Mitchell Mesenbrink

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Mitchell Mesenbrink
Personal information
Full nameMitchell Owen Mesenbrink
Born2003
Hartland, Wisconsin, U.S.
Sport
CountryUnited States
Sport Wrestling
Weight class74 kg (163 lb)
Event(s) Freestyle and Folkstyle
College team Penn State Nittany Lions
Club Nittany Lion Wrestling Club
Askren Wrestling Academy
Coached by Cael Sanderson
Ben Askren
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World U23 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Tirana 74 kg
U20 World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Jordan 74 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Sofia 70 kg
U20 Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Santiago 74 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Acapulco 70 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Penn State Nittany Lions
NCAA Division I Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Kansas City 165 lb
Big Ten Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 College Park 165 lb

Mitchell Owen Mesenbrink (born 2003) is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 74 kilograms. [1] In freestyle, he claimed a bronze medal at the U23 World Championships in 2024, and at the U20 World Championships, he claimed a gold medal in 2023 and a silver medal in 2022. [2]

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In folkstyle, he is an NCAA Division I National finalist and Big Ten Conference champion for the Penn State Nittany Lions. [3]

Career

Early life

Born in Hartland, Wisconsin, Mesenbrink started wrestling at a young age, following the footsteps of his father, John Mesenbrink, a former wrestler at Drake University. [4] Mesenbrink attended Arrowhead High School, where he became a three-time WIAA state champion and broke into the national high school rankings. [5] Before his senior season, he committed to wrestle for California Baptist University. [6]

In freestyle, Mesenbrink claimed a silver medal from the U20 World Championships and a gold medal from the U20 Pan American Championships and U20 US National Championships in 2022, at 70 kilograms. [7]

California Baptist University

2022–2023

Mesenbrink started off the season at 2–0, however, he then decided to enter the transfer portal and moved back to Wisconsin, closing out his freshman year. [8] In April 2023, he committed to the Penn State Nittany Lions. [9]

Pennsylvania State University

2023–2024

Before the folkstyle season started, Mesenbrink made the jump up to 74 kilograms and repeated as U20 US National champion and U20 Pan American Champion before competing at the U20 World Championships. [10] He once again reached the finals of the tournament, and this time became the U20 World champion at 74 kilograms. [11]

Starting at 165 pounds, Mesenbrink claimed titles at the Journeymen Classic and Black Knight Invitational, and racked up an undefeated 12–0 dual meet record during regular season. [12] At the Big Ten Championships, Mesenbrink claimed his first title with a come-from-behind victory over two-time All-American Dean Hamiti. [13] At the NCAA tournament, Mesenbrink defeated All-Americans Cam Amine and Michael Caliendo in rematches, to make the finals, where he fell to NCAA champion David Carr to take runner-up honors. [14]

In April, Mesenbrink made his senior level debut at the US Olympic Team Trials, where after a win over U17 World champion Ladarion Lockett, he fell to seven-time Olympic and World champion Jordan Burroughs in the semifinals. [15] He then came back for third-place with wins over US National champion Quincy Monday and Jarrett Jacques, making the US National team. [16]

2024–2025

Before the season started, Mesenbrink competed at the U23 World Championships, claiming a bronze medal by defeating Asian medalist Magomedrasul Asluev from Bahrain. [17]

Freestyle record

Senior Freestyle Matches
Res.RecordOpponentScoreDateEventLocation
2024 U23 World Championships Bronze medal icon.svg at 74 kg
Win6–2 Flag of Bahrain.svg Magomedrasul Asluev 6–0October 25–26, 2024 2024 U23 World Championships

Flag of Albania.svg Tirana, Albania

Win5–2 Flag of Iran.svg Ali Rezaei16–7
Loss4–2 Flag of Japan.svg Kota Takahashi8–11
Win4–1 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Murat Dzhakupov7–2
2024 US Olympic Team Trials Bronze medal icon.svg at 74 kg
Win3–1 Flag of the United States.svg Jarrett JacquesTF 10–0April 19–20, 2024 2024 US Olympic Team Trials

Flag of the United States.svg State College, Pennsylvania

Win2–1 Flag of the United States.svg Quincy MondayTF 12–1
Loss1–1 Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Burroughs 3–8
Win1–0 Flag of the United States.svg Ladarion LockettTF 13–3

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