Nathan Tomasello

Nathan Khalid Tomasello (born May 1, 1994) is an American freestyle and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 57 kilograms. He currently competes in the Bantamweight division of Real American Freestyle (RAF), where he is a former RAF Bantamweight Champion.

In freestyle, Tomasello has medaled at multiple national and international competitions, most notably the Alexander Medved Prizes, Bill Farrell Memorial, and US Nationals.

Folkstyle career

High school As a high schooler, Tomasello was a four–time Ohio (OHSAA) state champion in Division II out of the Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy. He graduated with an undefeated record of 51 wins and no losses as a senior and 178 wins with 5 losses overall. Tomasello was then recruited by the Ohio State University. As a freshman, Tomasello claimed the NCAA and Big Ten Conference titles after a highly successful regular season, ending his season with a 33–4 record. As a sophomore and a junior, Tomasello remained undefeated throughout both regular seasons, claimed the B1G titles, but both times lost in the semifinals of the national tournaments and came back for third, becoming a three–time All–American. In his final year, his only loss during regular season was to freshman phenom from Iowa Spencer Lee, a multiple–time age–group freestyle World Champion, and would go on to compile a 7–1 record during this time frame. After becoming a four–time B1G champion, at his last NCAAs, Tomasello was once again knocked off on the semifinals, coming back to place third, giving an end to an outstanding career.

Freestyle career 2014–2017 During his first years competing in the senior freestyle level (2014–2016), Tomasello racked up experience from the US Nationals and the US Olympic Team Trials.

Throughout 2017, Tomasello claimed the Ion Corneanu Memorial International, placed third at the US Open and the US World Team Trials and second at the US U23 World Team Trials, and Alexandr Medved Prizes.

2019–2021 After not competing in 2018, Thomasello placed sixth at the 2019 US Open and second at the Bill Farrell Memorial as well as the US Senior Nationals, qualifying for the 2020 US Olympic Team Trials with the latter result. In 2020, Thomasello only got to compete once due to the COVID-19 pandemic, placing second at the Cerro Pelado International.

After more than a year of inactiveness, Tomasello competed at the rescheduled US Olympic Team Trials in April 1–3, 2021 as the seventh seed, in an attempt to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics. After losing first round to US National Champion Vito Arujau, he bounced back with two straight victories to place third.

Tomasello then registered to compete at the prestigious 2021 Poland Open in early June, and moved from 57 to 61 kg on a days notice. Tomasello ultimately went 0–3, suffering dominant losses.

Tomasello came back in big fashion 2021 US World Team Trials from September 11 to 12, intending to represent the country at the World Championships at 61 kilograms. He scored brilliant upsets over 2019 NCAA champion Nick Suriano and returning World medalist Joe Colon to make his way to the best-of-three finale, where he faced Pan American Games gold medalist Daton Fix. He was dropped in two straight matches, placing second at the tournament.

Freestyle record

Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event Location

Win 65-33

Loss 64-33

Loss 64-32

Loss 64-31

Sunrise, Florida

Win 64-30

State College, Pennsylvania

Win 63-30

Cleveland, Ohio

Loss

DQ

Loss

Win 62-30

Loss 61-30

Win 61-29

Win 60-29

Win 59-29

Coralville, Iowa

Loss 58-29

Win 58-28

Win 56-29

Win 55-29

Loss 54-29

Win 54-28

Loss 53-28

Loss 53-27

Loss 53-26

Win 53-25

Loss 52-25

Sofia, Bulgaria

Loss 52–24

Loss 52–23

Win 52–22

Win 51–22

Win 50–22

Loss 49–22

Warsaw, Poland Loss 49–21

Loss 49–20

Win 49–19

Win 48–18

Loss 47–18

Loss 47-17

Havana, Cuba Win 47-16

Win 46-16

Loss 45-16

Ford Worth, Texas Win 45-15

Win 44-15

Win 43-15

Win 42-15

Loss 41-15

New York, New York Win 41-14 alignleft| Zane Richards

Win 40-14 alignleft| Sean Russell

Win 39-14 alignleft| Guesseppe Rea

Win 38-14

Loss 37-14

Las Vegas, Nevada Win 37-13

Win 36-13

Win 35-13

Loss 34-13

Rochester, Minnesota Loss 34-12

Win 34-11

Win 33-11

Loss 32-11

Minsk, Belarus Win 32-10 alignleft| Michail Ivanov

Win 31-10 alignleft| Armen Arakelian

Win 30-10

Win 29-10

Bucharest, Romania Win 28-10

Win 27-10

Win 26-10

Lincoln, Nebraska Loss 25-10

Win 25-9

Win 24-9

Win 23-9

Las Vegas, Nevada Win 22-9

Loss 21-9

Win 21-8

Win 20-8

Win 19-8

Loss 18-8

Iowa City, Iowa Win 18-7

Loss 17-7

Win 17-6

Win 16-6

Las Vegas, Nevada Loss 15-6

Win 15-5

Win 14-5

Loss 13-5

Win 13-4

Win 12-4

Loss 11-4

New York, New York Win 11-3

Win 10-3

Loss 9-3

Win 9-2

Win 8-2

Loss 7-2

Las Vegas, Nevada Win 7-1

Win 6-1

Win 5-1

Loss 4-1

Win 4-0

East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Win 3-0

Win 2-0

Win 1-0

NCAA record

Res. Record Opponent Score Date Event

Win 100-8

Win 99-8

Loss 98-8

Win 98-7

Win 97-7

Win 96-7

Win 95-7

Win 94-7

Win 93-7

Win 92-7

Win 91-7

Win 90-7

Win 89-7

Win 88-7

Win 87-7

Loss 86-7

Win 86-6

Win 85-6

Win 84-6

Win 83-6

Loss 82-6

Win 82-5

Win 81-5

Win 80-5

Win 79-5

Win 78-5

Win 77-5

Win 76-5

Win 75-5

Win 74-5

Win 73-5

Win 72-5

Win 71-5

Win 70-5

Win 69-5

Win 68-5

Win 67-5

Win 66-5

Win 65-5

Win 64-5

Win 63-5

Win 62-5

Win 61-5

Win 60-5

Win 59-5

Loss 58-5

Win 58-4

Win 57-4

Win 56-4

Win 55-4

Win 54-4

Win 53-4

Win 52-4

Win 51-4

Win 50-4

Win 49-4

Win 48-4

Win 47-4

Win 46-4

Win 45-4

Win 44-4

Win 43-4

Win 42-4

Win 41-4

Win 40-4

Win 39-4

Win 38-4

Win 37-4

Win 36-4

Win 35-4

Win 34-4

Win 33-4

Win 32-4

Win 31-4

Win 30-4

Win 29-4

Win 28-4

Win 27-4

Win 26-4

Win 25-4

Win 24-4

Win 23-4

Win 22-4

Win 21-4

Win 20-4

Win 19-4

Win 18-4

Win 17-4

Win 16-4

Win 15-4

Loss 14-4

Loss 14-3

Win 14-2

Win 13-2

Win 12-2

Win 11-2

Loss 10-2

Win 10-1

Win 9-1

Win 8-1

Loss 7-1

Win 7-0

Win 6-0

Win 5-0

Win 4-0

Win 3-0

Win 2-0

Win 1-0

Stats Season Year School Rank Weigh Class Record Win Bonus 2018 Senior

2 (3rd) 125 16–2 88.89% 55.56% 2017 Junior 1 (3rd) 133 24–1 96.00% 48.00% 2016 Sophomore 1 (3rd)

27–1 96.43% 67.86% 2015 Freshman 3 (1st) 33–4 88.19% 51.35%

Awards and honors

2019 US Nationals (57 kg) 2018 NCAA Division I (125 lbs) Big Ten Conference (125 lbs) 2017 US World Trials Challenge (57 kg) US World Trials (U23) (57 kg) US Open (57 kg) NCAA Division I (133 lbs) Big Ten Conference (133 lbs) 2016 NCAA Division I (125 lbs) Big Ten Conference (125 lbs) 2015 NCAA Division I (125 lbs) Big Ten Conference (125 lbs)