Jordan Burroughs is the greatest wrestler of this generation in the United States of America. He is the 2012 London Olympics Champion at 74 kg, five-time World Champion, and two-time NCAA Champion at Nebraska.

Tervel Dlagnev is a four-time D2 All-American and two-time D2 NCAA Champion for the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Dlagnev competed at 120/125 kg internationally. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic games in London and took home bronze at the 2009 and 2014 World Championships.

Through winning the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament, Adama Diatta qualified Senegal for the Tokyo Olympics at 65 kg for Men's Freestyle. It is the third Olympics for the eight-time African Championships gold medalist.