Angel Escobedo Explained

Angel Escobedo
Birth Place:	Griffith, Indiana, U.S.
Birth Date:	12 January 1987
Show-Medals:	yes

Angel Escobedo (born January 12, 1987) is an American former folkstyle and freestyle wrestler, and is the head wrestling coach at Indiana University.^[1] Escobedo won an NCAA Wrestling championship in 2008 and placed fifth at the World Wrestling Championships in 2013.

Early life

Escobedo is from Griffith, Indiana.^[2]

College career

Escobedo competed for the wrestling team at Indiana University. While there, he won an NCAA Division I championship, and placed in the top five nationwide all four years he competed.^[3] Escobedo was the first wrestler from Indiana University to ever place in the top eight four times.^[4]

Freestyle career

At the 2013 World Team Trials Escobedo finished 2nd, but was promoted to compete on the US World Championships team when Obe Blanc failed a drug test.^[5]

At the 2013 World Wrestling Championships Escobedo advanced to the bronze medal match in the 55 kg division.^[6] Escobedo ultimately lost in the bronze medal match by one point to Sezar Akgül of Turkey.

Match results

! colspan="7"|World Championships Matches|-! Res.! Record! Opponent! Score! Date! Event! Location|-! style=background:white colspan=7 ||-|Loss|3-2|align=left| Sezar Akgül|style="font-size:88%"|1-2|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|September 16, 2013|style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5|2013 World Wrestling Championships|style="text-align:left;font-size:88%;" rowspan=6| Budapest, Hungary|-|Win|3-1|align=left| Zoheir El-Ouarraqe|style="font-size:88%"|8-2|-|Loss|2-1|align=left| Amit Kumar Dahiya|style="font-size:88%"|0-6|-|Win|2-0|align=left| Róbert Kardos|style="font-size:88%"|8-0|-|Win|1-0|align=left| Andrei Dukov|style="font-size:88%"|6-0