Gilman to Compete for World Title in Budapest

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa All-American and United States World Team member Thomas Gilman wrestles for a world title Oct. 21-22 at the 2018 UWW World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
 
Gilman, a world silver medalist at 57 kg in 2017, is the No. 2 seed entering the tournament.
  
Thomas GILMAN (57 kg)
2018 UWW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE
Sunday, Oct. 21 | 3:30 a.m. CT – Qualifying Rounds and Semifinals
Monday, Oct. 22 | 11 a.m. CT — FINALS
 
HOW TO WATCH
Trackwrestling is streaming the 2018 UWW World Championships online for a price of $29.99. That price includes live and archived matches from the UWW World Championships in Budapest.

NBC Sports Group will showcase the UWW World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary, with nearly 30 hours of coverage, including more than 20 hours of live coverage on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA.

2018 WORLD TEAM ROSTER – MEN’S FREESTYLE (with Team USA previews)
57 kg – Thomas Gilman
61 kg – Joe Colon
65 kg – Logan Stieber
70 kg – James Green
74 kg – Jordan Burroughs
79 kg – Kyle Dake
86 kg – David Taylor
92 kg – J’den Cox
97 kg – Kyle Snyder
125 kg – Nick Gwiazdowski
 
GILMAN’S INTERNATIONAL HISTORY
2011 Cadet World Championships
2013 Junior World Championships
2014 Junior World Championships — Bronze medal
2017 Grand Prix of Spain — Gold medal
2017 World Championships — Silver medal
2018 UWW World Cup
2018 World Championships
 
GILMAN’S ROUTE TO BUDAPEST
August, 2017 — Placed second at 2017 UWW World Championships in Paris. Earns berth at Final X (final leg of UWA Wrestling’s trials process).
June, 2018 — Defeated Daton Fix 6-3, 2-1 to earn the 57 kg spot on the 2018 United States World Team.  
 
UNITED STATES AT 57 KG
The United States national team has been represented by a Hawkeye wrestler at 57 kg in each of the last five years:
2014 World Championships — Tony Ramos
2015 World Championships — Tony Ramos
2016 Olympics — Daniel Dennis
2017 World Championships — Thomas Gilman
2018 World Championships — Thomas Gilman
                                

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