Kyle Dake


Kyle Dake is an American world champion freestyle wrestler and former folkstyle wrestler. As a folkstyle wrestler, Dake was only the third wrestler to win four NCAA Division I national titles and the first to do so in four different weight classes.

Folkstyle

Dake competed for the wrestling team at Cornell University. Between 2010 and 2013, he became only the third wrestler to win four NCAA Division I Wrestling titles. Among four-time champions, Dake is the first wrestler to win each title in four different weight classes, and the only one to not redshirt a season during his college career.
Following his final season, WIN magazine awarded Dake the Dan Hodge Trophy as the most outstanding college wrestler.

Freestyle

At the 2018 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Dake won a world gold medal at the 79 kg weight class.
At the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Dake took home his second straight gold medal, beating Jabrayil Hasanov for the second straight year. “I know he is a strong opponent and he is very good in tie-ups and clinches as well as front headlock,” said Dake of Hasanov.

Freestyle record

! colspan="7"| Senior Freestyle Matches
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! Event
! Location
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Austin, Texas
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Rome, Italy
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Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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Austin, Texas
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Madrid, Spain
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Budapest, Hungary
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Istanbul, Turkey
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State College, Pennsylvania
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New York City, New York
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Las Vegas, Nevada
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Iowa City, Iowa
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Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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Tehran, Iran
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Lincoln, Nebraska
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Las Vegas, Nevada
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Paris, France
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Iowa City, Iowa
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Minsk, Belarus
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Las Vegas, Nevada
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Madison, Wisconsin
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East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
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Habana, Cuba
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Baku, Azerbaijan
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Stillwater, Oklahoma
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New York City, New York
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Iowa City, Iowa
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Akron, Ohio

NCAA record

! colspan="8"| NCAA Championships Matches
! Res.
! Record
! Opponent
! Score
! Date
! Event
! style=background:white colspan=6 |2013 NCAA Championships at 165 lbs
! style=background:white colspan=6 |2012 NCAA Championships at 157 lbs
! style=background:white colspan=6 |2011 NCAA Championships at 149 lbs
! style=background:white colspan=6 |2010 NCAA Championships at 141 lbs

Freestyle awards and honors