(1997-05-11) May 11, 1997 (age 26) Bellflower, California, U.S.
Height
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight
184 lb (83 kg)
Sport
Country
United States
Sport
Wrestling
Event(s)
Freestyle and Folkstyle
Club
Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club Sun Devil Wrestling Club
Coached by
Zeke Jones
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the United States
World Championships
2023 Belgrade
92 kg
Pan American Championships
2022 Acapulco
86 kg
World Cup
2022 Coralville
Team
Grand Prix
2015 Madrid
86 kg
2021 Rome
86 kg
2021 Warsaw
86 kg
2023 Budapest
92 kg
2021 Nice
86 kg
2022 Krasnoyarsk
86 kg
2023 Zagreb
86 kg
Junior World Championships
2017 Tampere
84 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Arizona State Sun Devils
NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
2018 Cleveland
174 lb
2019 Pittsburgh
174 lb
2017 St. Louis
174 lb
Pac-12 Championships
2017 Stanford
174 lb
2018 Oregon State
174 lb
2019 Arizona State
174 lb
Zahid Valencia (born May 11, 1997) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 86 kilograms.[1][2] As a folkstyle wrestler, he was a two-time NCAA Division I national champion and three-time Pac-12 Conference champion out of Arizona State University.[3] In freestyle, he was the 2019 US national champion and has competed at multiple international tournaments, winning gold at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2021 and 2021 Poland Open and bronze at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021.[4][1]
^ abMetcalfe, Jeff. "Sunkist Kids' Zahid Valencia, Surino win gold, silver medals for U.S. wrestling". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
^Zahid Valencia - National Teams. usawrestlingmembership.com. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
^"Zahid Valencia - Wrestling". Arizona State University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
^"Schultz Claims Title, Zahid Valencia Advances to Championship Match at Senior Nationals". Arizona State University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
ZahidValencia (born May 11, 1997) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 86 kilograms. As a folkstyle wrestler...
cricketer, also known as Zahid Ghayas Zahid (born 1994), Norwegian footballer Zahid Mahmood (born 1988), Pakistani cricketer ZahidValencia (born 1997), American...
his first US World Team at Final X: State College, when he defeated ZahidValencia twice in a row. To warm up, Dake claimed the Yasar Dogu International...
18, 2014, where he was defeated by eventual two-time NCAA champion ZahidValencia in over-time. On September 30, 2014, it was announced that a junior...
10-0 Win 56-11 ZahidValencia TF 12-2 May 17–19, 2019 2019 US World Team Trials Challenge Raleigh, North Carolina Win 55-11 ZahidValencia TF 12-1 2019...
then attempted to make the 2016 U20 US World Team, but was stopped by ZahidValencia. As a sophomore, Nickal moved up to the 184 pounds division. During...
National Champion at 86 kilos ZahidValencia, at a catchweight of 185 pounds in the headline of FloWrestling: Burroughs vs. Valencia, on November 14. At the...
149 Penn State Zain Retherford (35), Bo Nickal (6), Seth Gross (4), ZahidValencia (3) 2017 Zain Retherford 149 Penn State Zain Retherford (33), J'Den...
where he dropped two matches in a best two out of three series to ZahidValencia, in the wrestle-offs for the USA 92 kg spot at the 2023 World Championships...
Martinez (ILL) Logan Massa (MICH) 174 lbs Mark Hall (PSU) Bo Jordan (OHST) ZahidValencia (ASU) 184 lbs Bo Nickal (PSU) Gabe Dean (COR) TJ Dudley (NEB) 197 lbs...
Joseph Penn State (H) #5 Chance Marsteller Lock Haven (H) 174 lbs #3 ZahidValencia Arizona State #1 Mark Hall Penn State (H) #4 Myles Amine Michigan 184...
Joseph Penn State Isaiah Martinez Illinois Evan Wick Wisconsin 174 lbs ZahidValencia Arizona State Mark Hall Penn State Myles Amine Michigan 184 lbs Bo Nickal...
Isa Shapiev Mohammad Mottaghinia Veer Dev Gulia 84 kg Artur Naifonov ZahidValencia Ahmad Bazri Gadzhimurad Magomedsaidov 96 kg Shamil Musaev Givi Matcharashvili...
United States Samuel Barmish Canada Víctor Santos Puerto Rico 86 kg ZahidValencia United States Lázaro Hernández Cuba Ethan Ramos Puerto Rico Carlos...
Heavyweight Champion and member of Pro Football Hall of Fame), and ZahidValencia (two-time NCAA Champion). Eight Sun Devil wrestlers have participated...
on Nov 14". WrestlingTV. 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2020-11-10. "Alumni ZahidValencia Set to Wrestle Olympian Jordan Burroughs". Arizona State University...
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