Domenic Michael Abounader (born March 11, 1995) is an American-born freestyle and folkstyle wrestler. Domestically, Abounader competed at St. Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio, where he won three state titles, finishing his senior season undefeated and the number one ranked wrestler in the country at 182 lbs. Abounader attended The University of Michigan, where he was a Big Ten Champion and NCAA All-American.[2]
 Abounader at the 2018 Asian Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | March 11, 1995[1] Ohio, U.S.[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Gates Mills, Ohio, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Lebanon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle and Folkstyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Internationally, he competes for Lebanon, his father's home country. As a dual citizen, Domenic is eligible to compete for Lebanon, since he never wrestled for the United States at the international level. In his first international tournament, he won a silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games, the first medalist for Lebanon in wrestling.[3][4] He lost to Iran's Hassan Yazdani in the final match of the men's freestyle 86 kg.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c Domenic Michael Abounader Archived 2018-08-27 at the Wayback Machine. asiangames2018.id
- ^ Michigan's Domenic Abounader earns All-American at NCAA Wrestling Championships | cleveland.com
- ^ a b Ken Marantz (August 20, 2018) Yazdani Captures 86kg Asiad Gold with Victory Over Breakout Lebanese. unitedworldwrestling.org
- ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Hassan Yazdani wins Iran's first gold at Asiad". Tehran Times. August 19, 2018.
External links
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- Domenic Abounader at the International Wrestling Database
- Domenic Abounader at United World Wrestling
- Domenic Abounader at the Jakarta-Palembang 2018 Asian Games (archived)
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