Daton Fix

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Daton Fix
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Fix in 2017
Personal information
Full nameDaton Duain Fix
Nationality American
Born (1998-03-11) March 11, 1998 (age 26)
Sand Springs, Oklahoma, U.S.
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
CountryUnited States
Sport Wrestling
Weight class61 kg
Ranknumber 2 ncaa freestyle wrestling.
Event(s) Freestyle
Folkstyle
College team Oklahoma State Cowboys
ClubTeam BIG
Coached by John Smith
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Oslo 61 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima 57 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Acapulco 61 kg
Poland Open (Wacław Ziółkowski Memorial)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Warsaw 61 kg
US Open Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Las Vegas57 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 Las Vegas57 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Tampere 55 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Macon 55 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Trnava 55 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Nanjing 54 kg
Cadet World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2015 Sarajevo54 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Oklahoma State Cowboys
NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Pittsburgh 133 lb
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 St. Louis 133 lb
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Detroit 133 lb
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Kansas City 133 lb
Big 12 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Tulsa133 lb
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2021 Tulsa133 lb
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Tulsa133 lb
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Tulsa133 lb
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 Tulsa133 lb

Daton Duain Fix (born March 11, 1998) is an American freestyle and former folkstyle wrestler who competes at 61 kilograms. [1] In freestyle, Fix is most notably a World Championship runner-up and U20 World champion, a Pan American Games gold medalist and a US National champion. [2]

Contents

In folkstyle, Fix was a four-time NCAA Division I National runner-up and a five-time Big 12 Conference champion for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. [1]

Folkstyle career

High school

Fix attended Charles Page High School in Oklahoma, where he was coached by his father Derek ('83 Cadet World Champion) and Kelly Smith. [3] There, he went undefeated in his high school career, compiling 168 wins and no losses, and racking up four state titles. Nationally, he was a multiple-time folkstyle US national champion. [4] He was named the Junior Hodge Trophy winner in 2017. [5]

College

In November 2016, Fix, the number-one recruit in the country pound-for-pound, committed to John Smith from the Oklahoma State University, staying in his home state of Oklahoma. [6]

2017–2018

As a redshirt athlete, Fix became the Reno Tournament champion, compiling notable victories over ninth-ranked Ronnie Bresser (who would go on to become an All-American later in the season) and eight-ranked Sean Fausz. [7]

2018–2019

During the 2018 part of the season, Fix won titles from the Oklahoma City Open and the Reno Tournament, and also went 5–0 in dual meets, compiling notable victories over returning two-time All-American and '17 NCAA runner-up Ethan Lizak and returning All-American Montorie Bridges. [8] [9] To kick off 2019, Fix claimed the Southern Scuffle title and went on to win three more dual meets, [10] where he defeated returning NCAA runner-up Nick Suriano in one of them, although very controversially. [11] [12] Fix's first collegiate loss came shortly after, by the hands of Micky Phillippi, in a close 1–3 decision loss. [13] He bounced back with a win over the nationally ranked Austin Gomez [14] and five more dual wins, including victories over third-ranked Austin DeSanto and John Erneste (both would become All-Americans in the post-season), [15] [16] to end regular season as the top-ranked 133-pounder in the United States. [17]

In the post-season, Fix went 4–0 at the Big 12 Conference Championships to claim the title and enter the NCAA's as the top-seed. [18] At the NCAA tournament, Fix downed four opponents to make the finals, including the fifth and eight seeds Luke Pletcher and John Erneste. [19] In the final, he faced Nick Suriano in an anticipated rematch, where after a very close match, Fix claimed runner-up honors when he was defeated after Suriano claimed two points during the second sudden victory period. He closed out the season with 34 wins and two losses. [20]

2020–2021

Fix did not compete in the NCAA in 2019–2020, as he took an Olympic redshirt to prepare for the US Olympic Team Trials. [21] He was expected to compete for the Cowboys from the start of the season, however, his USADA suspension led him unable to, and became eligible on February 10, 2021, to return. [22] Fix came back on February 14, winning one extra match by technical fall before pinning his way to the Cowboy Challenge title in three matches. [23] In the final dual of the season, Fix claimed his fourth straight pin to roll into the post-season with an undefeated 5–0 record. [24] At the Big 12 Conference Championships, Fix compiled four more wins to claim his second title, helping the Cowboys reach the team crown. [25] At the NCAA's, Fix compiled three bonus points victories to make the semifinals, where he edged B1G runner-up and former All-American from Iowa Austin DeSanto to make his second final. [26] In the finale he faced B1G champion and Penn State star Roman Bravo-Young, where after going into overtime, Fix was defeated the same way and by the same score as in his other finals match against Nick Suriano, once again claiming runner-up honors. [27]

Freestyle career

Age-group

As a cadet, Fix won two Cadet Pan American titles, in 2013 and 2014. That same year, he went on to place tenth at the Cadet World Championships [28] and second at the Youth Summer Olympics. [29] The following year (2015), he earned a bronze medal from the Cadet World Championships after making his second US World Team, [30] and in 2016, Fix earned another bronze, now at the Junior World Championships. [31] In 2017, Fix became a Junior World Champion, while sweeping all five opponents with a combined score of 53–1, with the lone point being surrendered at the finals, where he tech'd Russia's Ismail Gadzhiev 12–1. [32] After making his fifth age-group US World Team, the returning World Champion was defeated in the semifinals, before coming back and earning his third World Championship bronze. [33]

Senior level

2016–2017

Fix won his first two senior matches at the 2016 and 2017 Beat the Streets events, against '13 Cadet World Championship bronze medalist from Iran Heirollah Ghahremani (TF 14–3) and Joey Melendez (TF 14–1). [34] [35] In October, Fix, who at this point had never wrestled an official collegiate match, became the US U23 World Team Member, with three wins on the Challenge Tournament, and two straight over NCAA DI champion and two-time All-American Nathan Tomasello in the best-of-three. [36] At the U23 World Championships, Fix was eliminated in the opening match to place nineteenth. [37]

2018

To start off the year, the incoming Cowboy placed second at the US Open National Championships, losing to '14 NCAA champion Tony Ramos by criteria in the finals. [38] He then went on to become a Final X contestant after dominantly winning the US World Team Trials Challenge Tournament. [39] At Final X: Lincoln ('18), Fix dropped two straight matches to returning World Championship runner-up Thomas Gilman, losing his chance to make his first US World Team. [40]

2019

After his college freshman season was over, the '19 NCAA DI National runner-up won his first US Open National title, with wins over '18 US U23 National Champion Vito Arujau (TF 18–8) in the quarterfinals, '17 NCAA champion Darian Cruz (2–0) and Thomas Gilman in a rematch (8–4). [41] As the US National champion, Fix sat out during the US World Team Trials Challenge Tournament, and waited for the winner to battle at Final X: Lincoln ('19). [42] Fix ended up facing his rival Thomas Gilman at Final X, and after a dominant 9–1 victory in the first match, Fix was forced to go through a third match when he was defeated 2–3 by Gilman. [43] Fix was able to drop Gilman with a 6–3 decision to make his first US World Team. [44]

Fix then won the Pan American Games gold medal, with a notable victory over the heavily accomplished Cuban Reineri Andreu. [45] At the World Championships, Fix started off dominant by tech'ing '19 European Championship bronze medalist Vladimir Egorov, but was subsequently defeated by '17 World Champion Yuki Takahashi, in a closely contested 2–4 loss. [46] In October, it was announced that Fix would be taking an Olympic Redshirt instead of participating in NCAA wrestling for 2019–20. [47]

2020

After his run at the World Championships, Fix came back on January, at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series. After two wins, he was dropped twice, by his rival Thomas Gilman and Minghu Liu respectively, to place fifth. [48]

Fix was then scheduled to compete at the '20 US Olympic Team Trials on April 4 at State College, Pennsylvania. [49] However, the event was postponed for 2021 along with the Summer Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving all the qualifiers unable to compete. [50]

On September, it was announced that Fix had been given a one-year long suspension by USADA, after failing a test for ostarine, which was retroactive to February 10, 2021, because his provisional suspension started on February 10, 2020. [51] Fix claims that he ingested the substance when he drank from a contaminated water bottle, which his father Derek had prepared for himself and left in the refrigerator, before Daton drank it. [52]

2021

After his suspension was lifted and the NCAA season ended, Fix competed at the rescheduled US Olympic Team Trials in April 2 as the second seed, in an attempt to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [53] [54] After beating Sean Russell, he was defeated by Vito Arujau in the semifinals and subsequently forfeited out of the tournament. [55]

Fix then registered to come back at the 2021 US World Team Trials on September 11–12, intending to represent the country at the World Championships at 61 kilograms. [56] He made the best-of-three after a successful first day, tech'ing youngster Carter Young and NCAA champion Seth Gross, and neutralizing 2020 Pan American Champion Tyler Graff to advance. [57] Fix repeated his 2019 feat and became a two-time US World Team Member, now at 61 kilos, by putting a clinic on NCAA champion Nathan Tomasello twice in a row. [58] As a result, he represented the United States at the 2021 World Championships from October 2 to 3 in Oslo, Norway. [58]

Fix had an outstanding first day, racking up 41 points to none against four opponents, including Individual World Cup medalist Georgi Vangelov and European Champion Arsen Harutyunyan, driving them to flawless technical falls. [59] In the finale, he wrestled reigning Individual World Cup and European champion Abasgadzhi Magomedov for the gold medal, where he was closely defeated on points, claiming the silver medal. [60]

2022

Back from his stellar performance at the 2021 World Championships, Fix quickly dismantled World Championship competitor Giusseppe Rea from Colombia on February 12, at Bout at the Ballpark. A couple hours later, he downed fellow two-time All-American Austin DeSanto from Iowa in folkstyle, competing for the Cowboys. [61] On May 8, he racked up the Pan American Championship. [62]

Freestyle record

Senior Freestyle Matches
Res.RecordOpponentScoreDateEventLocation
2022 US World Team Trials Silver medal icon.svg at 61 kg
Loss42–12 Flag of the United States.svg Seth Gross5–9June 3, 20222022 Final X: Stillwater Flag of the United States.svg Stillwater, Oklahoma
Loss42–11 Flag of the United States.svg Seth Gross4–5
Win42–10 Flag of the United States.svg Seth Gross5–5
2022 Pan American Championships Gold medal icon.svg at 61 kg
Win41–10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Logan SloanFallMay 8, 2022 2022 Pan American Continental Championships Flag of Mexico.svg Acapulco, Mexico
Win40–10 Flag of Mexico.svg Pedro FloresTF 10–0
Win39–10 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Joe SilvaTF 11–0
Win38–10 Flag of Ecuador.svg Giusseppe ReaTF 10–0February 12, 20222022 Bout at the Ballpark

Flag of the United States.svg Arlington, Texas

2021 World Championships Silver medal icon.svg at 61 kg
Loss37–10 Flag of Russia.svg Abasgadzhi Magomedov 1–4October 3, 2021 2021 World Championships Flag of Norway.svg Oslo, Norway
Win37–9 Flag of Armenia.svg Arsen Harutyunyan TF 10–0October 2, 2021
Win36–9 Flag of India.svg Ravinder DahiyaTF 10–0
Win35–9 Flag of France.svg Arman EloyanTF 10–0
Win34–9 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Georgi Vangelov TF 11–0
2021 US World Team Trials Gold medal icon.svg at 61 kg
Win33–9 Flag of the United States.svg Nathan Tomasello 7–0September 12, 2021 2021 US World Team Trials Flag of the United States.svg Lincoln, Nebraska
Win32–9 Flag of the United States.svg Nathan Tomasello 8–3
Win31–9 Flag of the United States.svg Tyler Graff2–0September 11, 2021
Win30–9 Flag of the United States.svg Seth GrossTF 11–0
Win29–9 Flag of the United States.svg Carter YoungTF 13–2
2020 US Olympic Team Trials DNP at 57 kg
Loss28–9 Flag of the United States.svg Vito Arujau 5–7April 2–3, 2021 2020 US Olympic Team Trials Flag of the United States.svg Fort Worth, Texas
Win28–8 Flag of the United States.svg Sean RussellTF 11–0
2020 Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 5th at 57 kg
Loss27–8 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Minghu Liu2–3January 16, 2020Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2020

Flag of Italy.svg Rome, Italy

Loss27–7 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Gilman 1–2
Win27–6 Flag of Venezuela.svg Pedro Mejías TF 11–0
Win26–6 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wanhao Zou7–1
2019 World Championships 12th at 57 kg
Loss25–6 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Takahashi 2–4September 19, 2019 2019 World Championships

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

Win25–5 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Vladimir Egorov TF 12–1
2019 Pan American Games Gold medal icon.svg at 57 kg
Win24–5 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Juan Rubelín Ramírez 6–3August 9, 2019 2019 Pan American Games

Flag of Peru.svg Lima, Peru

Win23–5 Flag of Cuba.svg Reineri Andreu 4–1
Win22–5 Flag of Venezuela.svg Pedro Mejías TF 10–0
2019 US World Team Trials Gold medal icon.svg at 57 kg
Win21–5 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Gilman 6–3June 14–15, 2019 2019 Final X: Lincoln

Flag of the United States.svg Lincoln, Nebraska

Loss20–5 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Gilman 2–3
Win20–4 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Gilman 9–1
2019 US Open Gold medal icon.svg at 57 kg
Win19–4 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Gilman 8–4April 24–27, 20192019 US Open National Championships

Flag of the United States.svg Las Vegas, Nevada

Win18–4 Flag of the United States.svg Darian Cruz 2–0
Win17–4 Flag of the United States.svg Vitali Arujau TF 18–8
Win16–4 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Shore8–0
Win15–4 Flag of the United States.svg James HicksTF 10–0
Win14–4 Flag of the United States.svg Ian TimminsTF 12–1
2018 US World Team Trials Silver medal icon.svg at 57 kg
Loss13–4 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Gilman 1–2June 9–10, 20182018 Final X: Lincoln

Flag of the United States.svg Lincoln, Nebraska

Loss13–3 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Gilman 3–6
Win13–2 Flag of the United States.svg Zach SandersTF 10–02018 US World Team Trials Challenge Tournament
Win12–2 Flag of the United States.svg Zane Richards9–2
Win11–2 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie KlimaraTF 14–2
2018 US Open Silver medal icon.svg at 57 kg
Loss10–2 Flag of the United States.svg Tony Ramos 2–2April 24–28, 20182018 US Open National Championships

Flag of the United States.svg Las Vegas, Nevada

Win10–1 Flag of the United States.svg David TeraoTF 10–0
Win9–1 Flag of the United States.svg Daniel Deshazer4–0
Win8–1 Flag of the United States.svg Britain LongmireTF 10–0
2017 U23 World Championships 19th at 57 kg
Loss7–1 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Parviz Ibrahimov2–5November 21–26, 2017 2017 U23 World Championships

Flag of Poland.svg Bydgoszcz, Poland

2017 US U23 World Team Trials Gold medal icon.svg at 57 kg
Win7–0 Flag of the United States.svg Nathan Tomasello 7–4October 7–8, 20172017 US U23 World Team Trials

Flag of the United States.svg Rochester, Minnesota

Win6–0 Flag of the United States.svg Nathan Tomasello 8–7
Win5–0 Flag of the United States.svg Josh Rodriguez8–32017 US U23 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament
Win4–0 Flag of the United States.svg Liam CroninTF 10–0
Win3–0 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander MackallTF 10–0
Win2–0 Flag of the United States.svg Joey MelendezTF 14–1May 17, 20172017 Beat The Streets: Times Square

Flag of the United States.svg New York City, New York

Win1–0 Flag of Iran.svg Kheyrolla GhahramaniTF 14–3May 19, 20162016 Beat The Streets: United in the Square

NCAA record

Stats

SeasonYearSchoolNCAAWeight ClassRecordWin
2024Senior+ Oklahoma State University 2nd13321–195.45%
2023Senior4th30–293.75%
2022Junior2nd25–196.15%
2021Sophomore2nd13–192.86%
2020Olympic RS
2019Freshman2nd34–294.44%
2018Redshirt1255–0100.00%
Career128–794.81%

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