Thomas Patrick Gilman (born May 28, 1994) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 57 kilograms. In freestyle, Gilman is a 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist and the 2021 World Champion (finalist in 2017 and 2022) and Pan American Continental champion.[1] In folkstyle, Gilman was a three-time NCAA Division I All-American, the 2016 NCAA national runner-up, and a Big Ten Conference champion out of the University of Iowa.[2]

Thomas Gilman
Gilman at the 2016 NCAA's post-tournament press conference
Personal information
Full nameThomas Patrick Gilman
NationalityAmerican
Born (1994-05-28) May 28, 1994 (age 29)
Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S.
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country United States
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle and folkstyle
College teamIowa Hawkeyes
ClubNittany Lion Wrestling Club
Coached byCael Sanderson
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 57 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Oslo 57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Paris 57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Belgrade 57 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Acapulco 57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Buenos Aires 57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Lima 57 kg
Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Krasnoyarsk 57 kg
Tunis Ranking Series
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tunisia 57 kg
US National Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Las Vegas 57 kg
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Zagreb 55 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Iowa Hawkeyes
NCAA Division I National Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 New York 125 lb
Bronze medal – third place 2017 St. Louis 125 lb
Big Ten Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Bloomington 125 lb
Silver medal – second place 2015 Columbus 125 lb
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Iowa City 125 lb

Folkstyle career edit

Early life edit

Born and raised in Iowa to Patrick and Cheri Gilman, Thomas moved to Nebraska to attend Skutt Catholic High School in Omaha.[3] As a high school wrestler, Gilman went on to become the 20th four-time Nebraska (NSAA) state champion in history and helped the team win three state titles.[4] He also won the 2009 NHSCA National title at 103 pounds as a freshman.[5]

As a senior ('11–'12), Gilman committed to Terry Brands and the Iowa Hawkeyes as the top recruit in Nebraska.[6]

College edit

While redshirting ('12–'13), Gilman compiled 23 wins (14 of them with bonus points) and five losses, won two Open tournament titles, and ended on a seven-match win streak.[7] As a freshman ('13–'14), he racked up a 16–3 mark, including seven victories and two losses in dual meets and a Midlands title, where he recorded wins over defending NCAA champion Jesse Delgado and three-time ACC champion Jarrod Garnett.[8] However, he was not the starter at 125 pounds for the postseason tournaments (NCAAs and B1Gs) after being defeated by teammate Cory Clark in a wrestle-off for the spot.[9]

As a sophomore ('14–'15), he compiled 31 wins and six losses, a 15–2 record in dual meets, a perfect 9–0 in Big Ten duals and Midlands runner-up honors.[10][2] In the postseason, he claimed runner-up honors at the Big Ten Championships to Ohio State's Nathan Tomasello[11] and became an All-American with a fourth-place finish at the NCAA's.[12]

As a junior ('15–'16), Gilman improved with a 28–2 record, including a perfect 17–0 in dual meets.[2] His first loss came at the Big Ten Championship semifinals by two-time NCAA runner-up Nico Megaludis, and he came back to claim third place at the tournament.[13] At the NCAA championships, he dominantly reached the finale with two majors, one technical fall and a pin over the defending NCAA champion Nathan Tomasello, while also avenging his last season's loss.[14] In the finals, Gilman was once again downed by Nico Megaludis from PSU, claiming runner-up honors.[15]

In his final year ('16–'17), Gilman compiled 32 wins and just one loss, with a 15–0 mark at dual meets. He led the Hawkeyes on falls and technical falls, scored bonus points in 26 out of 32 wins and won the Midland Championships, being named the Outstanding Wrestler as well.[2] After being the top–ranked 125-pounder in the country throughout the whole season, Gilman claimed his first Big Ten title by topping Timothy Lambert from Nebraska in the finals.[16] As the top–seed at the NCAA's, Gilman was on a dominant with two majors and a fall over rival Nick Piccininni to make the semifinals, but was defeated by the eventual winner of the championship Darian Cruz, getting thrown to the consolation side of the bracket. He came back with a victory over second-seeded Joey Dance and once again downed Nick Piccininni, now 13–6 to claim third place.[17] Gilman graduated with 107 wins and 12 losses.[18]

Freestyle career edit

Age-group level edit

Gilman was a three-time US World Team Member, once as a cadet and twice as a junior, and claimed a bronze medal from the Junior World Championships in 2014.[19][20]

Senior level edit

2013 edit

Gilman made his senior-level debut at the US University Nationals at age 18, where he placed third.[21]

2017 edit

After his folkstyle career ended, Gilman competed at the US Last Chance World Team Trials Qualifier in May, and placed first to earn a spot at the US World Team Trials.[22] At the US World Team Trials Challenge Tournament of June, Gilman defeated 2017 NCAA champion Darian Cruz, reigning Pan American champion Tyler Graff, two-time US University national champion Nico Megaludis, and 2015 NCAA champion Nathan Tomasello, to make the best-of-three final.[23] In the best–of–three, Gilman went on to defeat fellow graduated Hawkeye Tony Ramos twice in a row to become the biggest underdog to make the 2017 US World Team.[24] Gilman then went on to claim the prestigious Grand Prix of Spain in July.[25]

At the 2017 World Championships, Gilman opened up with big wins over 2016 European Continental runner–up and two–time Cadet World Champion from Ukraine Andriy Yatsenko and 2017 Asian Continental medalist from Iran Reza Atri, before defeating 2017 Dave Schultz Memorial runner–up Nodirjon Safarov and stunning 2014 Asian Games Gold medalist from North–Korea Jong Hak-jin to astonishingly making the finals of the tournament.[26] In the finale, Gilman's 15 match win–streak was broken by 2017 Asian Continental champion from Japan Yuki Takahashi, claiming the 2017 World Championship Silver medal.[27] To cap off the year, Gilman helped Titan Mercury Wrestling Club reach second–place at the Clubs World Championship.[28]

2018 edit

Gilman started off the year by helping Team USA reach the gold medal at the World Cup, going 2–2.[29] He then claimed a bronze medal from the Pan American Championships, after falling to 2017 U23 World Champion from Cuba Reineri Andreu in the semifinals and bouncing back in the third–place match.[30] In June, the defending US World Team Member was able to defeat Junior World Champion Daton Fix twice in a row at Final X Lincoln to make back–to–back teams.[31] In July, he claimed the prestigious Yasar Dogu International title, defeating Süleyman Atlı in the process.[32] At the 2018 World Championships, Gilman went on to defeat Italy's Givi Davidovi and Azerbaijan's three–time and reigning European Continental champion Giorgi Edisherashvili, before being defeated by 2018 Asian Continental champion (61kg) from Kazakhstan Nurislam Sanayev and Süleyman Atlı to place fifth.[33]

2019–2020 edit

Gilman started off the year competing overseas, claiming an Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix bronze medal and placing 15th at the Dan Kolov – Nikola Petrov Memorial.[34][35] After coming back to the United States, Gilman claimed runner–up honors from the US Open, losing to Daton Fix in the finals but not before beating Nathan Tomasello.[36][37] In May, he claimed the US World Team Trials Challenge by defeating Darian Cruz twice, becoming the Final X challenger.[38] At June's Final X, Gilman was defeated by Fix two to one, losing the chance of representing the United States at the World Championships.[39] Gilman then travelled to Russia to train in Vladikavkaz, and was named the USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week after claiming the Yusup Abdusalamov Memorial.[40][41] He also competed at the Intercontinental Cup and the Alans International, placing third at twelfth respectively before returning to the United States.[42][43]

Gilman opened up 2020 with a prestigious Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series title, defeating Daton Fix in the semifinals and 2019 World Championship medalist (61 kg) Joe Colon in the semifinals and finals.[44] Gilman then continued his streak two months later, and qualified the weight for the United States to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics after winning the gold medal from the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament, notably defeating two–time U23 World Champion from Cuba Reineri Andreu in the semifinals.[45] Gilman was then scheduled to compete at the 2020 US Olympic Team Trials in April, however, the event was postponed as well as the 2020 Summer Olympics due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[46] In April 10, Gilman announced his move from his long–time club, the Hawkeye Wrestling Club, to the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club in State College, Pennsylvania.[47]

After being unable to compete for months due to the pandemic, Gilman competed at his now local NLWC in their first event in September, where he tech'd NCAA champion Darian Cruz.[48] In their third event, in November, Gilman pinned 2017 Ukrainian International Open runner–up Frank Perrelli, notably calling out Spencer Lee afterwards.[49] In his last event of the year, Gilman was unable to keep his unbeaten streak and was defeated by 2019 Bill Farrell Memorial champion Seth Gross via criteria in December.[50]

2021 edit

To open up the year, Gilman competed at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane in January, where after downing three–time European Continental champion Giorgi Edisherashvili and 2020 US National champion Vito Arujau in his first two matches, he was controversially defeated by Islam Bazarganov on criteria, but was able to defeat Edisherashvili in the third–place match to claim bronze.[51] In February, he competed at the fifth NLWC event, and was upset by Zach Sanders, before defeating Sean Russell.[52] In April 2–3, Gilman, the top–seed, competed at the rescheduled 2020 US Olympic Team Trials in an attempt to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[53] To make it to the best–of–three, he ran through two–time All–American Zane Richards and World Championship medalist Joe Colon, ending both via technical fall.[54] Gilman then wrestled Vito Arujau (21–2 since the pandemic, took out Daton Fix in the semifinals), and went on to pin him in the first match and beat him via criteria in the second match. This result qualified Gilman to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and he is expected to do so in August 4–5.[55][56] He was also expected to compete at the Pan American Continental Championships,[57] but was forced out due to a foot injury and was replaced by Arujau.[58]

On August 4, Gilman competed in the first date of the men's freestyle 57 kg of the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he went the distance in a razor-close loss to eventual winner of the Olympic Games and two-time and reigning World Champion Zaur Uguev from the Russian Olympic Committee.[59] As the Russian kept advancing on the bracket, Gilman was pulled into repechage to compete on August 5, dominating Gulomjon Abdullaev from Uzbekistan and '19 Asian champion Reza Atri from Iran in order to capture the bronze medal for the United States.[60]

As an Olympic medalist, Gilman earned the right to automatically represent the United States at the 2021 World Championships without having to compete domestically to make the US World Team, and did so from October 3 to 4.[61] Gilman had a dominant run on the first date, bulldozing through '21 Russian National medalist Abubakar Mutaliev and European Continental medalists Vladimir Egorov and Horst Lehr to make his second World finale.[62] Different from his 2017 finals, Gilman emerged victorious over '21 Asian Continental finalist Alireza Sarlak on October 4 in order to acclaim the World Championship, becoming the first 57 kilogram American competitor to do so.[63]

2022 edit

Back from becoming a World Champion, Gilman defeated familiar foe and NCAA champion Darian Cruz eleven points to zero on February 12, at Bout at the Ballpark.[64] On May 8, he became the Pan American Continental champion, downing Cruz again for the title.[65] Gilman claimed the spot to represent his country at the 2022 World Championships for the fourth time in his career, taking out Vito Arujau twice in a row at Final X Stillwater.[66] In July 18, he claimed gold at the Tunis Ranking Series, despite losing to 2021 World medalist Horst Lehr.[67]

After cruising to the finals with not much trouble, Gilman was downed by Zelimkhan Abakarov on September 17 at the 2022 World Championships, earning a silver medal in his third World finals match.[68][69]

Wrestling style edit

Gilman will usually try to be as physical as possible, controlling the center with his strength and walking down and pushing his opponent while overwhelming him with heavy hand fighting until a takedown opportunity opens up.[70][71] Due to his aggressiveness, Gilman is considered to have the traditional Iowa style and is often described as "tough" and a "brawler".[72][73][74]

Freestyle record edit

Senior Freestyle Matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
2024 US Olympic Team Trials   at 57 kg
Loss 96–26   Spencer Lee Fall April 20, 2024 2024 US Olympic Team Trials   State College, Pennsylvania
Loss 96–25   Spencer Lee 3–6
Win 96–24   Daton Fix 6–0 April 19, 2024
Win 95–24   Jax Forrest 5–4
2023 US World Team Trials   at 57 kg
Loss 94–24   Zane Richards 6–8 June 10, 2023 2023 Final X: Newark   Newark, New Jersey
Loss 94–23   Zane Richards 3–4
2023 Pan American Championships   at 57 kg
Win 94–22   Darian Cruz TF 10–0 May 6, 2022 2023 Pan American Continental Championships   Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win 93–22   Santiago Chaveco TF 11–0
Win 92–22   Hernan Almendra TF 11–0
2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov 8th at 61 kg
Loss 91–22   Kaisei Tanabe TF 1–11 March 2, 2023 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament   Sofia, Bulgaria
2022 World Championships   at 57 kg
Loss 91–21   Zelimkhan Abakarov 2–7 September 17, 2022 2022 World Championships   Belgrade, Serbia
Win 91–20   Zou Wanhao 8–2 September 16, 2022
Win 90–20   Zandanbudyn Zanabazar 5–1
Win 89–20   Georgii Okorokov TF 11–0
2022 Tunis Ranking Series   at 57 kg
Win 88–20   Udit Kumar 9–8 July 18, 2022 2022 Tunis Ranking Series   Tunis, Tunisia
Win 87–20   Alireza Sarlak 11–7
Win 86–20   Nodirjon Safarov TF 11–1
Loss 85–20   Horst Lehr Fall
2022 US World Team Trials   at 57 kg
Win 85–19   Vito Arujau TF 14–2 June 3, 2022 2022 Final X: Stillwater   Stillwater, Oklahoma
Win 84–19   Vito Arujau TF 12–2
2022 Pan American Championships   at 57 kg
Win 83–19   Darian Cruz TF 11–0 May 8, 2022 2022 Pan American Continental Championships   Acapulco, Mexico
Win 82–19   Alexei Alvarez Blanco Fall
Win 81–19   Enrique Herrera Fall
Win 80–19   Darian Cruz TF 11–0 February 12, 2022 2022 Bout at the Ballpark

  Arlington, Texas

2021 World Championships   at 57 kg
Win 79–19   Alireza Sarlak 5–3 October 4, 2021 2021 World Championships   Oslo, Norway
Win 78–19   Horst Lehr TF 15–5 October 3, 2021
Win 77–19   Vladimir Egorov TF 11–0
Win 76–19   Abubakar Mutaliev Fall
2020 Summer Olympics   at 57 kg
Win 75–19   Reza Atri 9–1 August 4–5, 2021 2020 Summer Olympics   Tokyo, Japan
Win 74–19   Gulomjon Abdullaev TF 11–1
Loss 73–19   Zaur Uguev 4–5
2020 US Olympic Team Trials   at 57 kg
Win 73–18   Vito Arujau 2–2 April 2–3, 2021 2020 US Olympic Team Trials   Fort Worth, Texas
Win 72–18   Vito Arujau Fall
Win 71–18   Joe Colon TF 10–0
Win 70–18   Zane Richards TF 11–0
Win 69–18   Sean Russell TF 11–0 February 23, 2021 NLWC V

  State College, Pennsylvania

Loss 68–18   Zach Sanders Fall
2021 Henri Deglane Grand Prix   at 57 kg
Win 68–17   Giorgi Edisherashvili 6–4 January 16, 2021 Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021

  Nice, France

Loss 67–17   Islam Bazarganov 6–6
Win 67–16   Vito Arujau 6–2
Win 66–16   Giorgi Edisherashvili 4–0
Loss 65–16   Seth Gross 4–4 December 16, 2020 WRTC II

  Wisconsin

Win 65–15   Frank Perrelli Fall November 24, 2020 NLWC III

  State College, Pennsylvania

Win 64–15   Darian Cruz TF 14–4 September 19, 2020 NLWC I

  State College, Pennsylvania

2020 Pan American Olympic Qualification   at 57 kg
Win 63–15   Óscar Tigreros FF March 13–15, 2020 2020 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament

  Ottawa, Canada

Win 62–15   Juan Rubelin Ramirez Beltre TF 11–0
Win 61–15   Reineri Andreu 4–3
Win 60–15   Ligrit Sadiku TF 10–0
2020 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series   at 57 kg
Win 59–15   Joe Colon 4–3 January 15–18, 2020 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2020

  Rome, Italy

Win 58–15   Daton Fix 2–1
Win 57–15   Minghu Liu 12–4
Win 56–15   Gabit Tolepbay TF 11–0
2019 Alans International 12th at 57 kg
Loss 55–15   Abubakar Mutaliev 1–2 December 7–8, 2019 2019 Alans International Tournament

  Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–Alania

Win 55–14   Shamil Suleymanov TF 13–3
2019 Continental Cup   at 57 kg
Win 54–14   Salikh Muradov 6–0 October 19–14, 2019 2019 Intercontinental Cup

  Khasavyurt, Dagestan

Loss 53–14   Abubakar Mutaliev 8–10
2019 Yusup Abdusalamov International   at 57 kg
Win 53–13   Salikh Muradov October 5, 2019 2019 Yusup Abdusalamov International

  Botlikh, Dagestan

Win 52–13  
Win 51–13  
Win 50–13  
Win 49–13  
2019 Final X: Lincoln   at 57 kg
Loss 48–13   Daton Fix 3–6 June 14–15, 2019 2019 US World Team Trials   Lincoln, Nebraska
Win 48–12   Daton Fix 3–2
Loss 47–12   Daton Fix 1–9
Win 47–11   Darian Cruz 5–2 May 17–19, 2019 2019 US World Team Trials Challenge   Raleigh, North Carolina
Win 46–11   Darian Cruz 4–0
Win 45–11   Frank Perrelli TF 10–0
2019 US Open   at 57 kg
Loss 44–11   Daton Fix 4–8 April 24–27, 2019 2019 US Open National Championships

  Las Vegas, Nevada

Win 44–10   Nathan Tomasello DQ (8–0)
Win 43–10   Zane Richards TF 12–2
Win 42–10   Gunnar Woodburn TF 11–0
Win 41–10   Josh Portillo TF 12–2
2019 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov 15th at 57 kg
Loss 40–10   Georgi Vangelov 5–6 February 28 – March 3, 2019 2019 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Memorial

  Ruse, Bulgaria

2019 Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix   at 57 kg
Win 40–9   Bekhbayar Erdenebat 14–8 January 24, 2019 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2019

  Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Win 39–9   Ahmet Peker 9–0
Loss 38–9   Abasgadzhi Magomedov Fall
Win 38–8   Alexei Alvarez Blanco TF 10–0
2018 World Championships 5th at 57 kg
Loss 37–8   Süleyman Atlı 4–5 October 21–22, 2018 2018 World Championships

  Budapest, Hungary

Loss 37–7   Nurislam Sanayev TF 0–11
Win 37–6   Giorgi Edisherashvili 4–0
Win 36–6   Givi Davidovi 6–3
2018 Yaşar Doğu   at 57 kg
Win 35–6   Dzmichyk Rynchynau 12–5 July 27–29, 2018 2018 Yaşar Doğu   Istanbul, Turkey
Win 34–6   Taras Markovich 6–6
Win 33–6   Süleyman Atlı 7–5
Win 32–6   Berdakh Primbayev 11–3
2018 Final X: Lincoln   at 57 kg
Win 31–6   Daton Fix 2–1 June 8–9, 2018 2018 US World Team Trials   Lincoln, Nebraska
Win 30–6   Daton Fix 6–3
2018 Pan American Championships   at 57 kg
Win 29–6   Pedro Mejías 11–4 May 3–6, 2018 2018 Pan American Continental Championships

  Lima, Peru

Loss 28–6   Reineri Andreu 4–7
Win 28–5   Alex Moher TF 10–0
Win 27–5   Andre Quispé TF 10–0
2018 World Cup   as Team USA at 57 kg
Loss 26–5   Giorgi Edisherashvili 7–8 April 7–8, 2018 2018 World Cup

  Iowa City, Iowa

Win 26–4   Teimuraz Vanishvili 6–4
Loss 25–4   Yuki Takahashi 1–4
Win 25–3   FF FF
2017 Clubs World Cup   as TMWC
Loss 24–3   Reza Atri 4–6 December 7–8, 2017 2017 World Clubs Cup

  Tehran, Iran

Win 24–2   Tsogbadarkh Tsveensuren 5–2
Win 23–2   FF FF
Win 22–2   Amit Kumar Dahiya 6–3
Win 21–2   Steven Takahashi 13–6
2017 World Championships   at 57 kg
Loss 20–2   Yuki Takahashi 0–6 August 25, 2017 2017 World Championships

  Paris, France

Win 20–1   Jong Hak-jin 5–4
Win 19–1   Nodirjon Safarov TF 12–1
Win 18–1   Reza Atri 3–0
Win 17–1   Andriy Yatsenko 5–2
2017 Spain Grand Prix   at 57 kg
Win 16–1   Zoheir El Ouarraqe 10–2 July 15–16, 2017 2017 Grand Prix of Spain

  Madrid, Spain

Win 15–1   Levan Metreveli TF 15–2
Win 14–1   Steven Takahashi 10–5
2017 US World Team Trials   at 57 kg
Win 13–1   Tony Ramos 7–2 June 9–10, 2017 2017 US World Team Trials

  Lincoln, Nebraska

Win 12–1   Tony Ramos 4–3
Win 11–1   Nathan Tomasello 6–2 2017 US World Team Trials Challenge
Win 10–1   Nico Megaludis TF 10–0
Win 9–1   Tyler Graff 1–1
Win 8–1   Darian Cruz 9–0
2017 US Last Chance Qualifier WTT   at 57 kg
Win 7–1   Daniel Deshazer 7–6 May 19–22, 2017 2017 US Last Chance World Team Trials Qualifier

  Rochester, Minnesota

Win 6–1   David Terao 9–4
2013 US University Nationals   at 55 kg
Win 5–1   Evan Silver 4–2 May 24–26, 2013 2013 US University National Championships

  Akron, Ohio

Win 4–1   Dominique Price TF 10–0
Loss 3–1   Nico Megaludis 0–3
Win 3–0   Dylan Peters 8–4
Win 2–0   Max Soria Fall
Win 1–0   Drake Swarm TF 10–0

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