Nick Gwiazdowski

Nick Gwiazdowski
Personal information
Full name	Nicholas Edward Gwiazdowski
Born	December 30, 1992 (age 31); Duanesburg, New York, U.S.
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Wrestling
Event(s)	Freestyle and Folkstyle
College team	NC State
Club	Titan Mercury WC; Wolfpack WC
Coached by	Pat Popolizio; Obe Blanc
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the United States
World Championships
Pan American Games
Pan American Championships
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin
Poland Open (Wacław Ziółkowski Memorial)
Grand Prix
US National Championships
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the NC State Wolfpack
NCAA Division I Championships
ACC Championships
Representing the Binghamton Bearcats
CAA Championships

Nickolos Edward Gwiazdowski (born December 30, 1992)^[1] is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler. A two-time NCAA Division I National Champion for the North Carolina State Wolfpack, Gwiazdowski has won two bronze medals at the World Championships, a Pan American Games title, and two Pan American championships for Team USA.^[2]

High school career

He was a two-time NYSPHSAA (New York) Division II state champion for Duanesburg High School in Delanson, New York, where he went 50-0 as a senior, and managed to not have a single opponent go the entire match with him.^[3] He received the Dave Schultz and Junior Schalles Awards at the end of the season.^[4]

College career

Nick earned All-American honors as a true freshman at Binghamton University in 2012 (8th at 285). He then transferred to North Carolina State University and redshirted the 2012-13 season to preserve his NCAA eligibility. While there he was then a three-time All-American for the Wolfpack, twice a national champion (2014 & 2015) and once a runner-up (2016), while competing at the 285 lb. heavyweight division. He lost his last match to eventual Olympic gold medalist Kyle Snyder.^[5]^[6]^[7]

International career

Gwiazdowski competed at the 2017 Wrestling World Cup - Men's freestyle, losing in the take-all final match.^[8]

Gwiazdowski qualified for the 2017 World Wrestling Championships at 125 kg by winning the U.S. Team Trials where he was an automatic finalist by being U.S. Open champion.^[9] At the 2017 Worlds, he won a bronze medal.^[10]

At the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 he lost to Muradin Kushkhov of Russia in the quarterfinals, but went on to wrestle back and win a bronze medal against Lkhagvagerel Munkhtur of Mongolia.^[11]

In 2022, he competed at the Yasar Dogu Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.

Coaching career

On August 21, 2021, while still competing internationally, Gwiazdowski joined the coaching staff of Cornell University as a volunteer assistant coach.^[12] He continued to coach the Big Red through the 2023-24 season. ^[13]

On November 8, 2024, Warren Central High School in Indianapolis announced that he had been hired as an assistant coach.^[14]

Freestyle record

Senior Freestyle Matches
Res.	Record	Opponent	Score	Date	Event	Location
—	—	Zach Merrill	—	February 13, 2022	2022 Bout at the Ballpark	Arlington, Texas
2021 World Championships 5th at 125 kg
Loss	116–37	Taha Akgül	4–6	October 3, 2021	2021 World Championships	Oslo, Norway
Win	116–36	Dzianis Khramiankou	6–1	October 3, 2021
Loss	115–36	Amir Hossein Zare	TF 0–10	October 2, 2021
Win	115–35	Amar Dhesi	8–3	October 2, 2021
2021 US World Team Trials at 125 kg
Win	114–35	Mason Parris	10–3	September 12, 2021	2021 US World Team Trials	Lincoln, Nebraska
Win	113–35	Mason Parris	6–0	September 12, 2021
Win	112–35	Jordan Wood	9–0	September 11, 2021
Win	111–35	Demetrius Thomas	TF 10–0	September 11, 2021
2021 Poland Open at 125 kg
Loss	110–35	Amir Hossein Zare	DQ (1–6)	June 9, 2021	2021 Poland Open	Warsaw, Poland
Win	110–34	Youssif Hemida	TF 10–0
Win	109–34	Yusup Batirmurzaev	9–2
2021 US Open at 125 kg
Win	108–34	Tony Cassioppi	TF 12–0	May 1–2, 2021	2021 US Open National Championships	Coralville, Iowa
Win	107–34	Christian Lance	9–0
Win	106–34	Matt Stencel	TF 10–0
Win	105–34	Aydin Guttridge	TF 10–0
2020 US Olympic Team Trials at 125 kg
Loss	104–34	Gable Steveson	4–10	April 2–3, 2021	2020 US Olympic Team Trials	Fort Worth, Texas
Loss	104–33	Gable Steveson	TF 0–10
Win	104–32	Dom Bradley	TF 11–0
Win	103–32	Garrett Ryan	TF 11–0
2021 Henri Deglane Grand Prix at 125 kg
Win	102–32	Asghar Laghari	TF 10–0	January 16–17, 2021	Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2021	Nice, France
Loss	101–32	Robert Baran	5–5
Win	101–31	Jere Heino	TF 11–0
FloWrestling RTC Cup 4th as WRTC at 125 kg
Loss	100–31	Mason Parris	7–10	December 4–5, 2020	FloWrestling RTC Cup	Austin, Texas
Win	100–30	Amar Dhesi	TF 11–0
Loss	99–30	Gable Steveson	1–4
Win	99–29	Mason Parris	TF 18–8
Win	98–29	Kyven Gadson	TF 10–0	August 30, 2020	Chael Sonnen's Wrestling Underground I	United States
2020 Pan American Olympic Qualification at 125 kg
Win	97–29	Amar Dhesi	FF	March 15, 2020	2020 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament	Ottawa, Canada
Win	96–29	Luis Vivenes	TF 10–0	March 15, 2020	2020 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament	Ottawa, Canada
2019–20 Deutsche Ringerliga season for Team Ispringen at 130 kg
Win	95–29	Etienne Wyrich	TF 16–0	January 18, 2020	2019–2020 Deutsche Ringerliga season	Germany
2019 Alans International 5th at 125 kg
Loss	94–29	Amir Hossein Zare	TF 0–10	December 7–8, 2019	2019 Alans International	Vladikavkaz, Russia
Win	94–28	Khasan Khubaev	8–6
Loss	93–28	Batradz Gazzaev	2–9
Loss	93–27	Zelimkhan Khizriev	7–7	November 24, 2019	2019–2020 Deutsche Ringerliga season	Germany
Win	93–26	Marco Becker	TF 16–0	November 23, 2019	2019–2020 Deutsche Ringerliga season	Germany
2019 World Championships 17th at 125 kg
Loss	92–26	Yadollah Mohebbi	2–5	September 20, 2019	2019 World Championships	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
2019 Pan American Games at 125 kg
Win	92–25	Óscar Pino	TF 10–0	August 10, 2019	2019 Pan American Games	Lima, Peru
Win	91–25	Korey Jarvis	TF 10–0
Win	90–25	Andrew Gunning	TF 10–0
2019 Yasar Dogu at 125 kg
Loss	89–25	Taha Akgül	1–5	July 11–14, 2019	2019 Yasar Dogu	Istanbul, Turkey
Win	89–24	Sumit Sumit	6–2
Win	88–24	Fatih Çakıroğlu	FF
2019 US World Team Trials at 125 kg
Win	87–24	Gable Steveson	3–3	June 7–8, 2019	2019 Final X: Rutgers	New Brunswick, New Jersey
Win	86–24	Gable Steveson	4–4	June 7–8, 2019	2019 Final X: Rutgers	New Brunswick, New Jersey
Win	85–24	Derek White	9–0	May 6, 2019	2019 Beat the Streets: Grapple at the Garden	New York City, New York
2019 Pan American Championships at 125 kg
Win	84–24	Korey Jarvis	TF 10–0	April 1, 2019	2019 Pan American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	83–24	Óscar Pino	TF 11–1
Win	82–24	Eduardo García	TF 10–0
Win	81–24	Marcos Santos	TF 10–0
2019 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Memorial 7th at 125 kg
Loss	80–24	Deng Zhiwei	5–7	February 28 – March 3, 2019	2019 Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Memorial	Ruse, Bulgaria
Loss	80–23	Parviz Hadi	2–5
Win	80–22	Fatih Çakıroğlu	6–0
Win	79–22	Robert Baran	5–1
2018–19 Deutsche Ringerliga season 4th for Team Ispringen at 130 kg
Win	78–22	Magomedgadzhi Nurasulov	5–4	January 12, 2019	2018–2019 Deutsche Ringerliga season	Germany
Win	77–22	Giorgi Sakandelidze	3–2	December 8, 2018
Win	76–22	Dániel Ligeti	TF 16–0	December 1, 2018
Win	75–22	Anzor Khizriev	4–2	November 10, 2018
2018 World Championships at 125 kg
Win	74–22	Sumit Malik	7–2	October 20–21, 2018	2018 World Championships	Budapest, Hungary
Win	73–22	Amar Dhesi	7–0
Loss	72–22	Deng Zhiwei	4–5
Win	72–21	Natsagsürengiin Zolboo	9–4
2018 Yasar Dogu at 125 kg
Win	71–21	Nick Matuhin	6–4	July 27–29, 2018	2018 Yasar Dogu	Istanbul, Turkey
Loss	70–21	Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi	3–4
Win	70–20	Duman Bultrikov	TF 10–0
Win	69–20	Sumit Sumit	TF 10–0
2018 US World Team Trials at 125 kg
Win	68–20	Adam Coon	6–1	June 22–23, 2018	2018 Final X: Lehigh	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Win	67–20	Adam Coon	6–1	June 22–23, 2018	2018 Final X: Lehigh	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Win	66–20	Yudenny Alpajón	9–1	May 17, 2018	2018 Beat the Streets: Team USA vs Cuba	New York City, New York
2018 Pan American Championships at 125 kg
Win	65–20	Yudenny Alpajón	9–0	May 3–6, 2018	2018 Pan American Championships	Lima, Peru
Win	64–20	Carlos Félix	TF 11–0
Win	63–20	Catriel Muriel	TF 10–0
2018 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix at 125 kg
Win	62–20	Lkhagvagerel Munkhtur	5–1	January 27, 2018	Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018	Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Win	61–20	Zhanxiang Hu	7–0
Loss	60–20	Muradin Kushkhov	1–3
Win	60–19	Alan Khugaev	6–1
2017 World Clubs Cup as TMWC at 125 kg
Loss	59–19	Geno Petriashvili	5–6	December 7–8, 2017	2017 World Clubs Cup	Tehran, Iran
Win	59–18	Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel	TF 10–0
Win	58–18	Mert Emin	TF 10–0
Win	57–18	Pushpender Singh	TF 10–0
Win	56–18	Korey Jarvis	TF 10–0
2017 World Championships at 125 kg
Win	55–18	Natsagsürengiin Zolboo	5–1	August 25, 2017	2017 World Championships	Paris, France
Loss	54–18	Taha Akgül	TF 0–10
Win	54–17	Yadollah Mohebbi	5–4
Win	53–17	Dániel Ligeti	10–1
Win	52–17	Andrei Romanov	TF 10–0
2017 Spain Grand Prix at 125 kg
Win	51–17	Amin Taheri Jafar	5–2	July 15–16, 2017	2017 Grand Prix of Spain	Madrid, Spain
Win	50–17	Edgardo Lopez	TF 10–0
Win	49–17	Sean Molle	TF 14–4
2017 US World Team Trials at 125 kg
Win	48–17	Dom Bradley	3–2	June 10, 2017	2017 US World Team Trials	Lincoln, Nebraska
Win	47–17	Dom Bradley	5–1	June 10, 2017	2017 US World Team Trials	Lincoln, Nebraska
Win	46–17	Katsutoshi Kanazawa	TF 11–0	May 17, 2017	2017 Beat The Streets: Times Square	New York City, New York
2017 US Open at 125 kg
Win	45–17	Zach Rey	3–2	April 26–29, 2017	2017 US Open National Championships	Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	44–17	Dom Bradley	6–4
Win	43–17	Bobby Telford	4–1
Win	42–17	Daniel Stibral	TF 11–0
Win	41–17	Michael Gregory	TF 10–0
2017 World Cup as Team USA at 125 kg
Loss	40–17	Komeil Ghasemi	0–5	February 16–17, 2017	2017 World Cup	Kermanshah, Iran
Loss	40–16	Jamaladdin Magomedov	1–3	February 16–17, 2017	2017 World Cup	Kermanshah, Iran
2017 Ivan Yarygin Golden Grand Prix 14th at 125 kg
Loss	40–15	Adlan Ibragimov	4–6	January 28, 2017	Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017	Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2016 World Clubs Cup as TMWC at 125 kg
Win	40–14	Parviz Hadi	3–2	November 30 – December 1, 2016	2016 World Clubs Cup	Kharkov, Ukraine
Loss	39–14	Alen Zasyeyev	2–4
Loss	39–13	Giorgi Meshvildishvili	2–5
Win	39–12	Oleksandr Khotsianivskiy	2–1
2016 Intercontinental Cup at 125 kg
Loss	38–12	Batraz Gazzaev	1–2	October 14–16, 2016	2016 Intercontinental Cup	Khasavyurt, Russia
Win	38–11	Anzor Khizriev	5–1
Win	37–11	Umar Israilov	9–1
Win	36–11	Dmitry Popov	3–2
2016 Ziolkowski International at 125 kg
Win	35–11	Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi	5–0	June 17–19, 2016	2016 Ziolkowski International	Spala, Poland
Win	34–11	Diaaeldin Kamal	5–0
Loss	33–11	Mukhamagazi Magomedov	7–8
2016 US University Nationals at 125 kg
Win	33–10	Tanner Hall	4–1	June 2–6, 2016	2016 US University National Championships	Akron, Ohio
Win	32–10	Tanner Hall	3–1
Win	31–10	Garrett Ryan	TF 10–0
Win	30–10	Nolan Terrance	TF 12–2
Win	29–10	Ben Tynan	TF 10–0
Win	28–10	Billy Miller	TF 10–0
Win	27–10	Louie Maser	TF 10–0
2016 US Olympic Team Trials 4th at 125 kg
Loss	26–10	Dom Bradley	2–2	April 9, 2016	2016 US Olympic Team Trials	Iowa City, Iowa
Win	26–9	Bobby Telford	5–0
Loss	25–9	Zach Rey	2–4
Win	25–8	Justin Grant	4–1
2015 Bill Farrell M. International at 125 kg
Win	24–8	Dom Bradley	1–0	November 5–7, 2015	2015 Bill Farrell Memorial International	New York, New York
Win	23–8	Anthony Nelson	TF 11–0
Win	22–8	Pavel Krivtsov	11–6
Win	21–8	Justin Grant	4–2
2015 Spain Grand Prix at 125 kg
Win	20–8	Deng Zhiwei	Fall	July 11, 2015	2015 Grand Prix of Spain	Madrid, Spain
Win	19–8	Mehdi Gonbadani	TF 14–4
Win	18–8	Kamil Kosciolek	TF 10–0
Win	17–8	Jose Cuba	TF 10–0
2015 US World Team Trials 4th at 125 kg
Loss	16–8	Dom Bradley	1–2	June 12–14, 2015	2015 US World Team Trials	Madison, Wisconsin
Win	16–7	Tyrell Fortune	5–0
Win	15–7	Adam Coon	TF 12–2
Loss	14–7	Zach Rey	1–7
Win	14–6	Connor Medbery	6–4
2015 US Nationals 4th at 125 kg
Win	13–6	Chadwick Hanke	Fall	May 7–9, 2015	2015 US National Championships	Las Vegas, Nevada
Loss	12–6	Tervel Dlagnev	2–8
Win	12–5	Dom Bradley	4–4
Win	11–5	Michael Graves	TF 10–0
2014 US World Team Trials 4th at 125 kg
Loss	10–5	Tyrell Fortune	TF 0–10	May 29 – June 1, 2014	2014 US World Team Trials	Madison, Wisconsin
Loss	10–4	Zach Rey	3–9
Win	10–3	Dom Bradley	9–9
Win	9–3	Jarod Trice	4–4
2013 US University Nationals at 120 kg
Win	8–3	Austin Marsden	7–5	May 24–26, 2013	2013 US University National Championships	Akron, Ohio
Win	7–3	Connor Medbery	10–8
Loss	6–3	Tyrell Fortune	0–8
Win	6–2	Michael Kroells	TF 16–4
Win	5–2	Connor Medbery	12–9
Win	4–2	Jeremy Johnson	14–9
2013 US Open 7th at 120 kg
Win	3–2	Jeremy Johnson	3–1, 4–0	April 17–20, 2013	2013 US Open National Championships	Las Vegas, Nevada
Loss	2–2	Tyrell Fortune	2–4, 3–5
Win	2–1	Riley Orozco	4–3, 3–0
Loss	1–1	Dom Bradley	0–3, 0–2
Win	1–0	David Lopez	8–3, 6–0