Ben Askren: Difference between revisions

}}

 

 

An accomplished [[Grappling|grappler]], he was a 2008 US [[Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg|Olympic]] Team Member and National champion in [[freestyle wrestling]]. He also was the 2005 [[Pan American Wrestling Championships|Pan American]] champion as a freestyle wrestler. In college, Paul was a two–time [[NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships#1999–2024|NCAA Division I national champion]] (four–time finalist), and three–time [[Big 12 Conference]] champion (four–time finalist) for the [[Missouri Tigers wrestling|Missouri Tigers]], and was the second wrestler to secure multiple [[Dan Hodge Trophy|Dan Hodge Trophies]] (the wrestling equivalent of the [[Heisman Trophy]]) in [[Folkstyle|folkstyle wrestling]]. He was also a [[FILA Grappling#World Grappling Championship|world champion]] in [[submission wrestling]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-08-20|title=Merrill: A week in the life of an Olympic athlete|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer08/columns/story?id=3544007|access-date=2021-04-17|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ben Askren (2011) - Hall of Fame|url=https://mutigers.com/honors/hall-of-fame/ben-askren/184|access-date=2021-04-17|website=University of Missouri Athletics|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=June 20, 2019|title=#Throwback Thursday: See three Ben Askren bouts at 2009 UWW Grappling Worlds in Florida|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2019/June/20/2009-Ben-Askren-Grappling-World-bouts|url-status=dead|website=Team USA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417211631/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2019/June/20/2009-Ben-Askren-Grappling-World-bouts |archive-date=April 17, 2021 }}</ref>