Who's #1 World Medal Count

Past competitors at Who's #1 have gone on to collect some serious hardware on the World level.

Sep 11, 2017 by Ryan Holmes

Who's #1 has become a premier high school all-star event over the years, and its competitors have demonstrated that by collecting some serious hardware on the biggest stages.

Every year, the best high school wrestlers in the nation go head-to-head in the Snakepit in Bethlehem, PA. Obviously, a lot of them have a number of state titles and Fargo stop signs on their resumes, but it doesn't just stop there.

This year, there are 12 world team members who are competing on Oct. 8, including seven world medalists and two gold medal winners in Kurt McHenry (two-time champion) and Will Lewan (2017 champ).

As the fifth year of WNO approaches, let's take a look back at the top names who have earned medals at the international level.

Note: The numbers only include the high school wrestlers; in the first year of WNO, Jordan Oliver, a 2009 60kg junior world bronze medalist, wrestled Bubba Jenkins, a 2007 junior world 66kg gold medalist, in the main event. Then in 2014 Chris Perry, who wrestled Robert Hamlin in the WNO main event, was a bronze medalist in 2010 at 84kg at Junior Worlds.

Total Medal Count: 28

Cadet Medals: 19
Junior Medals: 9

Year Competed At Worlds	Name	Weight	Medal	Age Level	Year(s) Competed At WNO
2017	Kurt McHenry	46kg	Gold	Cadet	2017
	Jacori Teemer	63kg	Bronze	Cadet	2017
	Will Lewan	69kg	Gold	Cadet	2017
	Gavin Hoffman	85kg	Bronze	Cadet	2017
	Daton Fix	55kg	Gold	Junior	2014, 2015, 2016
	Mitch Mckee	60kg	Silver	Junior	2014
	Mark Hall	74kg	Gold	Junior	2014
	Zahid Valencia	84kg	Silver	Junior	2015
	Gable Steveson	120kg	Gold	Junior	2015

2016	Macey Kilty	49kg	Bronze	Cadet	2017
	Gracie Figueroa	56kg	Bronze	Cadet	2017
	Kurt McHenry	42kg	Gold	Cadet	2017
	Vito Arujau	58kg	Silver	Cadet	2015
	Yianni Diakomihalis	63kg	Gold	Cadet	2015
	David Carr	69kg	Bronze	Cadet	2016
	Travis Wittlake	76kg	Bronze	Cadet	2016
	Gable Steveson	100kg	Gold	Cadet	2015
	Daton Fix	55kg	Bronze	Junior	2014, 2015, 2016
	Taylor LaMont (Greco)	60kg	Bronze	Junior	2015
	Mark Hall	74kg	Gold	Junior	2014

2015	Daton Fix	54kg	Bronze	Cadet
	Yianni Diakomihalis	58kg	Gold	Cadet	2015
	Jarod Verkleeren	63kg	Gold	Cadet	2015
	Gable Steveson	100kg	Gold	Cadet	2015

2014	Mason Manville	69kg	Gold	Cadet	2013, 2015
	Mark Hall	76kg	Gold	Cadet	2014
	Jordan Wood	100kg	Silver	Cadet	2015
	Joey McKenna	60kg	Silver	Junior	2013