-8 Gong Byung Min 10-1
Win 32-8 Rafael Mota TF 13-0
2015 US World Team Trials at 74 kg
Loss 31-8 Kyle Dake 2-8 June 12 - 14, 2015 2015 US World Team Trials Challenge Tournament

Madison, Wisconsin

Win 31-7 Tyler Stalledwell 5-2
2015 Beat The Streets: Salsa in the Square at 74 kg
Win 30-7 Liván López TF 18-7 May 12, 2015 2015 Beat The Streets: Salsa in the Square

New York City, New York

2015 US Open at 74 kg
Win 29-7 Andre Howe 2-0 May 5 - 9, 2015 2015 US Open Wrestling Championships

Las Vegas, Nevada

Win 28-7 Tyler Caldwell TF 12-2
Win 27-7 Nestor Tafur TF 10-0
Win 26-7 Jacob Butenhoff Fall
2015 Beat The Streets at 74 kg
Win 25-7 Liván López TF 18-7 May 12, 2015 2015 Beat The Streets

New York City, New York

2015 Grand Prix Yaşar Doğu 5th at 74 kg
Loss 24-7 Khetag Tsabolov 3-9 March 28 - 29, 2015 2015 Grand Prix Yaşar Doğu

Istanbul, Turkey

Loss 24-6 Denis Tsargush 3-6
Win 24-5 Bahman Mohammad Teymouri Fall
Win 23-5 Abdullah Arslan 12-4
Win 22-5 Marad Zoidze 6-5
2014 US World Team Trials at 74 kg
Loss 21-5 Jordan Burroughs 5-6 May 30 - 31, 2014 2014 US World Team Trials

Madison, Wisconsin

Loss 21-4 Jordan Burroughs 2-6
Win 21-3 Andre Howe 3-1 2014 US World Team Trials Challenge Tournament
Win 20-3 Quinton Godley TF 10-0
2014 Beat The Streets at 74 kg
Win 19-3 Jabrayil Hasanov 6-0 May 7, 2014 2014 Beat The Streets: USA vs. The World

New York City, New York

2014 US Open at 74 kg
Loss 18-3 Jordan Burroughs 6-7 April 16 - 19, 2014 2014 US Open Wrestling Championships

Las Vegas, Nevada

Win 18-2 Tyler Caldwell 6-0
Win 17-2 Paul Rademacher Fall
Win 16-2 Marcus Bausaman TF 13-0
2013 Universidae Games at 74 kg
Win 15-2 Gombodorj Dorjvaanchig 10-3 July 11 - 16, 2013 2013 World University Games

Kazan, Russia

Win 14-2 Reza Alireza Afzali Paemami 7-5
Loss 13-2 Denis Tsargush 4-7
Win 13-1 Apostolos Taskoudis Fall
Win 12-1 Zurab Erbotsonashvili 8-4
2013 US University Nationals at 74 kg
Win 11-1 Quinton Godley Fall May 24 - 26, 2013 2013 US National University Championships

Akron, Ohio

Win 10-1 Ian Miller TF 14-4
Win 9-1 Logan Molina Fall
Win 8-1 Geno Morelli TF 13-3
Win 7-1 Jesse Stafford Fall
Win 6-1 Robert Schlitt TF 10-0
Win 5-1 Santonio Cathery TF 11-0
2013 US Open at 74 kg
Loss 4-1 Jordan Burroughs 1-3, 0-1 April 17 - 20, 2013 2013 US Open Wrestling Championships

Las Vegas, Nevada

Win 4-0 Nick Marable 2-0, 4-0
Win 3-0 Ryan Morningstar 1-0, 1-0
Win 2-0 Holden Packard TF 9-0, 7-0
2013 Beat The Streets at 74 kg
Win 1-0 Magomed Kurbanaliev Fall May 15, 2013 2013 Beat The Streets: Rumble on the Rails

New York City, New York

Awards and honors
2019
  • Pan American Championships
2018
  • UWW Best Wrestler of the Year
  • John Smith Award as the Freestyle Wrestler of the Year
  • World Wrestling Championships
  • World Cup Championships
  • Pan American Championships
  • Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix
  • Yasar Dogu
2017
  • World Cup Championships
  • Grand Prix of Paris
2016
  • Grand Prix of Spain
2015
  • Stepan Sargsyan Tournament
  • Grand Prix of Spain
2014
2013
2012
2011

Endorsements

In 2015, Taylor and Adidas released a line of wrestling apparel labeled “M2” after Taylor's college nickname “Magic Man”.[4] Taylor received the nickname "Magic Man" after a collegiate match in which he turned an unfavorable situation for himself into an advantage.[5] The apparel line began with wrestling shoes and since has expanded to clothing, posters and Adidas sponsored events.

References
  1. Hipps, Andrew. "Iowa State-bound Taylor not afraid of challenges". Intermat. Intermat. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. "Penn State wrestler David Taylor wins Hodge Trophy". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  3. "Snyder wins back-to-back titles and Taylor also gets his gold on last day of Yarygin Grand Prix in Russia".
  4. Ford, Bob. "Penn State wrestler David Taylor has one goal to go: the Olympics". Philly. PhillyArticles. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  5. Goodwin, Cody. "Wrestling David Taylor". The Daily Iowan. The Daily Iowan.
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