Alex David Dieringer (born June 6, 1993) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler. In freestyle, he has had success in both the international and national circuit, claiming medals from tournaments such as the Bill Farrell Memorial, the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix, the US Open, among others.[1] As a folkstyle wrestler, Dieringer was a three-time NCAA Division I national champion, 2016 Dan Hodge Trophy winner, four-time All-American, and four-time Big 12 Conference champion at Oklahoma State University.[2]

Alex Dieringer
Personal information
Full nameAlex David Dieringer
Born (1993-06-06) June 6, 1993 (age 31)
Port Washington, Wisconsin, U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight190 lb (86 kg)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle and Folkstyle
College teamOklahoma State
ClubCliff Keen Wrestling Club
Titan Mercury Wrestling Club
Coached byJohn Smith
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the  United States
Pan American Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Ottawa 86 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2019 Istanbul 79 kg
Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Krasnoyarsk 79 kg
Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2024 Sofia 86 kg
US National Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Las Vegas 79 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Las Vegas 79 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Las Vegas 74 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Fort Worth (SN) 86 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Oklahoma State Cowboys
NCAA Division I Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Oklahoma City 157 lb
Gold medal – first place 2015 St. Louis 165 lb
Gold medal – first place 2016 New York 165 lb
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Des Moines 157 lb
Big 12 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Stillwater 157 lb
Gold medal – first place 2014 Norman 157 lb
Gold medal – first place 2015 Ames 165 lb
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kansas City 165 lb

Freestyle record

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Senior Freestyle Matches
Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location
Win 81–20   Isaiah Martinez 4–1 March 16, 2022 Rudis : Snyder vs. Cox

  Detroit, Michigan

2022 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix 5th at 79 kg
Loss 80–20   Gadzhi Nabiev 2–5 January 27–30, 2022 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2022

  Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Loss 80–19   Radik Valiev 2–5
Win 80–18   Dmitrii Kuprin 9–5
Win 79–18   Magomed Magomaev Fall
Win 78–18   Alik Badtiev Fall
2021 US World Team Trials   at 79 kg
Loss 77–18   Jordan Burroughs 3–4 September 12, 2021 2021 US World Team Trials   Lincoln, Nebraska
Loss 77–17   Jordan Burroughs 5–10
Win 77–16   Isaiah Martinez 6–1 September 11, 2021
Win 76–16   David McFadden 3–1
Win 75–16   Josh Shields 9–1
Loss 74-16   Bo Nickal 1-1 September 19, 2020 NLWC I

  State College, Pennsylvania

2020 Pan American Championships   at 86 kg
Win 74-15   Carlos Izquierdo TF 11-1 March 6–9, 2020 2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships   Ottawa, Canada
Loss 73-15   Yurieski Torreblanca 1-2
Win 73-14   Ethan Ramos 9-2
Win 72-14   Pedro Ceballos Fall
2020 Matteo Pellicone RS   at 86kg
NC 71-14   Zahid Valencia NC (overturned) January 15–18, 2020 2020 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series

  Rome, Italy

Win 71-14   Pat Downey 3-2
Win 70-14   Rashid Kurbanov 8-4
Win 69-14   Illia Archaia 9-0
2019 US Nationals   at 86 kg
Win 68-14   Brett Pfarr TF 10-0 December 20–22, 2019 2019 US Senior Nationals - US Olympic Trials Qualifier

  Fort Worth, Texas

Win 67-14   Sammy Brooks TF 10-0
Loss 66-14   Myles Martin 4-6
Win 66-13   Brett Pfarr 2-1
Win 65-13   Ryan Loder TF 10-0
Win 64-13   Willie Miklus 3-0
2019 Bill Farrell International   at 86 kg
Win 63-13   Myles Martin 7-2 November 15–16, 2019 2019 Bill Farrell Memorial International

  New York

Win 62-13   Illia Archaia 7-1
Win 61-13   Domenic Abounader 6-2
Win 60-13   Ryan Loder TF 10-0
2019 US World Team Trials   at 79 kg
Loss 59-13   Kyle Dake 2-4 August 17, 2019 2019 Final X Special Wrestle-off: Dake vs. Dieringer

  Austin, Texas

Loss 59-12   Kyle Dake 2-3
2019 Yaşar Doğu   at 79 kg
Win 59-11   Akhsarbek Gulaev 4-1 July 11–14, 2019 2019 Grand Prix Yaşar Doğu

  Istanbul, Turkey

Win 58-11   Bahman Teymouri 5-0
Win 57-11   Abubakar Abakarov TF 10-0
Win 56-11   Zahid Valencia TF 12-2 May 17–19, 2019 2019 US World Team Trials Challenge   Raleigh, North Carolina
Win 55-11   Zahid Valencia TF 12-1
2019 US Open   at 79 kg
Win 54-11   Chance Marsteller TF 10-0 April 24–27, 2019 2019 US Open National Championships

  Las Vegas, Nevada

Win 53-11   Geno Morelli TF 10-0
Win 52-11   Matt Finesilver TF 12-0
Win 51-11   Ryan Cone TF 10-0
Win 50-11   Joseph Castellino TF 10-0
2019 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov   at 79 kg
Win 49-11   Omaraskhab Nazhmudinov TF 10-0 February 28 - March 3, 2019 2019 Alexander Medved Prizes

  Ruse, Bulgaria

Win 48-11   Nika Kentchadze 5-1
Win 47-11   Zaur Efendiev TF 10-0
Win 46-11   Muhammet Kotanoğlu TF 11-0
2019 Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix   at 79 kg
Win 45-11   Alan Zaseev FF January 24–27, 2019 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2019

  Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Loss 44-11   Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov 2-5
Win 44-10   Alan Zaseev 7-3
Win 43-10   Zeping Lin TF 13-0
2018 Alexander Medved Prizes   at 79 kg
Win 42-10   Dovletmyrat Orazgylyjov TF 16-5 September 14–16, 2018 2018 Alexander Medved Prizes

  Minsk, Belarus

Win 41-10   Oleksiy Sherbak 10-1
Win 40-10   Santiago Martinez Restrepo TF 10-0
Win 39-10   Rustam Dudayev FF (9-2)
2018 US World Team Trials   at 79 kg
Loss 38-10   Zahid Valencia 1-5 May 18–20, 2018 2018 US World Team Trials Challenge   Rochester, Minnesota
Loss 38-9   Zahid Valencia 0-7
Win 38-8   Nate Jackson TF 12-2
2018 US Open   at 79 kg
Loss 37-8   Kyle Dake 5-5 April 24–28, 2018 2018 US Open National Championships

  Las Vegas, Nevada

Win 37-7   Michael Evans TF 11-0
Win 36-7   Nate Jackson TF 10-0
Win 35-7   Hayden Harris TF 10-0
2018 Bill Farrell International   at 79 kg
Win 34-7   Zelimkhan Khadjiev Fall March 30–31, 2018 2018 Bill Farrell Memorial International

  New York

Win 33-7   Daniyar Kaisanov TF 11-0
Win 32-7   Kevin Dufresne TF 12-1
2018 Ukrainian Memorial International   at 79 kg
Win 31-7   Jabrayil Hasanov 7-4 February 23–25, 2018 XXII Outstanding Ukrainian Wrestlers and Coaches Memorial   Kyiv, Ukraine
Win 30-7   Yajuro Yamasaki 4-2
Win 29-7   Jumber Kvelashvili TF 11-0
Win 28-7   Omid Hassan Tabar Jelodar TF 10-0
Win 27-7   Jakov Makarashvili TF 10-0
2017 US World Team Trials   at 74 kg
Win 26-7   Isaiah Martinez 4-2 June 9, 2017 2017 US World Team Trials Challenge   Lincoln, Nebraska
Loss 25-7   Kyle Dake 1-2
Win 25-6   Chance Marsteller TF 10-0
2017 US Open   at 74 kg
Win 24-7   Anthony Valencia Fall April 26–29, 2017 2017 US Open National Championships

  Las Vegas, Nevada

Win 23-7   Chris Perry 3-2
Loss 22-7   Kyle Dake 0-3
Win 22-6   Anthony Valencia 11-9
Win 21-6   Ed Havlovic TF 12-0
Win 20-6   Chance Marsteller 5-3
2017 Ukrainian Memorial International   at 74 kg
Win 19-6   Aleksey Shcherbak Fall March 3–4, 2017 XXI Outstanding Ukrainian Wrestlers and Coaches Memorial   Kyiv, Ukraine
Loss 18-6   Reza Afzali 5-7
Win 18-5   Svetoslav Dimitrov TF 11-1
Win 17-5   Rustam Rasuev Fall
2017 Paris Grand Prix   at 74 kg
Loss 16-5   Kyle Dake TF 0-10 January 28–29, 2017 2017 Grand Prix of Paris

  Paris, France

Win 16-4   Kubilay Çakıcı TF 11-1
Win 15-4   Henri Selenius 9-0
2016 World Clubs Cup   as TMWC
Win 14-4   Reza Afzali 6-4 November 30 - December 1, 2016 2016 World Wrestling Clubs Cup - Men's freestyle   Kharkiv, Ukraine
Win 13-4   Giya Chikladze TF 10-0
Win 12-4   Avtandil Kentchadze TF 13-0
Win 11-4   Ruslan Rychko TF 10-0
2016 Bill Farrell International   at 74 kg
Win 10-4   Bekzod Abdurakhmonov 8-2 November 10–12, 2016 2016 Bill Farrell Memorial International

  Iowa City, Iowa

Win 9-4   Chance Marsteller TF 10-0
Win 8-4   Quinton Godley TF 10-0
2016 International Cup 7th at 74 kg
Loss 7-4   Gadzhi Gadzhiev 4-4 October 14–16, 2016 2016 International Cup

  Khasavyurt, Russia

Win 7-3   Rasul Shapiev Fall
2016 World Cup 4th as Team USA
Win 6-3   Jakob Makarashvili 10-1 June 11–12, 2016 2016 Wrestling World Cup – Men's freestyle   Los Angeles, California
Win 5-3   Ashraf Aliyev 8-0
Loss 4-3   Hassan Yazdani TF 0-10
Loss 4-2   Parveen Rana 4-5
2016 US Olympic Team Trials   at 74 kg
Win 4-1   Nick Marable 2-1 April 22, 2016 2016 US Olympic Team Trials Challenge

  Iowa City, Iowa

Win 3-1   Adam Hall 6-3
Win 2-1   Logan Massa TF 10-0
Loss 1-1   Andrew Howe 2-5
Win 1-0   Adam Hall 10-4

References

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  1. ^ "Biography - Alex Dieringer, OK". USA Wrestling. Archived from the original on November 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "Alex Dieringer - 2015-16 - Wrestling". Oklahoma State University Athletics. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
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