Marcus Blaze

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Marcus Blaze
Personal information
Full nameMarcus Glenn Blaze
Nationality American
Born (2006-11-23) November 23, 2006 (age 18)
Clinton, Michigan, U.S.
Home town Perrysburg, Ohio, U.S.
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
CountryUnited States
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Freestyle and Folkstyle
ClubPerrysburg Wrestling Club
Coached byScott Burnett
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
U20 World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Pontevedra 61 kg
U17 World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Istanbul 55 kg

Marcus Glenn Blaze (born November 23, 2006) is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 61 kilograms. [1] In freestyle, he is a US National Team Member, and was a U20 World medalist in 2024 and the U17 World champion in 2023. [2]

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Career

High school

2022–2023

Originally from Michigan, Blaze started wrestling at an early age alongside his brother Joseph, before moving to Perrysburg, Ohio. [3] A three-time OHSAA state champion out of Perrysburg High School, Blaze is one of the top-ranked high school wrestlers in his weight class. [4] In 2023, he notably defeated top-ranked in NCAA Division I Matt Ramos during a college open while a high school junior. [5] In the U17 freestyle age-group, Blaze claimed a US National championship before a World championship at 55 kilograms in 2023. [6]

2024

Making his senior level debut, Blaze competed at the US Olympic Team Trials at 57 kilograms in April 2024, as a high school junior. [7] After a first-round loss to two-time NCAA champion Nick Suriano, he came back to defeat NCAA champion Nico Megaludis and U20 World finalist Luke Lilledahl before receiving a forfeit to make the third-place match, where he defeated U17 World finalist Jax Forrest to make the US National team. [8]

Back to the age-group, now in his first year of U20, Blaze made the US World Team up at 61 kilograms in August, and earned a bronze medal from the U20 World Championships in September, only losing to eventual 2024 World champion Masanosuke Ono from Japan. [9] [10]

A week after his bronze-medal performance, Blaze went back to the senior level to compete at the US World Team Trials. Storming to the finals, he took out 2018 NCAA champion Seth Gross, 2016 NCAA champion Nahshon Garrett and 2021 World silver medalist Daton Fix to make the best-of-three. [11] In the finals, he was defeated back-to-back by reigning World champion Vito Arujau, earning second. [12]

Freestyle record

Senior Freestyle Matches
Res.RecordOpponentScoreDateEventLocation
2024 US World Team Trials Silver medal icon.svg at 61 kg
Loss7–3 Flag of the United States.svg Vito Arujau 1–3September 14–15, 20242024 US World Team Trials

Flag of the United States.svg Omaha, Nebraska

Loss7–2 Flag of the United States.svg Vito Arujau 1–2
Win7–1 Flag of the United States.svg Daton Fix 3–2
Win6–1 Flag of the United States.svg Nahshon Garrett 5–0
Win5–1 Flag of the United States.svg Seth Gross7–5
Win4–1 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Burwick6–2
2024 US Olympic Team Trials Bronze medal icon.svg at 57 kg
Win3–1 Flag of the United States.svg Jax Forrest8–1April 19–20, 2024 2024 US Olympic Team Trials

Flag of the United States.svg State College, Pennsylvania

Win Flag of the United States.svg Daton Fix FF
Win2–1 Flag of the United States.svg Luke Lilledahl5–1
Win1–1 Flag of the United States.svg Nico Megaludis2–2
Loss0–1 Flag of the United States.svg Nick Suriano 2–4

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