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Born | Orangeburg, South Carolina, U.S. | July 3, 1995||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Event | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||
Club | U.S. Army WCAP | ||||||||||||||
Team | USA | ||||||||||||||
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Xavier Tramain Johnson (born July 3, 1995) is an American Greco-Roman wrestler. He represented the United States in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2023 World Championships at 63 kg, where he placed 10th. Johnson was also a gold medalist at the 2021 Pan American Championships at 67 kg. [1]
Johnson started wrestling in 2010, after missing the bus for school and not having a ride home. [2] In 2012, he won the 2A-1A South Carolina 132-pound folkstyle wrestling state championship, competing for Edisto High School in Cordova, South Carolina. [3]
Following high school, Johnson joined the United States Marines, where he competed on the All-Marine wrestling team, as a Greco-Roman wrestler. [4] In 2022, Johnson joined the United States Army, where he continued his wrestling career with the U.S. Army WCAP. [5]
In 2023, Johnson earned the 63 kg representative spot for the United States in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2023 World Championships, where he placed 10th. [6]