Wrestling Begins on 8/5 With Mango and Provisor!
Spenser Mango
55kg Men’s Greco-Roman
Born: 7/6/86 St. Louis, MO
High School: Christian Brothers College
College: Northern Michigan University via the US Olympic Education Program
Accolades:
– 2X state champion in high school, 3X state qualifier, also lettered in football
– 2008 US Olypic Trials Champion (placed 8th in Beijing)
– 2009 World Team Trials Champion (placed 9th at Worlds)
– 2010 World Team Trials Champion, US Open Champion
– 2011 World Team Trails Champion, US Open Champion
– 2012 Olympian, US Open Champion
Mango’s Results: 1-2 (did not medal)
Won: 6-1, 1-0 over Mohamed Abouhalima (Egypt)
Lost: 4-0, 4-0 to Rovshan Bayramov (Azerbaijan)
Bayramov makes it to finals so Mango re-enters through repechage
Lost: 2-0, 1-0 to Mingiyan Semenov (Russia)
Ben Provisor
74kg Men’s Greco-Roman
Born: 6/26/90 Stevens Point, Wisconsin
High School: Stevens Point
College: Northern Michigan University via the US Olympic Education Program
Accolades:
– 4X Wisconsin state place winner in high school, also lettered in football
– 2010 US Junior World Team Trials Champion
– 2011 US Open Champion
– 2012 US Olympic Trials Champion
Provisor’s Results: 1-1 (did not medal)
Won: 0-3, 1-0, 1-0 over Alexi Bell (Cuba)
Lost: 1-0, 6-0 to Zurabi Datunashvili (Georgia)
Datunashvili lost in quarters thus eliminating Provisor