Yianni Diakomihalis

Yianni Diakomihalis
Diakomihalis at the 2021 World Championships in Oslo, Norway
Personal information
Born (1999-04-11) April 11, 1999 (age 25)
Rochester, New York, U.S.
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportWrestling
Weight class143 lb (65 kg)
Event(s)Freestyle and Folkstyle
College teamCornell
ClubSpartan Combat RTC
TeamUSA
Coached byRob Koll
Mike Grey
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the  United States
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Belgrade 65 kg
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Coralville Team
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Ottawa 65 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Buenos Aires 65 kg
Yasar Dogu
Gold medal – first place 2019 Istanbul 65 kg
Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane
Gold medal – first place 2021 Nice 65 kg
Waclaw Ziolkowski Memorial
Gold medal – first place 2019 Warsaw 65 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Warsaw 65 kg
Tunis Ranking Series
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tunisia 65 kg
Cadet World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sarajevo 65 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tbilisi 65 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Cornell Big Red
NCAA Division I Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cleveland 141 lb
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pittsburgh 141 lb
Gold medal – first place 2022 Detroit 149 lb
Gold medal – first place 2023 Tulsa 149 lb
EIWA Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hempstead 141 lb
Gold medal – first place 2019 Vestal 141 lb
Gold medal – first place 2022 Ithaca 149 lb
Gold medal – first place 2023 Philadelphia 149 lb

John Michael "Yianni" Diakomihalis (born April 11, 1999) is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 65 kilograms and 149 pounds.[1] In freestyle, he is the 2022 World silver medalist, a two-time US World Team member (2021 and 2022), the 2020 Pan American champion, the 2019 US Open national champion, and a two-time age-group World champion.[2] As a collegiate wrestler, Diakomihalis was a four-time NCAA Division I champion and four-time EIWA champion out of Cornell University.[1]

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