Samuel Jones

Samuel Lee Jones (born November 9, 1993) is an American Greco-Roman wrestler. He represented the United States at the World Championships in Greco-Roman wrestling at 63 kg in 2021 and 2022.

Early life and college Jones grew up in Folsom, Louisiana, where he was homeschooled. Starting his freshman year of high school, Jones focused only on the Olympic styles of wrestling, freestyle and Greco-Roman. While in high school, Jones built a relationship with Rob Hermann, a Greco-Roman wrestling coach at Northern Michigan University. After initially taking a year off from wrestling his freshman year of college, Jones reached back out to Hermann about wrestling Greco-Roman at Northern Michigan, and from there, was welcomed to come up and start training.

Greco-Roman wrestling Jones won a bronze medal at the 2014 University World Championships at 59 kg, his first medal at a tournament on the Senior level.

He broke through to make his first United States Greco-Roman World Team in 2021, winning the 63 kg spot. Jones earned a spot on the United States World Team again in 2022 at 63 kg.

Other Greco-Roman wrestling accomplishments for Jones include being a two-time medalist at the Pan American Championships, winning in 2022.