2023 US Open Wrestling Championships

Spencer Lee's Insanely Dominant Freestyle Wrestling History

Spencer Lee's Insanely Dominant Freestyle Wrestling History

Analyzing the numbers for every freestyle match Spencer Lee wrestled at all different age levels.

Apr 17, 2023 by Wrestling Nomad
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Easily one of the most intriguing entries in this year's US Open is Spencer Lee. We’re here to remind you just how dominant he was coming up through the age-level ranks.

This will be the first time Spencer's wrestled a freestyle match since the Hawkeye Wrestling Club Showcase Open in 2020. He also won two Junior world titles, as well as a Cadet world title, before graduating high school.

We went through the archives and cataloged every freestyle match Lee has wrestled at every age level. The results were staggering.

The majority of Spencer's freestyle career was spent wrestling in world championships or world team trials, at both the U17 (previously known as 'Cadet') and U20 (formerly referred to as 'Junior') age levels. He also worked in a couple of other freestyle events, but never wrestled in Fargo, which is common for wrestlers who are on world teams.

In total, Lee wrestled 65 freestyle matches from his high school days through college. Here are the numbers:

61-4 Record

  • 48 Techs
  • 10 Pins
  • 89% Bonus Rate
  • 10 Tournament Titles
  • 3 World Gold Medals

Lee surrendered points in a mere 13 of those 65 bouts. After his 2016 gold medal, he became the first American to win two U20 (then called Junior) world titles.

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Cadet (U17) World Team Trials 2013

  1. Spencer Lee over Kanen Storr (Fall 0:37)
  2. Spencer Lee over Bryce West (TF 17-6)
  3. Spencer Lee over Timothy Sakow (TF 10-0)
  4. Spencer Lee over Josiah Seaton (TF 10-0)
  5. Spencer Lee over Noah Baughman (Fall 0:19)
  6. Spencer Lee over Jack Mueller (Fall 0:40)
  7. Spencer Lee over Daton Fix (TF 13-2)

Cadet (U17) Duals 2013

  1. Spencer Lee over Will Egli (TF 10-0)
  2. Spencer Lee over Jackson Sisk (Fall 0:20)
  3. Spencer Lee over Paul Trey Paschal (TF 11-0)
  4. Spencer Lee over Alex Hrisopoulos (TF 10-0)
  5. Spencer Lee over Josh Venia (Fall 0:14)
  6. Spencer Lee over Austin O'Connor (Fall 1:29)
  7. Spencer Lee over Austin O'Connor (TF 10-0)

Cadet (U17) World Championships 2013

  1. Spencer Lee over Ravzan Domitru (Romania), tech fall, 7-0 (0:48)
  2. Spencer Lee over Abolfazi Hajipurmiji (Iran), tech fall 8-0
  3. Mahir Amiraslanov (Azerbaijan) over Spencer Lee, tech fall 4-11 (2:44)
  4. Irakli Mkheidze (Georgia) over Spencer Lee, 3-6

Cadet (U17) Northeast Regional 2014

  1. Spencer Lee over Deiby Perez, tech fall 10-0
  2. Spencer Lee over Jake Cherry, tech fall 11-0
  3. Spencer Lee over Dan Moran, fall 0:30
  4. Spencer Lee over Dean Raymond, tech fall 10-0
  5. Spencer Lee over David Campbell, inj default

Cadet (U17) World Team Trials 2014

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  1. Spencer Lee over Allan Hart (TF 11-0)
  2. Spencer Lee over Joseph Barber (TF 10-0)
  3. Spencer Lee over Jaden Van Maanen (TF 10-0)
  4. Spencer Lee over Danny Vega (TF 10-0)
  5. Spencer Lee over Drew West (TF 10-0)
  6. Spencer Lee over Ben Freeman (TF 10-0)
  7. Spencer Lee over Joey Prata (TF 11-1)

Cadet (U17) World Championships 2014

  1. Spencer Lee over Balazs Egyed (Hungary), 10-0
  2. Spencer Lee over Akkaya Deniz (Turkey), 12-0
  3. Spencer Lee over Nicolai Grahamez (Moldova), Fall
  4. Spencer Lee over Afgan Khashalov (Azerbaijan), 11-0

Cadet (U17) World Team Trials 2015

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  1. Spencer Lee won by tech fall over Will Lewan (TF 10-0)
  2. Spencer Lee won by tech fall over Jordin James (TF 10-0)
  3. Spencer Lee won by tech fall over Nicholas Raimo (TF 14-4)
  4. Spencer Leewon by tech fall over Austin Gomez (TF 10-0)
  5. Daton Fix won by decision over Spencer Lee (Dec 5-5)
  6. Daton Fix won by decision over Spencer Lee (Dec 9-6)

Junior (U20) World Team Trials 2015

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  1. Spencer Lee won by tech fall over Liam Cronin (TF 10-0)
  2. Spencer Lee won by tech fall over Brandon Courtney (TF 10-0)
  3. Spencer Lee won by tech fall over Danny Vega (TF 10-0)
  4. Spencer Lee won by tech fall over Danny Vega (TF 10-0)

Junior (U20) World Championships 2015

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  1. Spencer Lee over Roman Gutsalyak (Ukraine), tech fall 10-0
  2. Spencer Lee over Darkhan Kalkenov (Kazakhstan), tech fall 12-2
  3. Spencer Lee over Roberti Dingashvili (Georgia), tech fall 10-0
  4. Spencer Lee over Bhart Datil (India), tech fall 12-2
  5. Spencer Lee over Ali Reza Goodarzi (Iran), tech fall 10-0

Junior (U20) Open 2016

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  1. Spencer Lee won by tech fall over Dominic LaJoie (TF 10-0)
  2. Spencer Lee won by tech fall over Rhett Golowenski (TF 10-0)
  3. Spencer Lee won by tech fall over Patrick McKee (TF 10-0)

Junior (U20) World Team Trials 2016

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  1. Spencer Lee won by tech fall over Mosha Schwartz (TF 10-0)
  2. Spencer Lee won by tech fall over Mosha Schwartz (TF 10-0

Junior (U20) World Championships 2016

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  1. Spencer Lee over Engin Cetin (Turkey), TF 11-0
  2. Spencer Lee over Valentin Damour (France), Fall 0:27
  3. Spencer Lee over Razvan Kovacs (Romania), TF 12-0
  4. Spencer Lee over Aliabbas Rzazade (Azerbaijan), TF 12-0
  5. Spencer Lee over Khurshid Parpiev (Kyrgyzstan), 11-9

Senior Nationals - US Olympic Trials Qualifier 2019

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  1. Spencer Lee won by tech fall over Jacob Moran, 10-0 0:28
  2. Spencer Lee won by tech fall over Shane Kim, 10-0 0:29
  3. Spencer Lee won by tech fall over Darian Cruz, 10-0 3:59
  4. Spencer Lee won by tech fall over Vito Arujau, 14-4 5:04
  5. Spencer Lee won by decision over Nathan Tomasello, 8-2

Hawkeye Wrestling Club Showdown Open 2020

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  1. Spencer Lee won by fall over Zach Sanders, Fall 1:14