Sammy Jones (wrestler)
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| Full name | Samuel Lee Jones | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 9, 1993 Folsom, Louisiana, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Northern Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | New York Athletic Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3]
He broke through to make his first United States Greco-Roman World Team in 2021, winning the 63 kg spot.[4] Jones earned a spot on the United States World Team again in 2022 at 63 kg.[5]
Other Greco-Roman wrestling accomplishments for Jones include being a two-time medalist at the Pan American Championships, winning in 2022.[6][7]
References
- ^ Hands, Timothy. (April 24, 2018). In This Moment: The Reboot of Sammy Jones. Five Point Move. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
- ^ Willis, Mike. (October 22, 2019). #TeamUSATuesday: Greco-Roman National Team member Sammy Jones. USA Wrestling. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
- ^ Sammy Jones. USA Wrestling. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
- ^ Sam Jones | FloWrestling | Wrestling. FloWrestling. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
- ^ Abbott, Gary. (September 6, 2022). Jones, Woods to compete for Team USA in Greco-Roman at World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. USA Wrestling. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
- ^ USA CLAIMS GRECO-ROMAN TITLE AT PAN AMERICAN WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS. Panam Sports. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
- ^ Sammy Jones. USA Wrestling Membership. Retrieved June 7, 2025.