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Roman Bravo-Young

Personal information
Full name	Roman Guillermo Bravo-Young
Nickname(s)	RBY
Born	(1999-01-28) January 28, 1999 (age 26) Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Sport
Country	Mexico (2023–present)  United States (2016–2023)
Sport	Wrestling
Weight class	57 kg (126 lb)
Event(s)	Freestyle and Folkstyle
College team	Penn State
Club	Cowboy Wrestling Club RTC Nittany Lion Wrestling Club (formerly)
Coached by	David Taylor Cael Sanderson
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing Mexico Grand Prix Gold 2023 Mexico City 57 kg Gold 2024 Sangju 57 kg Gold 2024 Warsaw 57 kg Gold 2024 Nice 57 kg Representing the  United States U20 Pan American Championships Gold 2019 Guatemala City 61 kg Collegiate Wrestling Representing the Penn State Nittany Lions NCAA Division I Championships Gold 2021 St. Louis 133 lb Gold 2022 Detroit 133 lb Silver 2023 Tulsa 133 lb Big Ten Championships Gold 2021 State College 133 lb Gold 2022 Lincoln 133 lb Gold 2023 Ann Arbor 133 lb Silver 2020 Piscataway 133 lb

Roman Guillermo Bravo-Young (born January 28, 1999) is a Mexican-American freestyle and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 57 kilograms. In freestyle, he represented Mexico at the 2024 Summer Olympics and has won multiple international tournaments.

In folkstyle, Bravo-Young was the 2021 and 2022 NCAA Division I National champion at 133 pounds and a four-time All-American for the Pennsylvania State University.

Career

High school

Bravo-Young attended Sunnyside High School in Tucson, Arizona, where he was an undefeated four-time state champion with a 182–0 record. Also a US U17 World Team member in freestyle, Bravo-Young committed to the Pennsylvania State University.

Pennsylvania State University

2018–2019

Before the folkstyle season started, Bravo-Young placed second at the US U23 National championships in freestyle.

As a true freshman at 133 pounds, he earned a Keystone Classic title and placed third at the Southern Scuffle. After placing fifth at the Big Ten Championships, Bravo-Young became an All-American with an eighth-place finish at the NCAA National Championships, closing out the year with a 25–7 record.

Bravo-Young then placed second at the U20 US Open and grabbed a gold medal from the U20 Pan American Championships in freestyle.

2019–2020

As a sophomore, Bravo-Young won the Black Knight Invitational and Wilkes Open and only lost one match during regular season, to top-ranked Seth Gross. After improving to a second-place finish at the Big Ten Championships, the NCAA National Championships were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cutting his season short with a 20–2 record.

2020–2021

During the pandemic, Bravo-Young competed in freestyle, taking out NCAA finalist Jack Mueller at FloWrestling: Dake vs. Chamizo, Shelton Mack at the NLWC II, and eventual UFC champion Aljamain Sterling at the NLWC IV.

Going back to folkstyle, Bravo-Young had an undefeated regular season, and claimed his first Big Ten title with a win over rival Austin DeSanto from Iowa. At the NCAA Championships, Bravo-Young became a national champion with a hard-fought win in sudden-victory over NCAA finalist Daton Fix from Oklahoma State, after an undefeated tournament. He closed out the season with a 14–0 record and was named the Penn State Male Athlete of the Year.

2021–2022

After another undefeated regular season, Bravo-Young claimed his second Big Ten title with another win over Austin DeSanto. At the NCAA Championships, Bravo-Young became a two-time national champion with another win over Daton Fix, capping yet another perfect season with a 22–0 record.

2022–2023

In his extra season, granted to athletes due to the 2020 season being cut short, Bravo-Young once again went undefeated during regular season and claimed his third Big Ten title. At the NCAA Championships, he advanced to the finals, but was defeated by Vito Arujau from Cornell to claim runner-up honors, ending his season with a 20–1 record. Bravo-Young graduated as a two-time NCAA national champion, four-time All-American, and three-time Big Ten champion, with an overall record of 100–10.

In June, Bravo-Young competed in submission grappling against UFC veteran Alex Perez at the UFC Fight Pass Invitational 4, with the match ending in a draw.

Mexico

2023

In July, Bravo-Young announced he would transfer and represent Mexico in freestyle, his grandparents' native country. By the end of the month, Bravo-Young claimed the Mexican National Qualifier title, wearing the Mexican singlet for the first time.

In December, Bravo-Young claimed the Mexico Grand Prix title down at 57 kilograms, defeating all three opponents by technical fall.

2024

To start off January, Bravo-Young claimed a gold medal from the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane, scoring wins over African champion Diamantino Iuna Fafé and US National Team member Daniel Deshazer.

In March, Bravo-Young competed at the Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament, in an attempt to qualify Mexico for the Summer Olympics. After victories over Enrique Herrera and Pedro Mejías to make the semifinals, Bravo-Young was able to defeat Óscar Tigreros to become a 2024 Summer Olympian.

In June, Bravo-Young competed at the Poland Open, where he grabbed wins over African champions Gamal Mohamed and Diamantino Iuna Fafé on his way to a championship.

In August, Bravo-Young made his Olympic debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where after dropping his opening match to four-time European champion and two-time U23 World champion Arsen Harutyunyan from Armenia, he was eliminated from the tournament.

In November, Bravo-Young competed at the Korea Open, defeating his two Japanese opponents to claim the championship.

2025

To start off 2025, Bravo-Young competed at the prestigious Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin in January, where he went 1–1. Next, he is set to compete at the Grand Prix Zagreb Open on February 5.

Wrestling style

Bravo-Young is known for his fancy footwork, speed, and ability to explode from a relaxed and elusive stance into a takedown. Defensively, he is known for employing explosive acrobatic flips to get out of dangerous situations. Bravo-Young trains with former UFC champion Dominick Cruz from time to time, who has some of the most versatile footwork in mixed martial arts.

Freestyle record

Senior Freestyle Matches
Res.	Record	Opponent	Score	Date	Event	Location
2025 Zagreb Grand Prix TBD at 57 kg
				February 5, 2025	2025 Grand Prix Zagreb Open	Zagreb, Croatia
2025 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix DNP at 57 kg
Loss	25–6	Akhmed Khamidov	5–7	January 22, 2025	2025 Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin	Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Win	25–5	Ayanday Ondar	4–1
2024 Korea Open 1 at 57 kg
Win	24–5	Fuga Sasaki	8–2	November 23, 2024	2024 Korea Open	Sangju, Korea
Win	23–5	Ban Sawatani	Fall
2024 Summer Olympics 12th at 57 kg
Loss	22–5	Arsen Harutyunyan	TF 3–13	August 8, 2024	2024 Summer Olympics	Paris, France
2024 Poland Open 1 at 57 kg
Win	22–4	Diamantino Iuna Fafé	TF 13–2	June 23, 2024	2024 Poland Open	Warsaw, Poland
Win	21–4	Gamal Mohamed	Fall
2024 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 at 57 kg
Win	20–4	Óscar Tigreros	TF 14–4	March 1, 2024	2024 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament	Acapulco, Mexico
Win	19–4	Pedro Mejías	10–6
Win	18–4	Enrique Herrera	TF 11–0
2024 Henri Deglane Grand Prix 1 at 57 kg
Win	17–4	Daniel Deshazer	2–1	January 20, 2024	Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2024	Nice, France
Win	16–4	Diamantino Iuna Fafé	Fall
Win	15–4	Kael Lauridsen	TF 14–4
Win	14–4	Ben Hachem Tarik	TF 10–0
2023 Mexico Grand Prix 1 at 57 kg
Win	13–4	M García	TF 10–0	December 2, 2023	2023 Mexico Grand Prix	Mexico City, Mexico
Win	12–4	Jorge Olvera	TF 12–0
Win	11–4	Pedro Flores Salazar	TF 10–0
2023 MEX National Qualifier 1 at 61 kg
Win	10–4	Jorge Olvera	TF 10–0	July 29, 2023	2023 4th Mexican National Qualifier	Oaxtepec, Mexico
Win	9–4	Hugo Calderón	TF 10–0
Win	8–4	Aljamain Sterling	6–4	December 22, 2020	NLWC IV	State College, Pennsylvania
Win	7–4	Shelton Mack	TF 11–0	October 20, 2020	NLWC II
Win	6–4	Jack Mueller	8–1	July 25, 2020	FloWrestling: Dake vs. Chamizo	Austin, Texas
2018 US U23 Nationals 2 at 61 kg
Loss	5–4	Vitali Arujau	TF 0–10	June 1–3, 2018	2018 US U23 National Championships	Akron, Ohio
Loss	5–3	Vitali Arujau	TF 4–15
Win	5–2	Charles Tucker	4–2
Win	4–2	Sean Fausz	TF 11–0
Win	3–2	Larry Henderson	TF 12–2
Win	2–2	Mikel Perales	TF 13–2
Win	1–2	Drew West	TF 12–2
2017 US Open DNP at 57 kg
Loss	0–2	Jarrod Patterson	5–12	April 26–29, 2017	2017 US Open National Championships	Las Vegas, Nevada
Loss	0–1	Tony Ramos	TF 2–12

NCAA record

NCAA Division I Record
Res.	Record	Opponent	Score	Date	Event
End of 2022–2023 Season (senior year+)
2023 NCAA Championships 2 at 133 lbs
Loss	100–10	Vito Arujau	4–10	March 16–18, 2023	2023 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Win	100–9	Michael McGee	SV–1 6–4
Win	99–9	Aaron Nagao	4–1
Win	98–9	Brayden Palmer	5–2
Win	97–9	Ethan Oakley	MD 12–3
2023 Big Ten Conference 1 at 133 lbs
Win	96–9	Aaron Nagao	5–2	March 9–10, 2023	2023 Big Ten Conference Championships
Win	95-9	Dylan Ragusin	8–2
Win	94-9	Brody Teske	MD 13–2
Win	93–9	Mason Prinkey	Fall	February 19, 2023	Clarion - Penn State Dual
Win	92–9	King Sandoval	TF 29–13	February 12, 2023	Penn State - Maryland Dual
Win	91–9	Jesse Mendez	8–2	February 3, 2023	Penn State - Ohio State Dual
Win	90–9	Brody Teske	Fall	January 27, 2023	Iowa - Penn State Dual
Win	89–9	Rayvon Foley	Fall	January 22, 2023	Michigan State - Penn State Dual
Win	88–9	Dylan Ragusin	4–2	January 20, 2023	Michigan - Penn State Dual
Win	87–9	Taylor LaMont	MD 14–5	January 6, 2023	Penn State - Wisconsin Dual
Win	86–9	Ramazan Attasauov	MD 10–2	December 20, 2022	Iowa State - Penn State Dual
Win	85–9	Jace Palmer	TF 26–11	December 19, 2022	Penn State - North Carolina Dual
Win	84–9	Vince Perez	Fall		Central Michigan - Penn State Dual
Win	83–9	Gabe Whisenhunt	MD 17–8	December 11, 2022	Oregon State - Penn State Dual
Win	82–9	Richie Koehler	MD 23–9	December 2, 2022	Penn State - Rider Dual
Win	81–9	Gable Strickland	TF 23–8	November 11, 2022	Lock Haven - Penn State Dual
Start of 2022–2023 Season (senior year+)
End of 2021–2022 Season (senior year)
2022 NCAA Championships 1 at 133 lbs
Win	80–9	Daton Fix	3–2	March 17–19, 2022	2022 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Win	79–9	Austin DeSanto	3–2
Win	78–9	Brian Courtney	13–6
Win	77–9	Josh Koderhandt	Fall
Win	76–9	Dominic LaJoie	MD 16–4
2022 Big Ten Conference 1 at 133 lbs
Win	75–9	Austin DeSanto	3–1	March 5–6, 2022	2022 Big Ten Conference Championships
Win	74-9	Dylan Ragusin	4–0
Win	73-9	Matt Ramos	MD 11–3
Win	72–9	Richie Koehler	TF 26–11	February 20, 2022	Rider - Penn State Dual
Win	71–9	Dominick Serrano	TF 23–8	February 6, 2022	Nebraska - Penn State Dual
Win	70–9	Brady Koontz	Fall	February 4, 2022	Ohio State - Penn State Dual
Win	69–9	Austin DeSanto	3–2	January 28, 2022	Penn State - Iowa Dual
Win	68–9	Dylan Ragusin	8–1	January 21, 2022	Penn State - Michigan Dual
Win	67–9	Joey Olivieri	11–5	January 16, 2022	Rutgers - Penn State Dual
Win	66–9	King Sandoval	TF 17–1	January 7, 2022	Penn State - Maryland Dual
Win	65–9	Michael McGee	6–2	December 21, 2021	Penn State - Arizona State Dual
Win	64–9	Dominic LaJoie	MD 21–9	December 20, 2021	Cornell - Penn State Dual
Win	63–9	Kyle Biscoglia	Fall		Northern Iowa - Penn State Dual
Win	62–9	Sheldon Seymour	MD 19–7	December 5, 2021	Lehigh - Penn State Dual
Win	61–9	Dominice Carone	TF 26–11	November 18, 2021	Army - Penn State Dual
Win	60–9	Anthony Petrillo	Fall	November 13, 2021	Sacred Heart - Penn State Dual
Win	59–9	Jason Shaner Jr.	8–3		Oregon State - Penn State Dual
Start of 2021–2022 Season (senior year)
End of 2020–2021 Season (junior year)
2021 NCAA Championships 1 at 133 lbs
Win	58–9	Daton Fix	SV 4–2	March 18–20, 2021	2021 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Win	57–9	Korbin Myers	5–3
Win	56–9	Louie Hayes	4–1
Win	55–9	Kyle Burwick	MD 11–3
Win	54–9	Sean Carter	TF 20–5
2021 Big Ten Conference 1 at 133 lbs
Win	53–9	Austin DeSanto	5–2	March 6–7, 2021	2021 Big Ten Conference Championships
Win	52-9	Chris Cannon	8–3
Win	51-9	Jacob Rundell	9–3
Win	50–9	Jackson Cockrell	MD 24–13	February 21, 2021	Maryland - Penn State Dual
Win	49–9	Jordan Decatur	TF 27–8	February 19, 2021	Penn State - Ohio State Dual
Win	48–9	Dylan Ragusin	9–2	February 14, 2021	Penn State - Michigan Dual
Win	47–9	Kyle Burwick	11–6	February 2, 2021	Penn State - Wisconsin Dual
Win	46–9	Dylan Utterback	Fall	January 30, 2021	Penn State - Northwestern Dual
Win	45–9	Kyle Luigs	11–8		Penn State - Indiana Dual
Start of 2020-2021 Season (junior year)
End of 2019-2020 Season (sophomore year)
2020 Big Ten Conference 2 at 133 lbs
Loss	44–9	Sebastian Rivera	2-7	March 8, 2020	2020 Big Ten Championships
Win	44–8	Austin DeSanto	3-2
Win	43–8	Sammy Alvarez	5-2
Win	42–8	Josh Vega	Fall	February 23, 2020	American - Penn State Dual
Win	41–8	Jordan Decatur	10-4	February 15, 2020	Ohio State - Penn State Dual
Win	40–8	Boo Dryden	TF 23-8	February 9, 2020	Penn State - Minnesota Dual
Loss	39–8	Seth Gross	5-6	February 7, 2020	Penn State - Wisconsin Dual
Win	39–7	King Sandoval	TF 24-9	February 2, 2020	Maryland - Penn State Dual
Win	38–7	Austin DeSanto	Injury	January 31, 2020	Penn State - Iowa Dual
Win	37–7	Ridge Lovett	MD 11-3	January 24, 2020	Penn State - Nebraska Dual
Win	36–7	Sammy Alvarez	SV-2 4-2	January 19, 2020	Rutgers - Penn State Dual
Win	35–7	Dylan Utterback	TF 23-8	January 12, 2020	Northwestern - Penn State Dual
2019 Wilken Open 1 at 133 lbs
Win	34–7	Jaret Lane	9-3	December 22, 2019	2019 Wilken Open
Win	33–7	Brandon Loperfido	MD 14-5
Win	32–7	Justin Mastroianni	TF 23-7
Win	31–7	Carmen Ferrante	MD 21-9	December 8, 2019	Pennsylvania - Penn State Dual
Win	30–7	Jaret Lane	7-2	December 6, 2019	Penn State - Lehigh Dual
Win	29–7	Josh Kramer	7-6	November 22, 2019	Penn State - Arizona State Dual
2019 Black Knight Invite 1 at 133 lbs
Win	28–7	Austin Assad	MD 17-9	November 17, 2019	2019 Black Knight Invitational
Win	27–7	Andrew Wert	9-4
Win	26–7	Shawn Orem	MD 20-9
Win	25–7	Casey Cobb	MD 17-6	November 10, 2019	Navy - Penn State Dual
Start of 2019-2020 Season (sophomore year)
End of 2018-2019 Season (freshman year)
2019 NCAA Championships 8th at 133 lbs
Loss	24–7	Ethan Lizak	5-8	March 22, 2019	2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Loss	24–6	John Erneste	MD 0-10
Win	24–5	Micky Phillippi	4-3
Win	23–5	Ben Thornton	3-1
Win	22–5	Charles Tucker	6-2
Loss	21–5	Austin DeSanto	2-7
Win	21–4	Mario Guillen	8-2
2019 Big Ten Conference 5th at 133 lbs
Win	20–4	Stevan Mićić	MFOR	March 10, 2019	2019 Big Ten Championships
Loss	19–4	Austin DeSanto	8-13
Win	19–3	Dylan Duncan	3-2
Win	18–3	Jens Lantz	MD 14-5
Loss	17–3	Luke Pletcher	5-8
Win	17–2	Jevon Parrish	MD 17-5
Win	16–2	Derek Spann	MD 14-5	February 24, 2019	Buffalo - Penn State Dual
Win	15–2	Luke Pletcher	TB-2 2-1	February 8, 2019	Penn State - Ohio State Dual
Loss	14–2	Ben Thornton	3-7	January 25, 2019	Penn State - Purdue Dual
Win	14–1	Jevon Parrish	MD 20-7	January 20, 2019	Nebraska - Penn State Dual
Win	13–1	Jens Lantz	MD 12-4	January 13, 2019	Wisconsin - Penn State Dual
Win	12–1	Colin Valdiviez	15-9	January 11, 2019	Penn State - Northwestern Dual
2019 Southern Scuffle 3 at 133 lbs
Win	11–1	Sean Nickell	MD 10-1	January 2, 2019	2019 Southern Scuffle
Win	10–1	Mason Pengilly	11-4
Loss	9–1	Austin Gomez	Fall
Win	9–0	Collin Gerardi	8-6
Win	8–0	Nick Farro	4-1
Win	7–0	Dalton Young	4-3
Win	6–0	Ryan Millhof	MD 14-1	December 14, 2018	Arizona State - Penn State Dual
Win	5–0	Brandon Paetzell	MD 13-5	December 2, 2018	Lehigh - Penn State Dual
Win	4–0	David Campbell	MD 21-7	November 30, 2018	Penn State - Bucknell Dual
2018 Keystone Classic 1 at 133 lbs
Win	3–0	Chandler Olson	TF 24-9	November 18, 2018	2018 Keystone Classic
Win		Lukus Stricker	INJ
Win	2–0	Jon Guevara	Fall
Win	1–0	Tim Rooney	Fall	November 11, 2018	Kent State - Penn State Dual
Start of 2018-2019 Season (freshman year)

Stats

Submission grappling record

1 Match, 0 Wins, 0 Losses, 1 Draw
Result	Rec.	Opponent	Method	Event	Division	Type	Year	Location
Draw	0–0–1	Alex Perez	Draw (time limit)	UFC Fight Pass Invitational 4	145 lbs	Nogi	June 29, 2023	Las Vegas, Nevada